A share price of Kirby Corp [KEX] is currently trading at $129.52, up 2.06%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The KEX shares have gain 4.59% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 15.93%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Kirby Corp [NYSE: KEX] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on November 05, 2025, when Citigroup upgraded its rating to a Buy but kept the price target unchanged to $128 for it. Previously, Citigroup started tracking the stock with Neutral rating on September 22, 2025, and set its price target to $91. On April 22, 2024, Wolfe Research initiated with a Outperform rating and assigned a price target of $126 on the stock. BTIG Research upgraded its rating to a Buy but stick to its price target of $80 on January 28, 2022. Stifel upgraded its rating to a Buy and raised its price target to $65 on October 12, 2021. Gabelli & Co downgraded its rating to Hold for this stock on May 07, 2021. In a note dated November 18, 2020, BofA Securities upgraded an Buy rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $42 to $54.
Kirby Corp experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $79.51 and $127.45. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $127.67 within the next 12 months. Kirby Corp [NYSE: KEX] shares were valued at $129.52 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -1.43% based on the average KEX price forecast.
Analyzing the KEX fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Kirby Corp [NYSE:KEX] were 3.31B which represents 4.81% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.26% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.12%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.12%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.09%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.05, Equity is 0.09 and Total Capital is 0.08. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.37.
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Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Kirby Corp [NYSE:KEX] is 1.70. As well, the Quick Ratio is 1.08, while the Cash Ratio is 0.07. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.12, the price to book ratio is 2.11 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 24.04.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved O’Neil Christian G., President and COO, that happened on Dec 22 ’25 when 11145.0 shares were sold. Officer, Christian O’Neil completed a deal on Dec 22 ’25 to buy 11145.0 shares. Meanwhile, VP IR & Treasurer Niemietz Kurt A. sold 1500.0 shares on Dec 01 ’25.
