The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

KEX

Concerning the House

Kirby Corporation operates domestic tank barges in the United States. Its Marine Transportation segment provides marine transportation service and towing vessels transporting bulk liquid product, as well as operates tank barges throughout the Mississippi River System, on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, and coastwise along three United States coasts, Alaska, and Hawaii. It transports petrochemicals, black oils, refined petroleum products, and agricultural chemicals by tank barges; and operates offshore dry-bulk barges and tugboat units that are involved in the offshore transportation of dry-bulk cargos in the United States coastal trade. It owns and operates 1,105 inland tank barges, approximately 266 inland towboats, 28 coastal tank barges, 24 coastal tugboats, 2 offshore dry-bulk cargo barges, 3 offshore tugboats, and a docking tugboat. Its Distribution and Services segment sells after-market service and genuine replacement parts for engines, transmissions, reduction gears, electric motors, drives, and controls, electrical distribution and control systems, energy storage battery systems, and related oilfield service equipment; rebuilds component parts or diesel engines, transmissions and reduction gears, and related equipment for use in oilfield services, marine, power generation, on-highway, and other industrial applications; rents generators, industrial compressors, high capacity lift trucks, and refrigeration trailers; and manufactures and remanufactures oilfield service equipment, including pressure pumping units, as well as manufacturers electric power generation equipment, specialized electrical distribution and control equipment, and high capacity energy storage/battery systems. It serves various companies in the United States government, and pleasure crafts. The company was formerly known as Kirby Exploration Company, Inc. and changed its name to Kirby Corporation in 1990. Kirby Corporation was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

United States · kirbycorp.com

The Long Run

FY 2010–2025 · 16 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$3.36B+6.2%
Operating income$335.09M+1.8%
Net income$286.71M+7.8%
Cash from ops$670.20M+6.4%
Quotation

$137.55

+1.62 (+1.2%)

52w hi$152.59
52w lo$79.95
Vol449.14K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score -0.09

Short-0.15
Medium-0.08
Long+0.03

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Kirby Corporation

Industrials · Marine Shipping

Market cap$7.26B
Enterprise value$8.37B
Trailing P/E21.13x
Forward P/E16.50x
EV / EBITDA10.75x
P / S (ttm)2.08x
Profit margin10.2%
Return on equity10.4%
Revenue growth+7.8%
Earnings growth+0.0%
Debt / equity35.62
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.98
Corr SPX0.47
Annual vol33.7%
Annual ret+14.6%
Sharpe0.43
Max DD-38.8%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.22
Sector+0.07
Technical-0.05
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$135.87$138.00$135.55$137.55449.14K
Aug 12$133.27$136.97$132.99$135.93490.30K
Aug 11$135.34$135.34$131.51$132.65369.30K
Aug 10$132.85$133.36$131.11$132.49652.50K
Aug 7$132.73$134.63$130.22$131.29704.20K