Is the price fair?
What KEX's price assumes
Kirby Corporation trades at 21.4× earnings against 14.9× for the median Marine Shipping name, more expensive than its own group.
21.4
Trailing P/E · Marine Shipping median 14.9 · 1.44× the median: the market pays up for this one
- Price / sales
- 2.10
Price / sales · as of 2026-Q1
- Free cash flow yield
- 6.3%
Free cash flow yield · Marine Shipping median 6.8%
- Growth the price implies
- +2.5%
Growth the price implies · The price pays for +2.5% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; the business has delivered +43% a year over the last three.
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- Price / book2026-Q1
- 2.10
- EV / EBIT2026-Q1
- 16.3
- EV / sales2026-Q1
- 2.37
- Industrials median P/E346 names
- 29.9
- Marine Shipping median P/E11 names
- 14.9
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $476M
- Market capitalisation
- $7.52B
- 3-year revenue growth
- +5.1%
- 3-year free cash flow growth
- +43%
| Method | Per share |
|---|---|
| Its own P/E history, lower quartile | $140.76 |
| Its own P/E history, median | $153.22 |
| Its own P/E history, upper quartile | $182.49 |
| 52-week range | $79.95 – $152.59 |
| Today | $139.09 |
Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.