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KEX vs. AROC, DOV, FLS, HAL, ITT, OKE, PH, TRGP, MATX, and FRO

Should you be buying Kirby stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kirby include Archrock (AROC), Dover (DOV), Flowserve (FLS), Halliburton (HAL), ITT (ITT), ONEOK (OKE), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Targa Resources (TRGP), Matson (MATX), and Frontline (FRO).

Kirby vs. Its Competitors

Archrock (NYSE:AROC) and Kirby (NYSE:KEX) are related mid-cap companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Archrock has a net margin of 16.38% compared to Kirby's net margin of 9.02%. Archrock's return on equity of 18.31% beat Kirby's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Archrock16.38% 18.31% 6.21%
Kirby 9.02%9.81%5.50%

In the previous week, Kirby had 3 more articles in the media than Archrock. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Kirby and 12 mentions for Archrock. Archrock's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Kirby's score of 0.97 indicating that Archrock is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Archrock
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kirby
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

95.5% of Archrock shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of Kirby shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Archrock shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Kirby shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Kirby has higher revenue and earnings than Archrock. Archrock is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kirby, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Archrock$1.16B3.56$172.23M$1.1819.76
Kirby$3.27B2.03$286.71M$5.0523.44

Archrock has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kirby has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Archrock presently has a consensus target price of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.81%. Kirby has a consensus target price of $130.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.84%. Given Archrock's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Archrock is more favorable than Kirby.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Archrock
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Kirby
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Archrock beats Kirby on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KEX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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KEX vs. The Competition

MetricKirbyTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.65B$2.75B$7.47B$21.20B
Dividend YieldN/A5.02%699.43%3.60%
P/E Ratio23.447.0213.3328.45
Price / Sales2.032.75552.8773.33
Price / Cash10.254.278.0023.19
Price / Book2.030.802.204.68
Net Income$286.71M$527.30M$571.39M$995.03M
7 Day Performance2.26%0.92%1.77%1.65%
1 Month Performance2.86%6.18%5.01%4.44%
1 Year Performance-0.91%-19.92%-1.03%9.99%

Kirby Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KEX
Kirby
1.8005 of 5 stars
$118.36
+2.0%
$130.00
+9.8%
-0.9%$6.65B$3.27B23.445,414Upcoming Earnings
AROC
Archrock
4.5382 of 5 stars
$22.84
-2.4%
$26.67
+16.8%
+6.8%$4.04B$1.16B19.351,300Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Increase
DOV
Dover
4.8345 of 5 stars
$186.99
-0.7%
$208.58
+11.5%
+0.7%$25.64B$7.73B11.2624,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
FLS
Flowserve
4.5004 of 5 stars
$53.56
-2.1%
$64.00
+19.5%
+8.2%$7.00B$4.56B25.0316,000News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
HAL
Halliburton
4.8239 of 5 stars
$21.23
+0.0%
$33.47
+57.7%
-34.7%$18.25B$22.94B8.8848,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ITT
ITT
4.6032 of 5 stars
$156.80
-1.5%
$173.25
+10.5%
+14.7%$12.34B$3.63B24.9311,700Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
OKE
ONEOK
4.9479 of 5 stars
$80.42
-3.5%
$103.07
+28.2%
-0.5%$50.63B$21.70B15.715,177Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.2201 of 5 stars
$711.82
-1.5%
$739.59
+3.9%
+33.0%$90.96B$19.93B27.4161,120Positive News
TRGP
Targa Resources
4.9282 of 5 stars
$163.53
-4.4%
$209.86
+28.3%
+25.9%$35.47B$16.38B30.123,370Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
MATX
Matson
4.4619 of 5 stars
$104.51
+0.1%
$131.67
+26.0%
-16.1%$3.41B$3.42B6.884,356Upcoming Earnings
FRO
Frontline
3.651 of 5 stars
$18.12
-1.2%
$20.62
+13.8%
-21.5%$4.03B$2.16B11.6180

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