KEX · Kirby Corporation
$139.42
+0.60% last session
End-of-day data · close of 2026-09-11
Market cap
$7B
Enterprise value
$9B
Trailing P/E
21.3
Forward P/E
16.6
Dividend yield
—
Beta
0.86
Avg volume
1M
Employees
5K
Daily Change %
0.60%
5 Days Change
-1.56%
10 Days Change
-2.32%
30 Days Change
4.46%
60 Days Change
-3.60%
Month to Day Change
-1.69%
Year to Day Change
25.77%
Analyst Outlook
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Technical Analysis
Analyst sentiment over time — KEX
Rec Mean (blue, left — higher = more bullish) vs. price targets (right).
Investment Bank Ratings as of 2026-07-31
Latest call per bank · past 12 months
Citigroup
Buy$170
+22.7% vs priceBank of America
Buy$182
+31.3% vs priceRecent rating actions
| Date | Firm | Action | Rating | Price target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | Citigroup | Maintains | Buy | $165 → $170 |
| 2026-07-29 | BTIG | Reiterates | Buy | $170 |
| 2026-07-14 | BTIG | Reiterates | Buy | $170 |
| 2026-07-13 | Citigroup | Maintains | Buy | $160 → $165 |
| 2026-07-08 | Bank of America | Maintains | Buy | $169 → $182 |
| 2026-05-01 | Evercore ISI Group | Maintains | Outperform | $138 → $158 |
| 2026-04-30 | BTIG | Maintains | Buy | $160 → $170 |
| 2026-04-15 | BTIG | Maintains | Buy | $135 → $160 |
Ratings and price targets are the published opinions of the issuing banks, compiled from Yahoo Finance rating actions — not investment advice.
Signal Summary as of 2026-09-11
- RSI (14): RSI is 51 — neutral momentum, neither overbought nor oversold.
- Price vs 50-day MA: Trading 0.2% above the 50-day MA ($139.17).
- Price vs 200-day MA: Trading 4.9% above the 200-day MA ($132.93).
- MA cross: The 50-day MA sits above the 200-day MA (golden-cross regime) — the longer-term trend points up.
- MACD (12,26,9): MACD histogram is negative (-0.11) — short-term momentum is fading.
- 52-week range: Price sits between the 52-week low ($79.95) and high ($152.59).
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Fundamentals
About Kirby Corporation
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.
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