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) issued its earnings results on Friday, October, 25th. The shipping company reported $0.80 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.09. The shipping company had revenue of $666.80 million for 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 in the prior 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.

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

5 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Kirby's stock. Their forecasts range from $67.40 to $100.00. On average, they expect Kirby's share price to reach $85.85 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.9% from the stock's current price. 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.

News headlines about KEX stock have trended positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Kirby earned a news sentiment score of 2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the shipping company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Kirby.

Kirby saw a decrease in short interest in 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 daily volume of 366,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 10.4 days. Approximately 6.8% of the company's shares 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 Scout Investments Inc. (0.04%), Fruth Investment Management (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Close Asset Management Ltd (0.01%), Callahan Advisors LLC (0.00%) and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (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, Huntington National Bank and Close Asset Management Ltd. 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 Callahan Advisors LLC, Fruth Investment Management, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank 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 $85.07.

Kirby has a market capitalization of $5.10 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]