Compare Stocks: NCT, ICON, KEX, and MATX

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ICON Icon Energy	$0.92 +2.8%	$0.99	$0.78 ▼ $11.85	$637K	5.6	510,860 shs	23,074 shs
KEX Kirby	$138.40 +0.3%	$138.85	$79.51 ▼ $157.69	$7.32B	0.86	660,380 shs	152,320 shs
MATX Matson	$224.49 +0.5%	$213.27	$86.97 ▼ $230.74	$6.71B	1.26	284,641 shs	95,045 shs
NCT Intercont (Cayman)	$0.30 -6.3%	$3.31	$0.26 ▼ $47.50	$438K	5.31	961,160 shs	755,653 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ICON Icon Energy	-1.93%	-8.85%	-13.53%	-5.79%	-91.16%
KEX Kirby	-1.66%	-1.64%	+5.21%	-1.23%	+55.10%
MATX Matson	-1.16%	+1.98%	+7.50%	+15.21%	+113.25%
NCT Intercont (Cayman)	-18.85%	-93.78%	-90.73%	-89.11%	-98.91%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ICON Icon Energy	$0.92 +2.8%	$0.99	$0.78 ▼ $11.85	$637K	5.6	510,860 shs	23,074 shs
KEX Kirby	$138.40 +0.3%	$138.85	$79.51 ▼ $157.69	$7.32B	0.86	660,380 shs	152,320 shs
MATX Matson	$224.49 +0.5%	$213.27	$86.97 ▼ $230.74	$6.71B	1.26	284,641 shs	95,045 shs
NCT Intercont (Cayman)	$0.30 -6.3%	$3.31	$0.26 ▼ $47.50	$438K	5.31	961,160 shs	755,653 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ICON Icon Energy	-1.93%	-8.85%	-13.53%	-5.79%	-91.16%
KEX Kirby	-1.66%	-1.64%	+5.21%	-1.23%	+55.10%
MATX Matson	-1.16%	+1.98%	+7.50%	+15.21%	+113.25%
NCT Intercont (Cayman)	-18.85%	-93.78%	-90.73%	-89.11%	-98.91%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ICON Icon Energy	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A
KEX Kirby	2.71	Moderate Buy	$163.20	17.92% Upside
MATX Matson	3.20	Buy	$232.33	3.49% Upside
NCT Intercont (Cayman)	1.00	Sell	N/A	N/A

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest NCT, ICON, KEX, and MATX Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/31/2026	KEX Kirby	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Hold (C+)
8/17/2026	KEX Kirby	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B-)
8/6/2026	MATX Matson	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C) ➝ Buy (B-)
8/6/2026	MATX Matson	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
8/4/2026	MATX Matson	Stephens Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$240.00 ➝ $260.00
8/4/2026	MATX Matson	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$230.00 ➝ $270.00
8/3/2026	KEX Kirby	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Hold (C+)
7/31/2026	KEX Kirby	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$165.00 ➝ $170.00
7/29/2026	KEX Kirby	BTIG Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$170.00
7/17/2026	KEX Kirby	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B-)
7/14/2026	KEX Kirby	BTIG Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$170.00

(Data available from 9/9/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ICON Icon Energy	$15.54M	0.04	N/A	N/A	$30.89 per share	0.03
KEX Kirby	$3.49B	2.09	$12.08 per share	11.46	$62.41 per share	2.22
MATX Matson	$3.34B	2.01	$23.78 per share	9.44	$88.49 per share	2.54
NCT Intercont (Cayman)	$25.14M	0.02	$5.07 per share	0.06	$23.27 per share	0.01

