Kirby Corporation (KEX)
Industrials · Marine Transportation and Industrial Equipment Distribution
The nation's largest domestic tank barge operator, Kirby also distributes power generation equipment and industrial equipment for marine, oilfield, and on-highway applications.
What Kirby Corporation does
Kirby Corporation operates through two main segments: Marine Transportation (KMT), which operates tank barges and towing vessels transporting bulk liquid products like petrochemicals, black oil, refined petroleum products, and agricultural chemicals throughout the Mississippi River System, Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, and U.S. coasts; and Distribution and Services (KDS), which provides equipment, parts, and services for power generation systems, marine engines, on-highway transmissions, electric fracturing systems, and industrial compressors. The company rents equipment including generators, industrial compressors, and construction equipment for industrial markets.
Themes: ["Marine transportation / bulk liquid cargo","Power generation equipment and services","Behind-the-meter power systems","Emergency backup power systems","Industrial equipment rental","Electric fracturing systems","Data center power infrastructure","Engine and transmission remanufacturing"]
Fundamentals
- Price$142.63 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$7.6B as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return+20.9% as of 2026-07-09 close
- P/E21.09 as of 2026-07-10
- Net margin+10.5% as of 2026-07-10
- Gross margin+33.9% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE+10.6% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity0.29 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)+5.5% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+6.5% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.87 as of 2026-07-10
Key risks (from latest filing)
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Competitors & peers
- Horizon Offshore (tank barge operations)
- Ingram Barge Company (inland barge transportation)
- GAC Group (industrial distribution and services)
- Applied Industrial Technologies (industrial equipment distribution)
- MasTec (specialized power equipment and services)
- Energy Recovery Inc. (power systems)
- Caterpillar (power generation equipment)
- Generac (backup power and generator systems)
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.