Compare Stocks: NCLH, CUK, KEX, MATX, and BIP

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
BIP Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	$37.01 -0.7%	$36.94	$33.21 ▼ $44.03	$16.94B	1.06	850,010 shs	633,871 shs
CUK Carnival	$27.47	$26.37	$17.73 ▼ $33.72	$5.18B	2.36	3.15 million shs	N/A
KEX Kirby	$132.99 +1.1%	$137.32	$85.67 ▼ $157.69	$7.02B	0.84	636,455 shs	566,948 shs
MATX Matson	$228.35 +0.4%	$226.87	$93.12 ▼ $240.87	$6.83B	1.3	287,454 shs	326,652 shs
NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	$15.07 -3.1%	$15.52	$13.63 ▼ $25.13	$6.92B	1.95	20.01 million shs	22.42 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BIP Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	+2.27%	+0.02%	+4.11%	-9.03%	+8.71%
CUK Carnival	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	+1.53%
KEX Kirby	-4.10%	-4.31%	-0.96%	-11.42%	+53.81%
MATX Matson	-2.79%	-3.88%	+0.32%	+8.12%	+144.36%
NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	-0.55%	+0.53%	+8.94%	-20.07%	-34.39%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BIP Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	$37.01 -0.7%	$36.94	$33.21 ▼ $44.03	$16.94B	1.06	850,010 shs	633,871 shs
CUK Carnival	$27.47	$26.37	$17.73 ▼ $33.72	$5.18B	2.36	3.15 million shs	N/A
KEX Kirby	$132.99 +1.1%	$137.32	$85.67 ▼ $157.69	$7.02B	0.84	636,455 shs	566,948 shs
MATX Matson	$228.35 +0.4%	$226.87	$93.12 ▼ $240.87	$6.83B	1.3	287,454 shs	326,652 shs
NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	$15.07 -3.1%	$15.52	$13.63 ▼ $25.13	$6.92B	1.95	20.01 million shs	22.42 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BIP Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	+2.27%	+0.02%	+4.11%	-9.03%	+8.71%
CUK Carnival	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	+1.53%
KEX Kirby	-4.10%	-4.31%	-0.96%	-11.42%	+53.81%
MATX Matson	-2.79%	-3.88%	+0.32%	+8.12%	+144.36%
NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	-0.55%	+0.53%	+8.94%	-20.07%	-34.39%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
BIP Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	2.73	Moderate Buy	$44.78	20.99% Upside
CUK Carnival	2.50	Moderate Buy	N/A	N/A
KEX Kirby	2.88	Moderate Buy	$169.17	27.20% Upside
MATX Matson	2.83	Moderate Buy	$249.25	9.15% Upside
NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	2.30	Hold	$19.90	32.09% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest NCLH, CUK, KEX, MATX, and BIP Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
10/23/2026	NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Neutral ➝ Underweight	$13.00 ➝ $11.00
10/22/2026	BIP Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Set Price Target	Outperformer	$47.00 ➝ $44.00
10/20/2026	NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Buy	$24.00 ➝ $20.00
10/20/2026	NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	Susquehanna Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$17.00 ➝ $16.00
10/16/2026	NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Strong Sell ➝ Hold
10/14/2026	KEX Kirby	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Initiated Coverage	Overweight	$200.00
10/13/2026	BIP Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$50.00 ➝ $48.00
10/13/2026	MATX Matson	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$270.00 ➝ $310.00
10/12/2026	NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$20.00 ➝ $18.00
10/8/2026	MATX Matson	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Buy (B)
10/8/2026	KEX Kirby	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Buy	$170.00 ➝ $169.00

(Data available from 10/23/2023 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
BIP Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	$23.10B	0.73	$11.25 per share	3.29	$75.20 per share	0.49
CUK Carnival	$26.62B	0.19	$40.40 per share	0.68	$84.72 per share	0.32
KEX Kirby	$3.36B	2.09	$11.91 per share	11.17	$62.41 per share	2.13
MATX Matson	$3.34B	2.04	$23.21 per share	9.84	$88.49 per share	2.58
NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	$9.83B	0.70	$4.50 per share	3.35	$4.85 per share	3.11

