Kirby Corp [KEX] stock is trading at $84.12, up 0.83%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The KEX shares have gain 0.10% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -14.40%, and not 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 September 22, 2025, when Citigroup initiated its Neutral rating and assigned the stock a price target of $91. Previously, Wolfe Research started tracking the stock with Outperform rating on April 22, 2024, and set its price target to $126. On January 28, 2022, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy but maintained its price target of $80 on the stock. Stifel upgraded its rating to a Buy and increased its price target to $65 on October 12, 2021. Gabelli & Co downgraded its rating to a Hold. BofA Securities upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on November 18, 2020, and upped its price target to $54. In a note dated April 16, 2020, The Benchmark Company initiated a Buy rating and provided a target price of $65 on this stock.
Kirby Corp [KEX] stock has fluctuated between $82.55 and $132.21 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $116.5 within the next 12 months. Kirby Corp [NYSE: KEX] shares were valued at $84.12 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 38.49% based on the average KEX price forecast.
Analyzing the KEX fundamentals
Kirby Corp [NYSE:KEX] reported sales of 3.27B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 3.77%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.26% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.13%, 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 0.38.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 82.60 points at the first support level, and at 81.09 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 84.93, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 85.75.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Kirby Corp’s Current Ratio is 1.74. Also, the Quick Ratio is 1.12, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.07. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.43, the price to book ratio is 1.39 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 15.93.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved MILLER SCOTT P, Officer, that happened on Feb 06 ’25 when 3545.0 shares were purchased. VP – CIO, MILLER SCOTT P completed a deal on Feb 06 ’25 to sell 3545.0 shares. Meanwhile, VP – CIO MILLER SCOTT P sold 1244.0 shares on Feb 05 ’25.
