Kirby Corp (NYSE: KEX) open the trading on Wednesday, with great promise as it jumped 13.93% to $100.99, before settling in for the price of $88.64 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, KEX posted a 52-week range of $79.51-$132.21.
The company of the Industrials sector’s yearbook sales growth during the past 5- year span was recorded 15.69%. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 15.69%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 14.66%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $56.10 million, simultaneously with a float of $55.37 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $5.64 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $87.72, while the 200-day Moving Average is $101.24.
Kirby Corp (KEX) Ownership Facts and Figures
Sometimes it helps to make our mind if we keep our tabs on how bigger investors are working with the stock of the Marine Shipping industry. Kirby Corp’s current insider ownership accounts for 0.77%, in contrast to 101.82% institutional ownership. Preceding that transaction, on Feb 06 ’25, Company’s VP – CIO sold 3,545 for 109.00, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 386,405. This particular insider is now the holder of 2,000 in total.
Kirby Corp (KEX) Earnings and Revenue Records
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.5 per share during the current fiscal year.
Kirby Corp’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 14.66% and is forecasted to reach 7.00 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 10.99% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 15.69% 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 1.12. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $19.12, and its Beta score is 1.04. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 1.72. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 21.58.
In the same vein, KEX’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 5.28, a figure that is expected to reach 1.62 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 7.00 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of Kirby Corp (KEX)
[Kirby Corp, KEX] recent stats showed that its last 5-days Average volume was superior the volume it posted in the year-ago period. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 82.49% While, its Average True Range was 88.78.
Raw Stochastic average of Kirby Corp (KEX) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 49.96%, which indicates a major fall in contrast to 87.98% 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 2.65 that was higher than 2.54 volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.
