Compare Stocks: KEX, WHD, MATX, and SBLK

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
KEX Kirby	$140.21 +0.2%	$138.60	$79.51 ▼ $157.69	$7.40B	0.84	558,802 shs	267,002 shs
MATX Matson	$223.14 +0.2%	$206.47	$86.97 ▼ $230.74	$6.67B	1.27	276,796 shs	217,778 shs
SBLK Star Bulk Carriers	$30.50	$27.15	$16.72 ▼ $31.00	$3.46B	0.72	1.54 million shs	2.81 million shs
WHD Cactus	$69.70 +0.4%	$58.84	$33.20 ▼ $74.07	$5.59B	1.36	850,248 shs	555,034 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
KEX Kirby	0.00%	+1.13%	-5.57%	-2.25%	+39.81%
MATX Matson	0.00%	+2.48%	+5.83%	+22.83%	+110.14%
SBLK Star Bulk Carriers	0.00%	+4.99%	+8.39%	+15.53%	+59.52%
WHD Cactus	0.00%	-4.93%	+26.73%	+12.02%	+64.95%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
KEX Kirby	$140.21 +0.2%	$138.60	$79.51 ▼ $157.69	$7.40B	0.84	558,802 shs	267,002 shs
MATX Matson	$223.14 +0.2%	$206.47	$86.97 ▼ $230.74	$6.67B	1.27	276,796 shs	217,778 shs
SBLK Star Bulk Carriers	$30.50	$27.15	$16.72 ▼ $31.00	$3.46B	0.72	1.54 million shs	2.81 million shs
WHD Cactus	$69.70 +0.4%	$58.84	$33.20 ▼ $74.07	$5.59B	1.36	850,248 shs	555,034 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
KEX Kirby	0.00%	+1.13%	-5.57%	-2.25%	+39.81%
MATX Matson	0.00%	+2.48%	+5.83%	+22.83%	+110.14%
SBLK Star Bulk Carriers	0.00%	+4.99%	+8.39%	+15.53%	+59.52%
WHD Cactus	0.00%	-4.93%	+26.73%	+12.02%	+64.95%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
KEX Kirby	2.86	Moderate Buy	$163.20	16.40% Upside
MATX Matson	3.20	Buy	$232.33	4.12% Upside
SBLK Star Bulk Carriers	3.25	Buy	$31.50	3.28% Upside
WHD Cactus	2.43	Hold	$66.80	-4.16% Downside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest KEX, WHD, MATX, and SBLK Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/20/2026	WHD Cactus	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$67.00 ➝ $75.00
8/17/2026	KEX Kirby	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B-)
8/14/2026	SBLK Star Bulk Carriers	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
8/11/2026	SBLK Star Bulk Carriers	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+)
8/3/2026	WHD Cactus	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$70.00 ➝ $74.00
7/31/2026	WHD Cactus	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$68.00 ➝ $72.00

(Data available from 8/24/2023 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
KEX Kirby	$3.36B	2.20	$12.31 per share	11.39	$62.41 per share	2.25
MATX Matson	$3.34B	1.99	$23.92 per share	9.33	$88.49 per share	2.52
SBLK Star Bulk Carriers	$1.04B	3.32	$2.57 per share	11.88	$21.59 per share	1.41
WHD Cactus	$1.08B	5.18	$3.53 per share	19.75	$17.95 per share	3.88

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
KEX Kirby	$354.57M	$6.50	21.57	16.53	1.26	10.18%	10.44%	5.82%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)
MATX Matson	$444.80M	$14.96	14.92	13.03	N/A	13.41%	16.94%	10.01%	11/3/2026 (Estimated)
SBLK Star Bulk Carriers	$84.17M	$2.55	11.96	8.79	N/A	23.87%	11.72%	7.61%	N/A
WHD Cactus	$166.01M	$1.17	59.57	20.26	2.45	6.01%	16.66%	10.81%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)

Latest KEX, WHD, MATX, and SBLK Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/5/2026	Q2 2026	SBLK Star Bulk Carriers	$0.9530	$1.21	+$0.2570	$1.30	$284.29 million	$284.60 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
7/29/2026	Q2 2026	WHD Cactus	$0.6370	$0.93	+$0.2930	$0.70	$400.82 million	$449.53 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
KEX Kirby	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MATX Matson	$1.52	0.68%	+9.24%	10.16%	13 Years
SBLK Star Bulk Carriers	$3.60	11.80%	+43.10%	141.18%	N/A
WHD Cactus	$0.56	0.80%	+8.45%	47.86%	4 Years

Latest KEX, WHD, MATX, and SBLK Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/29/2026	WHD Cactus	quarterly	$0.15	1.15%	8/31/2026	8/31/2026	9/11/2026
6/25/2026	MATX Matson	quarterly	$0.38	0.74%	8/6/2026	8/6/2026	9/3/2026
8/5/2026	SBLK Star Bulk Carriers	quarterly	$0.90	11.8%	8/21/2026	8/21/2026	9/3/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
KEX Kirby	0.30	1.68	1.12
MATX Matson	0.11	0.89	0.89
SBLK Star Bulk Carriers	0.32	1.91	1.74
WHD Cactus	0.01	2.59	1.81

