Kirby - KEX Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kirby in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" KEX shares.
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4 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Kirby's shares. Their KEX share price forecasts range from $55.00 to $80.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $71.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.4% from the stock's current price.
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Kirby's stock was trading at $59.42 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, KEX shares have increased by 12.3% and is now trading at $66.70.
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Kirby saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,970,000 shares, an increase of 11.9% from the August 31st total of 1,760,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 342,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.7 days. Approximately 3.3% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October 24th 2022.
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Kirby will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, October 24th at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Kirby Co. (NYSE:KEX) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 28th. The shipping company reported $0.49 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.48 by $0.01. The shipping company earned $697.96 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $664.50 million. Kirby had a negative net margin of 8.32% and a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 2.55%.

23 employees have rated Kirby Chief Executive Officer David W. Grzebinski on Glassdoor.com. David W. Grzebinski has an approval rating of 94% among the company's employees. This puts David W. Grzebinski in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

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One share of KEX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $66.70.

Kirby (NYSE:KEX) has a market capitalization of $4.00 billion and generates $2.25 billion in revenue each year. The shipping company earns $-246,950,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($3.47) on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 5,125 workers across the globe.

Kirby's mailing address is 55 WAUGH DRIVE SUITE 1000, HOUSTON TX, 77251. The official website for the company is www.kirbycorp.com. The shipping company can be reached via phone at (713) 435-1000, via email at investor.relations@kirbycorp.com, or via fax at 713-435-1010.