Compare Stocks: KEX, MATX, and CUK

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
CUK Carnival	$27.47	$26.37	$17.73 ▼ $33.72	$5.18B	2.36	3.15 million shs	N/A
KEX Kirby	$136.10 -1.5%	$136.75	$79.51 ▼ $157.69	$7.29B	0.84	484,697 shs	445,113 shs
MATX Matson	$225.69 -0.9%	$222.51	$86.97 ▼ $240.87	$6.81B	1.3	315,106 shs	194,840 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CUK Carnival	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	+3.66%
KEX Kirby	-1.48%	-1.46%	-1.79%	-5.22%	+65.49%
MATX Matson	-0.82%	-2.34%	-0.59%	+10.44%	+131.84%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CUK Carnival	$27.47	$26.37	$17.73 ▼ $33.72	$5.18B	2.36	3.15 million shs	N/A
KEX Kirby	$136.10 -1.5%	$136.75	$79.51 ▼ $157.69	$7.29B	0.84	484,697 shs	445,113 shs
MATX Matson	$225.69 -0.9%	$222.51	$86.97 ▼ $240.87	$6.81B	1.3	315,106 shs	194,840 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CUK Carnival	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	+3.66%
KEX Kirby	-1.48%	-1.46%	-1.79%	-5.22%	+65.49%
MATX Matson	-0.82%	-2.34%	-0.59%	+10.44%	+131.84%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
CUK Carnival	2.50	Moderate Buy	N/A	N/A
KEX Kirby	2.86	Moderate Buy	$163.00	19.77% Upside
MATX Matson	2.83	Moderate Buy	$239.25	6.01% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest KEX, MATX, and CUK Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
10/8/2026	MATX Matson	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Buy (B)
10/8/2026	KEX Kirby	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$170.00 ➝ $169.00
10/5/2026	MATX Matson	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
9/30/2026	MATX Matson	Freedom Broker Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$260.00
9/14/2026	KEX Kirby	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B-)
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

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Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
CUK Carnival	$26.62B	0.19	$40.40 per share	0.68	$84.72 per share	0.32
KEX Kirby	$3.36B	2.14	$12.11 per share	11.24	$62.41 per share	2.18
MATX Matson	$3.34B	2.02	$23.66 per share	9.54	$88.49 per share	2.55

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
CUK Carnival	$2.76B	$2.25	12.21	N/A	N/A	11.48%	26.92%	6.20%	N/A
KEX Kirby	$354.57M	$6.50	20.94	16.05	1.23	10.18%	10.44%	5.82%	10/28/2026 (Estimated)
MATX Matson	$444.80M	$14.96	15.09	13.18	N/A	13.41%	16.94%	10.01%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)

Latest KEX, MATX, and CUK Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
11/4/2026	Q3 2026	MATX Matson	$6.27	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.07 billion	N/A
10/28/2026	Q3 2026	KEX Kirby	$1.95	N/A	N/A	N/A	$935.15 million	N/A
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

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
CUK Carnival	$0.15	0.55%	-100.00%	6.67%	N/A
KEX Kirby	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MATX Matson	$1.52	0.67%	+9.24%	10.16%	13 Years

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
CUK Carnival	1.82	0.30	0.26
KEX Kirby	0.30	1.68	1.12
MATX Matson	0.11	0.89	0.89

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Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
CUK Carnival	23.80%
KEX Kirby	96.15%
MATX Matson	84.76%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
CUK Carnival	0.08%
KEX Kirby	0.80%
MATX Matson	2.51%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
CUK Carnival	101,000	188.49 million	188.34 million	Optionable
KEX Kirby	5,233	52.80 million	52.38 million	Optionable
MATX Matson	4,170	29.90 million	29.15 million	Optionable

KEX, MATX, and CUK Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

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Matson (NYSE:MATX) Stock Bumped Down to "Hold" by Zacks Research

October 7 at 7:53 AM | marketbeat.com

Matson stock gained 2.49 percent before November results

October 5, 2026 | ad-hoc-news.deA

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October 2, 2026 | barrons.com

Freedom Broker avvia la copertura di Matson con rating buy

September 30, 2026 | it.investing.com

Freedom Broker initiates coverage of Matson with buy

September 30, 2026 | msn.com

Freedom Broker Initiates Coverage on Matson (NYSE:MATX)

September 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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September 30, 2026 | zacks.com

Matson (MATX) is on the Move, Here's Why the Trend Could be Sustainable

September 28, 2026 | zacks.com

Matson, Inc. (NYSE:MATX) Receives Consensus Recommendation of "Buy" from Analysts

September 28, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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September 23, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

This Fund Trimmed Matson (MATX) on Strength

September 23, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

This Fund Trimmed Matson (MATX) on Strength

September 22, 2026 | insidermonkey.com

Bank of America Corp DE Acquires Shares of 198,026 Matson, Inc. $MATX

September 22, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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September 18, 2026 | msn.com

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September 16, 2026 | zacks.com

Tidal Investments LLC Lowers Stock Holdings in Matson, Inc. $MATX

September 15, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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September 14, 2026 | zacks.com

Matson, Inc. $MATX Stock Position Raised by Squarepoint Ops LLC

September 13, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Baird Financial Group Inc. Has $21.67 Million Position in Matson, Inc. $MATX

September 12, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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KEX, MATX, and CUK Company Descriptions

Carnival NYSE:CUK

Carnival Plc operates as a global cruise and vacation company. The firm offers holiday and vacation products to a customer base that is broadly varied in terms of cultures, languages and leisure-time preferences. It operates through the North America and Australia (NAA), Europe and Asia (EA), Cruise Support, and Tour and Other segments. The NAA segment includes Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line, P and O Cruises (Australia), Princess and Seabourn. The EA segment includes AIDA, Costa, Cunard, and P and O Cruises (UK). The Cruise Support segment includes a portfolio of port destinations and other services, all of which are operated for the benefit of cruise brands. The Tour and Other segment represents the hotel and transportation operations of Holland America Princess Alaska Tours and other operations. The company was founded on July 19, 2000 and is headquartered in Southampton, the United Kingdom.

Kirby NYSE:KEX

$136.10 -2.02 (-1.46%)

Closing price 10/9/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$136.22 +0.13 (+0.10%)

As of 10/9/2026 07:30 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

$225.69 -2.10 (-0.92%)

Closing price 10/9/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$227.49 +1.79 (+0.79%)

As of 10/9/2026 07:57 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.

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