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KEX vs. HAL, MATX, FRO, HAFN, STNG, INSW, SBLK, TRMD, BWLP, and DHT

Should you be buying Kirby stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kirby include Halliburton (HAL), Matson (MATX), Frontline (FRO), Hafnia (HAFN), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), International Seaways (INSW), Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), Torm (TRMD), BW LPG (BWLP), and DHT (DHT).

Kirby vs. Its Competitors

Kirby (NYSE:KEX) and Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) are related companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.

Kirby has a net margin of 9.25% compared to Halliburton's net margin of 8.37%. Halliburton's return on equity of 21.45% beat Kirby's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kirby9.25% 10.02% 5.63%
Halliburton 8.37%21.45%8.85%

96.2% of Kirby shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of Halliburton shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Kirby shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Halliburton shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Halliburton has higher revenue and earnings than Kirby. Halliburton 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
Kirby$3.27B1.44$286.71M$5.2915.96
Halliburton$22.94B0.81$2.50B$2.1410.19

In the previous week, Halliburton had 17 more articles in the media than Kirby. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Halliburton and 21 mentions for Kirby. Kirby's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Halliburton's score of 0.53 indicating that Kirby is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Kirby
17 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Halliburton
20 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Kirby presently has a consensus price target of $121.00, suggesting a potential upside of 43.28%. Halliburton has a consensus price target of $32.05, suggesting a potential upside of 47.02%. Given Halliburton's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Halliburton is more favorable than Kirby.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kirby
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Halliburton
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64

Kirby has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Halliburton has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Kirby and Halliburton tied by winning 8 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$4.71B$2.59B$7.16B$21.50B
Dividend YieldN/A4.47%939.97%3.49%
P/E Ratio15.9611.4213.7729.84
Price / Sales1.443.77467.7751.80
Price / Cash7.454.627.9818.13
Price / Book1.450.892.204.65
Net Income$286.71M$498.97M$556.72M$999.94M
7 Day Performance-5.20%2.48%1.15%0.79%
1 Month Performance-12.57%5.58%3.11%4.54%
1 Year Performance-29.05%-8.59%10.27%16.77%

Kirby Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KEX
Kirby
4.3746 of 5 stars
$84.45
-1.9%
$121.00
+43.3%
-27.7%$4.71B$3.27B15.965,414Positive News
HAL
Halliburton
4.8497 of 5 stars
$21.76
-1.6%
$32.05
+47.3%
-20.2%$18.84B$22.94B10.1748,000
MATX
Matson
4.2715 of 5 stars
$104.77
-0.8%
$131.67
+25.7%
-22.1%$3.36B$3.42B7.084,356Positive News
FRO
Frontline
2.5246 of 5 stars
$22.90
+3.4%
$21.87
-4.5%
+3.9%$4.93B$2.16B21.4080Positive News
Ex-Dividend
Gap Up
HAFN
Hafnia
3.1087 of 5 stars
$6.32
+4.6%
$6.50
+2.9%
-16.8%$3.06B$1.94B7.434,959Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
STNG
Scorpio Tankers
3.5964 of 5 stars
$58.62
+10.5%
$59.00
+0.6%
-13.5%$2.71B$1.24B7.9930High Trading Volume
INSW
International Seaways
3.2591 of 5 stars
$47.71
+2.0%
$53.50
+12.1%
-4.4%$2.31B$951.61M9.922,824Positive News
Gap Up
SBLK
Star Bulk Carriers
3.8609 of 5 stars
$19.45
+0.7%
$21.07
+8.3%
-7.6%$2.27B$1.27B18.52180Positive News
TRMD
Torm
3.8707 of 5 stars
$23.40
+1.7%
$27.50
+17.5%
-33.7%$2.16B$1.56B7.09440Short Interest ↓
BWLP
BW LPG
N/A$15.59
+2.1%
N/A+11.5%$2.01B$3.56B10.121,429
DHT
DHT
3.6738 of 5 stars
$12.65
+1.5%
$12.94
+2.3%
+12.7%$2.00B$520.39M10.7220Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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