NYSE:KEX - Kirby Stock Price, Forecast & News

Kirby trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "KEX."

Kirby Co. (NYSE:KEX) released its earnings results on Friday, October, 25th. The shipping company reported $0.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.09. The shipping company had revenue of $666.80 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $724.17 million. Kirby had a return on equity of 5.60% and a net margin of 3.96%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 5.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.70 earnings per share. View Kirby's Earnings History.

Kirby is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 30th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Kirby.

Kirby will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

4 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Kirby's shares. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $100.00. On average, they anticipate Kirby's stock price to reach $92.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Kirby.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kirby in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Kirby.

Headlines about KEX stock have trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Kirby earned a news sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the shipping company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Kirby.

Kirby saw a decrease in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,800,000 shares, a decrease of 7.5% from the December 15th total of 4,110,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 366,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 10.4 days. Currently, 6.8% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Kirby's Current Options Chain.

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Kirby's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Lathrop Investment Management Corp (0.27%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.25%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.20%), British Airways Pensions Investment Management Ltd (0.16%), Arizona State Retirement System (0.06%) and Scout Investments Inc. (0.04%). Company insiders that own Kirby stock include Amy D Husted, Christian G O'neil, David R Mosley, David W Grzebinski, Dorman Lynn Strahan, J H Pyne, Joseph H Reniers, Kim B Clarke, Monte J Miller, Renato A Castro, Richard J Alario, Richard Ross Stewart, Ronald A Dragg and William M Waterman. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Kirby.

KEX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., California Public Employees Retirement System, Lathrop Investment Management Corp, SG Americas Securities LLC, Arizona State Retirement System, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Huntington National Bank and World Asset Management Inc. Company insiders that have sold Kirby company stock in the last year include Amy D Husted, Christian G O'neil, David W Grzebinski, Dorman Lynn Strahan, Joseph H Reniers, Kim B Clarke, Monte J Miller, Richard Ross Stewart, Ronald A Dragg and William M Waterman. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kirby.

KEX stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including British Airways Pensions Investment Management Ltd, Strs Ohio, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Callahan Advisors LLC, Fruth Investment Management, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Alpha Windward LLC and State of Michigan Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kirby.

Shares of KEX can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KEX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $84.09.

Kirby has a market capitalization of $5.04 billion and generates $2.97 billion in revenue each year. The shipping company earns $78.45 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.86 on an earnings per share basis. Kirby employs 2,500 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Kirby.

The official website for Kirby is http://www.kirbycorp.com/.

Kirby's mailing address is 55 WAUGH DRIVE SUITE 1000, HOUSTON TX, 77251. The shipping company can be reached via phone at 713-435-1000 or via email at [email protected]