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ICON Icon Energy	-$4.20M	-$24.60	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
KEX Kirby	$354.57M	$6.50	21.34	16.32	1.26	10.18%	10.44%	5.82%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)
MATX Matson	$444.80M	$14.96	15.00	13.11	N/A	13.41%	16.94%	10.01%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)
NCT Intercont (Cayman)	$3.10M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest NCT, ICON, KEX, and MATX Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/14/2026	Q2 2026	ICON Icon Energy	N/A	-$0.62	N/A	-$0.62	N/A	$4.19 million
8/3/2026	Q2 2026	MATX Matson	$3.79	$4.27	+$0.48	$4.27	$893.91 million	$969.40 million
7/29/2026	Q2 2026	KEX Kirby	$1.63	$1.67	+$0.04	$1.67	$870.38 million	$922.40 million
6/9/2026	Q4 2025	ICON Icon Energy	-$2.30	-$0.33	+$1.97	-$0.33	$3.20 million	$3.65 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ICON Icon Energy	$0.35	38.04%	N/A	N/A	N/A
KEX Kirby	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MATX Matson	$1.52	0.68%	+9.24%	10.16%	13 Years
NCT Intercont (Cayman)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest NCT, ICON, KEX, and MATX Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
6/25/2026	MATX Matson	quarterly	$0.38	0.74%	8/6/2026	8/6/2026	9/3/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ICON Icon Energy	1.12	1.55	1.50
KEX Kirby	0.30	1.68	1.12
MATX Matson	0.11	0.89	0.89
NCT Intercont (Cayman)	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ICON Icon Energy	N/A
KEX Kirby	96.15%
MATX Matson	84.76%
NCT Intercont (Cayman)	N/A

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ICON Icon Energy	4.70%
KEX Kirby	0.80%
MATX Matson	2.51%
NCT Intercont (Cayman)	N/A

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ICON Icon Energy	N/A	692,000	N/A	No Data
KEX Kirby	5,233	52.80 million	52.38 million	Optionable
MATX Matson	4,170	29.90 million	29.15 million	Optionable
NCT Intercont (Cayman)	19	1.44 million	N/A	N/A

NCT, ICON, KEX, and MATX Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Intercont (Cayman) Ltd Class A NCT

August 20, 2026 | morningstar.comM

Intercont (Cayman) (NASDAQ:NCT) Trading 3.8% Higher – Should You Buy?

August 4, 2026 | defenseworld.netD

Intercont (Cayman) Limited Class A Ordinary shares (NCT) Institutional Holdings

July 13, 2026 | nasdaq.com

Intercont (Cayman) Limited Prices $6.32 Million Public Offering of Units

July 7, 2026 | quiverquant.comQ

Intercont (Cayman) Limited Announces Pricing of $6.32 Million Public Offering

July 7, 2026 | globenewswire.com

Intercont (Cayman) Limited Class A

July 1, 2026 | cnn.com

Intercont (Cayman) stock jumps 55% in pre-market: What's going on?

June 12, 2026 | msn.com

Intercont (Cayman) Ltd - Ordinary Shares - Class A

May 15, 2026 | money.usnews.com

Intercont (Cayman) Ltd. Cl A

April 15, 2026 | barrons.com

Intercont (Cayman) Limited Announces 25-for-1 Reverse Share Split to Comply with Nasdaq Listing Requirements

March 30, 2026 | quiverquant.comQ

Intercont (Cayman) Limited Announces Effective Time of Share Consolidation/Reverse Share Split to Regain NASDAQ Compliance

March 30, 2026 | globenewswire.com

Intercont (Cayman) Limited Receives Nasdaq Notification Letter Regarding Minimum Bid Price Deficiency

December 20, 2025 | globenewswire.com

Intercont (Cayman) Limited Receives Notification of Non-Compliance with Nasdaq Bid Price Requirement

December 19, 2025 | quiverquant.comQ

Intercont (Cayman) Limited Announces Strategic Acquisition of Singapore-Based Web3 Innovator Starks Network Ltd, Strengthening Its Position in On-Chain Digital Asset Infrastructure

December 8, 2025 | globenewswire.com

NCT Enters Ro-Ro Vessel Partnership to Strengthen Earnings Visibility and Carbon Neutral Fleet Strategy

December 1, 2025 | globenewswire.com

Short Interest in Intercont (Cayman) Limited (NASDAQ:NCT) Grows By 50.9%

October 24, 2025 | defenseworld.netD

Intercont (Cayman) Limited Reports First Half 2025 Unaudited Financial Results

July 15, 2025 | globenewswire.com

From Financial Elite to Ocean ESG Pioneer:Â The Entrepreneurial Path of Ms. Zhu Muchun, CEO and Chairman of the Board of the Directors of Intercont (NASDAQ: NCT)

