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As of close of business last night, Kirby Corp’s stock clocked out at $111.63, down -1.18% from its previous closing price of $112.96. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.18 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.75 million shares were traded. KEX stock price reached its highest trading level at $114.22 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $110.67.
Ratios:
To gain a deeper understanding of KEX’s stock, we examine its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 128.68 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 20.77. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.08 and its Current Ratio is at 1.70. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.37 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.36.
On September 22, 2025, Citigroup started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $91.
On April 22, 2024, Wolfe Research started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $126.Wolfe Research initiated its Outperform rating on April 22, 2024, with a $126 target price.
Insider Transactions:
Investing in insider trades can also provide an investor with insight into how management views future stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Dec 01 ’25 when Niemietz Kurt A. sold 1,500 shares for $114.12 per share. The transaction valued at 171,180 led to the insider holds 958 shares of the business.
Kurt Neimeitz bought 1,500 shares of KEX for $171,139 on Dec 01 ’25. On Nov 21 ’25, another insider, Husted Amy D., who serves as the Exec VP General Counsel & Sec of the company, sold 10,413 shares for $107.42 each. As a result, the insider received 1,118,564 and left with 11,760 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, KEX now has a Market Capitalization of 6228953600. As of this moment, Kirby’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 20.72, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 15.86. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.85. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.83 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.82.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for KEX is 0.88, which has changed by -0.050836086 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.12469888 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, KEX has reached a high of $123.88, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $79.51. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 15.29%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 10.24%.
Shares Statistics:
It appears that KEX traded 1.00M shares on average per day over the past three months and 686370 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 54.74M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 53.78M. Insiders hold about 0.77% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 102.88% stake in the company. Shares short for KEX as of 1763078400 were 2115496 with a Short Ratio of 2.11, compared to 1760486400 on 2575187. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2115496 and a Short% of Float of 4.4299997.
Dividends & Splits
The current Payout Ratio is 0.00% for KEX, which recently paid a dividend on 1989-08-08 with an ex-dividend date of 1989-08-08. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2006-06-01 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
Current recommendations for the stock of the company come from 6.0 analysts. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $1.54, with high estimates of $1.67 and low estimates of $1.41.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $6.32 and $6.25 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $6.29. EPS for the following year is $6.98, with 6.0 analysts recommending between $7.31 and $6.5.
Revenue Estimates
In. The current quarter, 5 analysts expect revenue to total $860.63M. It ranges from a high estimate of $873.5M to a low estimate of $848.92M. As of. The current estimate, Kirby Corp’s year-ago sales were $802.32MFor the next quarter, 5 analysts are estimating revenue of $853.31M. There is a high estimate of $859.5M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $847.79M.
A total of 5 analysts have provided revenue estimates for KEX’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $3.39B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $3.36B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $3.37B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $3.27BBased on 5 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $3.52B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $3.54B and the low estimate is $3.48B.
