Witnessing the stock’s movement on the chart, on Thursday, Kirby Corp. (NYSE: KEX) set off with pace as it heaved 10.99% to $112.16, before settling in for the price of $101.05 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, KEX posted a 52-week range of $66.42-$102.55.
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It was noted that the giant of the Industrials sector posted annual sales growth of 2.10% over the last 5 years. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 23.26%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 36.85%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $58.63 million, simultaneously with a float of $57.89 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $6.56 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $92.53, while the 200-day Moving Average is $82.93.
Kirby Corp. (KEX) Ownership Facts and Figures
Nothing is more important than checking the behaviour of major investors towards the stock of the Marine Shipping industry. Kirby Corp.’s current insider ownership accounts for 0.99%, in contrast to 96.73% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Apr 11 ’24, this organization’s VP – CIO sold 487 shares at the rate of 99.78, making the entire transaction reach 48,593 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 1,000. Preceding that transaction, on Mar 27 ’24, Company’s President-Kirby Engine Systems sold 3,423 for 95.11, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 325,562. This particular insider is now the holder of 21,054 in total.
Kirby Corp. (KEX) Earnings and Revenue Records
Kirby Corp.’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 36.85% and is forecasted to reach 6.36 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 3.20% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 23.26% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.
Kirby Corp. (NYSE: KEX) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Kirby Corp. (KEX). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 1.01. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 2.84. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $30.10, and its Beta score is 1.17. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 2.12. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 47.35.
In the same vein, KEX’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 3.73, a figure that is expected to reach 1.25 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 6.36 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of Kirby Corp. (KEX)
Going through the that latest performance of [Kirby Corp., KEX]. Its last 5-days volume of 0.82 million indicated improvement to the volume of 0.41 million it revealed a year ago. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 87.73% While, its Average True Range was 3.41.
Raw Stochastic average of Kirby Corp. (KEX) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 94.83%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 89.05% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 46.97% that was higher than 27.26% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.