April 9, 2025 | globenewswire.com

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NCT, ICON, KEX, and MATX Company Descriptions

Icon Energy NASDAQ:ICON

$0.92 +0.03 (+2.79%)

As of 02:48 PM Eastern

Iconix Brand Group, Inc. is a brand management company. As of December 31, 2016, the Company owned a portfolio of over 30 global consumer brands across women's, men's, and home categories. The Company operates through segments: men's, women's, home and international. The Company's brand portfolio includes brands, such as Candie's, Bongo, Joe Boxer, Rampage, Mudd, London Fog, Mossimo, Ocean Pacific/OP, Danskin/Danskin Now, Rocawear/Roc Nation, Cannon, Royal Velvet, Fieldcrest, Charisma, Starter, Waverly, Ecko Unltd/Mark Ecko Cut & Sew, Zoo York, Umbro, Lee Cooper and Artful Dodger, and interests in Material Girl, Ed Hardy, Truth or Dare, Modern Amusement, Buffalo, Nick Graham Hydraulic and PONY brands. It operates in various geographic regions, including the United States, Japan and Other (which principally represent Latin America and Europe).

Kirby NYSE:KEX

$138.40 +0.40 (+0.29%)

As of 02:49 PM Eastern

Kirby Corporation operates domestic tank barges in the United States. Its Marine Transportation segment provides marine transportation service and towing vessel transporting bulk liquid product, as well as operates tank barge throughout the Mississippi River System, on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, coastwise along three United States coasts, and in Alaska and Hawaii. It also transports petrochemicals, black oils, refined petroleum products, and agricultural chemicals by tank barges; and operates offshore dry-bulk barges and tugboat units that are engaged in the offshore transportation of dry-bulk cargos in the United States coastal trade. It owns and operates 1,076 inland tank barges, approximately 281 inland towboats, 28 coastal tank barges, 25 coastal tugboats, 4 offshore dry-bulk cargo barges, 4 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 used 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 to various companies, 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.

Matson NYSE:MATX

$224.49 +1.20 (+0.54%)

As of 02:48 PM Eastern

Matson, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of ocean transportation and logistics services. It operates through two segments, Ocean Transportation and Logistics. The Ocean Transportation segment offers ocean freight transportation services to the domestic non-contiguous economies of Hawaii, Japan, Alaska, and Guam, as well as to other island economies in Micronesia. It primarily transports dry containers of mixed commodities, refrigerated commodities, food products, beverages, building materials, automobiles, and household goods; livestock; seafood; general sustenance cargo; and garments, footwear, e-commerce, and other retail merchandise. This segment also operates an expedited service from China to Long Beach, California, and various islands in the South Pacific, as well as Okinawa, Japan; and provides stevedoring, refrigerated cargo services, inland transportation, container equipment maintenance, and other terminal services to ocean carriers on the Hawaiian islands of Oahu, Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai, as well as in the Alaska locations of Anchorage, Kodiak, and Dutch Harbor. In addition, it offers vessel management and container transshipment services. The Logistics segment provides multimodal transportation brokerage services, including domestic and international rail intermodal, long-haul and regional highway trucking, specialized hauling, flat-bed and project, less-than-truckload, and expedited freight services; less-than-container load consolidation and freight forwarding services; warehousing and distribution services; supply chain management services, and non-vessel operating common carrier freight forwarding services. It serves the U.S. military, freight forwarders, retailers, consumer goods, automobile manufacturers, and other customers. The company was formerly known as Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Matson, Inc. in June 2012. Matson, Inc. was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Intercont (Cayman) NASDAQ:NCT

$0.30 -0.02 (-6.35%)

As of 02:48 PM Eastern

Intercont (Cayman) Ltd. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of global maritime shipping services through its subsidiaries. Its services include time chartering and vessel management. The company was founded on July 4, 2023 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

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