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
BIP Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	$771M	$0.62	59.70	9.07	N/A	3.51%	2.63%	0.71%	11/6/2026 (Estimated)
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	20.46	15.83	1.23	10.18%	10.44%	5.82%	10/28/2026 (Estimated)
MATX Matson	$444.80M	$14.96	15.26	13.28	N/A	13.41%	16.94%	10.01%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)
NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	$423.25M	$1.60	9.42	11.16	0.91	7.49%	41.38%	4.21%	10/29/2026 (Estimated)

Latest NCLH, CUK, KEX, MATX, and BIP Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
11/6/2026	Q3 2026	BIP Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	$0.1110	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.20 billion	N/A
11/4/2026	Q3 2026	MATX Matson	$6.27	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.07 billion	N/A
10/29/2026	Q3 2026	NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	$0.9330	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.88 billion	N/A
10/28/2026	Q3 2026	KEX Kirby	$2.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	$938.84 million	N/A
8/3/2026	Q2 2026	MATX Matson	$3.79	$4.27	+$0.48	$4.27	$893.91 million	$969.40 million
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	BIP Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	$0.1631	$0.89	+$0.7269	-$0.07	$2.23 billion	$6.48 billion
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	$0.4115	$0.48	+$0.0685	$0.48	$2.65 billion	$2.64 billion
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
BIP Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	$1.82	4.92%	-17.68%	293.55%	18 Years
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
NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest NCLH, CUK, KEX, MATX, and BIP Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
10/20/2026	MATX Matson	quarterly	$0.38	0.64%	11/5/2026	11/5/2026	12/3/2026
7/30/2026	BIP Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	quarterly	$0.4550	4.81%	8/31/2026	8/31/2026	9/29/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
BIP Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	1.83	0.89	0.84
CUK Carnival	1.82	0.30	0.26
KEX Kirby	0.30	1.68	1.12
MATX Matson	0.11	0.89	0.89
NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	5.40	0.20	0.17

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
BIP Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	57.92%
CUK Carnival	23.80%
KEX Kirby	96.15%
MATX Matson	84.76%
NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	69.58%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
BIP Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	N/A
CUK Carnival	0.08%
KEX Kirby	0.80%
MATX Matson	2.51%
NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	0.25%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
BIP Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	64,000	457.71 million	N/A	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
NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	44,500	459.11 million	457.96 million	Optionable

NCLH, CUK, KEX, MATX, and BIP Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Norwegian Cruise Line cut to underweight as yield recovery faces risks—J.P. Morgan

4 hours ago | seekingalpha.com

Norwegian Sells Most of Its Europe Cruises to Americans. Why That's a Problem.

4 hours ago | barrons.com

Cruise Stocks Fall as Oil Price Hits Five-Month High: Norwegian Sinks 6%, Royal Caribbean and Carnival Drop 4%

October 23 at 11:01 AM | 247wallst.com

Zacks Research Brokers Raise Earnings Estimates for NCLH

October 23 at 8:41 AM | marketbeat.com

Norwegian Cruise Line (NYSE:NCLH) Stock Gets Downgrade from JPMorgan Chase & Co.

October 23 at 8:05 AM | marketbeat.com

Versonix Expands Seaware Booking Platform to All 3 NCLH Brands

October 22 at 12:22 PM | cruiseindustrynews.comC

Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH) Expected to Beat Earnings Estimates: What to Know Ahead of Q3 Release

October 22 at 12:22 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Cruise lines chase luxury travelers with suites for up to $25,000 a night

October 22 at 12:00 PM | cnbc.com

Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH) Expected to Beat Earnings Estimates: What to Know Ahead of Q3 Release

October 22 at 11:01 AM | zacks.com

These 2 Consumer Discretionary Stocks Could Beat Earnings: Why They Should Be on Your Radar

October 22 at 9:56 AM | zacks.com

Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH) Expected to Announce Quarterly Earnings on Thursday