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
KEX Kirby	96.15%
MATX Matson	84.76%
SBLK Star Bulk Carriers	33.91%
WHD Cactus	85.11%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
KEX Kirby	0.80%
MATX Matson	2.51%
SBLK Star Bulk Carriers	N/A
WHD Cactus	12.91%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
KEX Kirby	5,233	52.80 million	52.38 million	Optionable
MATX Matson	4,170	29.90 million	29.15 million	Optionable
SBLK Star Bulk Carriers	180	113.43 million	N/A	Optionable
WHD Cactus	1,500	80.18 million	69.83 million	Optionable

KEX, WHD, MATX, and SBLK Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Research Analysts Offer Predictions for Cactus Q4 Earnings

August 23 at 1:43 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Royal Bank of Canada Has $979,000 Holdings in Cactus, Inc. $WHD

August 22 at 4:32 AM | marketbeat.com

Brokers Set Expectations for Cactus' Q3 Earnings (NYSE:WHD)

August 22 at 1:28 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Zacks Research Has Bearish Forecast for Cactus Q4 Earnings

August 21 at 8:12 AM | marketbeat.com

Cactus Inc (WHD) Shares Fall 6.6% -- What GF Score of 97 Tells Investors

August 20, 2026 | gurufocus.com

Cactus cut at Citi following strong YTD performance

August 20, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Cactus, Inc. (WHD) Is Up 7.92% in One Week: What You Should Know

August 20, 2026 | zacks.com

Cactus, Inc. (WHD) Hits Fresh High: Is There Still Room to Run?

August 20, 2026 | zacks.com

Zacks Research Weighs in on Cactus' Q3 Earnings (NYSE:WHD)

August 20, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Should Higher Oil Prices And Rising Energy Activity Require Action From Cactus (WHD) Investors?

August 20, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Cactus (NYSE:WHD) Sets New 12-Month High - Still a Buy?

August 19, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Bank of America Corp DE Has $31.26 Million Holdings in Cactus, Inc. $WHD

August 16, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Oil Above $80: 2 Energy Stocks You Don't Want to Miss

August 14, 2026 | zacks.com

Cactus Inc - Ordinary Shares - Class A

August 12, 2026 | money.usnews.com

Wasatch Advisors LP Has $52.97 Million Holdings in Cactus, Inc. $WHD

August 12, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Cactus (NYSE:WHD) Reaches New 1-Year High - Here's What Happened

August 12, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Cactus: The Rig Count Is Becoming Less Important

August 11, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Insider Selling: Cactus (NYSE:WHD) CEO Sells 25,000 Shares

August 11, 2026 | insidertrades.com

Cactus (NYSE:WHD) CEO Steven Bender Sells 25,000 Shares of Stock

August 10, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Cactus, Inc. $WHD Stock Position Increased by California State Teachers Retirement System

August 9, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Cactus (NYSE:WHD) Upgraded to "Buy" at Wall Street Zen

August 8, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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KEX, WHD, MATX, and SBLK Company Descriptions

Kirby NYSE:KEX

$140.21 +0.28 (+0.20%)

As of 08/21/2026 03:58 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

$223.14 +0.34 (+0.15%)

As of 08/21/2026 03:58 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.

Star Bulk Carriers NASDAQ:SBLK

$30.50 0.00 (0.00%)

As of 08/21/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Star Bulk Carriers Corp., a shipping company, engages in the ocean transportation of dry bulk cargoes worldwide. Its vessels transport a range of bulk commodities, including iron ores, minerals and grains, bauxite, fertilizers, and steel products. As of December 31, 2023, the company owned a fleet of 116 dry bulk vessels with combined carrying capacity of 13.1 million deadweight tonnage (dwt) consisting of Newcastlemax, Capesize, Post Panamax, Kamsarmax, Panamax, Ultramax, and Supramax vessels with carrying capacities between 53,489 dwt and 209,537 dwt. Star Bulk Carriers Corp. was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Marousi, Greece.

Cactus NYSE:WHD

$69.70 +0.27 (+0.39%)

As of 08/21/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

Cactus, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, sells, and leases pressure control and spoolable pipes in the United States, Australia, Canada, the Middle East, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Pressure Control and Spoolable Technologies. The Pressure Control segment designs, manufactures, sells, and rents a range of wellhead and pressure control equipment under the Cactus Wellhead brand name through service centers. Its products are sold and rented primarily for onshore unconventional oil and gas wells for drilling, completion, and production phases of the wells. This segment also provides field services to install, maintain, and handle the equipment. The Spoolable Technologies segment designs, manufactures, and sells spoolable pipes and associated end fittings under the FlexSteel brand name. Its products are primarily used to transport oil, gas, and other liquids. This segment also provides field services and rental items through service centers and pipe yards, as well as offers equipment and services internationally. In addition, the company offers repair and refurbishment services. Cactus, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

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