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) announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October, 25th. The shipping company reported $0.80 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.09. The shipping company earned $666.80 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $724.17 million. Kirby had a net margin of 3.96% and a return on equity of 5.60%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 5.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.70 EPS. 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.

Kirby issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Friday, October, 25th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.80-3.00 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.97.

5 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for Kirby's shares. Their forecasts range from $67.40 to $100.00. On average, they anticipate Kirby's share price to reach $85.85 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.1%. View Analyst Price Targets for Kirby.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kirby in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Kirby.

Media coverage about KEX stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Kirby earned a media sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the shipping company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Kirby.

Kirby saw a drop in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,800,000 shares, a drop of 7.5% from the December 15th total of 4,110,000 shares. Based on an average daily 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 sold short. View Kirby's Current Options Chain.

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Kirby's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Scout Investments Inc. (0.04%), Fruth Investment Management (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Huntington National Bank (0.00%) and Alpha Windward LLC (0.00%). 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., State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Huntington National Bank. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fruth Investment Management and Alpha Windward LLC. 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 $90.46.

Kirby has a market capitalization of $5.42 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]