October 22 at 5:25 AM | marketbeat.com

Susquehanna Issues Pessimistic Forecast for Norwegian Cruise Line (NYSE:NCLH) Stock Price

October 22 at 1:36 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Analysts Are Bullish on Top Consumer Cyclical Stocks: VinFast Auto (VFS), Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH)

October 21 at 10:47 PM | theglobeandmail.com

Cruise lines see demand surge, but Norwegian is offering bigger deals

October 21 at 5:46 PM | thestreet.com

Can NCLH's Nearly $1B CapEx Drop in 2028 Accelerate Debt Reduction?

October 21 at 12:46 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Can NCLH's Nearly $1B CapEx Drop in 2028 Accelerate Debt Reduction?

October 21 at 11:21 AM | zacks.com

Cruise Stocks Rally While Energy Shares Slip: Norwegian, Royal Caribbean and Carnival Rise 3%

October 20 at 1:57 PM | 247wallst.com

TD Cowen Issues Pessimistic Forecast for Norwegian Cruise Line (NYSE:NCLH) Stock Price

October 20 at 10:29 AM | marketbeat.com

Norwegian Cruise Line (NYSE:NCLH) Price Target Cut to $16.00 by Analysts at Susquehanna

October 20 at 8:11 AM | marketbeat.com

Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH) Surpasses Market Returns: Some Facts Worth Knowing

October 19, 2026 | zacks.com

Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH) Surpasses Market Returns: Some Facts Worth Knowing

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NCLH, CUK, KEX, MATX, and BIP Company Descriptions

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners NYSE:BIP

$37.01 -0.28 (-0.75%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

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$37.02 +0.01 (+0.04%)

As of 05:16 PM Eastern

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. owns and operates utilities, transport, midstream, and data businesses in North and South America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company's Utilities segment operates approximately 2,900 km of electricity transmission lines; 4,200 km of natural gas pipelines; 8.1 million electricity and natural gas connections; and 0.6 million long-term contracted sub-metering services. This segment also offers heating, cooling, and energy solutions; gas distribution; water heaters; and heating, ventilation, and air conditioner rental, as well as other home services. Its Transport segment offers transportation, storage, and handling services for merchandise goods, commodities, and passengers through a network of approximately 22,000 km of track; 5,500 km of track network; 9,800 km of rail; and 3,300 km of motorways. The company's Midstream segment offers natural gas transmission, gathering and processing, and storage services through approximately 15,000 km of natural gas transmission pipelines; 570 billion cubic feet of natural gas storage; 17 natural gas processing plants; and 10,600 km of gas gathering pipelines, as well as 525,000 tonnes polypropylene production capacity. Its Data segment operates approximately 228,000 operational telecom towers; approximately 54,000 kilometers of fiber optic cables; approximately 1 million fiber-to-the-premise connections; two semiconductor manufacturing facilities; and 70 distributed antenna systems, as well as 135 data centers and 750 megawatts of critical load capacity and an additional approximate 670 megawatts of contracted capacity. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. operates as a subsidiary of Brookfield Corporation.

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

$132.99 +1.49 (+1.13%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$133.10 +0.12 (+0.09%)

As of 04:35 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

$228.35 +0.87 (+0.38%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$228.63 +0.28 (+0.12%)

As of 05:20 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.

Norwegian Cruise Line NYSE:NCLH

$15.06 -0.48 (-3.06%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$15.10 +0.04 (+0.24%)

As of 06:12 PM Eastern

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a cruise company in North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The company operates through the Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, and Regent Seven Seas Cruises brands. It offers itineraries ranging from three days to a 180-days calling on various ports, including Scandinavia, Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, the Greek Isles, Alaska, Canada and New England, Hawaii, Asia, Tahiti and the South Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Africa, India, South America, the Panama Canal, and the Caribbean. It distributes its products through retail/travel advisor and onboard cruise sales channels, as well as meetings, incentives, and charters. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. was founded in 1966 and is based in Miami, Florida.

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