KEX — Kirby Corporation

Stock analysis, trade plans, and proprietary indicators by Trend Edge.

Trend Edge Setup Score

Trend Edge rates KEX Bullish with a Setup Score of 0, net conviction 44, actionability 0. How the Setup Score works →

Total Setup Score0
Directional BiasBullish
Net Conviction44
Actionability0 (in range)

Key signals behind this score

About Kirby Corporation

Kirby Corporation operates domestic tank barges in the United States. Its Marine Transportation segment provides marine transportation service and towing vessels transporting bulk liquid product, as well as operates tank barges throughout the Mississippi River System, on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, and coastwise along three United States coasts, Alaska, and Hawaii. Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$139.02
Market Cap$7.35B
Float52.4M
Shares Outstanding52.8M
P/E (Forward)18.94
P/E (TTM)21.32
Price/Sales (TTM)2.11
vs. Analyst Target+19.5% to analyst PT
Profit Margin10.18%
Operating Margin (TTM)13.83%
Revenue (TTM)$3.49B
Dividend RateNone
Analyst Target Price$166.17 (5 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $2.17B -$273M $441M -$193M
2021 $2.25B -$247M $380M -$34.4M
2022 $2.78B $122M $522M $411M
2023 $3.09B $223M $700M $557M
2024 $3.27B $287M $825M $652M
2025 $3.36B $355M $883M $782M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Jun 2025 $855M $94.3M
Sep 2025 $871M $92.5M
Dec 2025 $844M $81.2M
Mar 2026 $844M $81.2M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership0.8%
Institutional Ownership102.7%
Short Float2.8%
% of All Funds Holding5.26%
Number of Funds Holding463

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$138.32Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$132.26Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$116.56Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$101.42Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$130.13Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$115.78Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$106.70Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$83.00 support 1.62x 9 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (126 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap -0.05% -0.08% 40.48% 5.14% -11.88%
1 Day 0.29% 0.00% 49.21% 8.29% -6.96%
1 Week 0.93% 1.05% 59.52% 11.60% -11.09%
2 Weeks 1.16% 0.63% 54.76% 18.79% -24.87%
1 Month 1.52% 1.46% 60.00% 39.68% -29.57%

Next earnings: October 17, 2026 (51 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan2.7%56.5%46
Feb2.4%56.5%46
Mar3.0%58.7%46
Apr4.0%72.3%47
May2.3%63.8%47
Jun0.2%48.9%47
Jul-1.0%40.4%47
Aug0.8%41.3%46
Sep-2.4%37.0%46
Oct0.4%54.3%46
Nov1.1%67.4%46
Dec1.4%56.5%46

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday -0.16% 42.7% 2213
Tuesday 0.04% 44.7% 2401
Wednesday 0.20% 45.9% 2399
Thursday 0.10% 43.8% 2353
Friday 0.13% 46.1% 2337

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 102.7%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 0.8%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings18
Net Value-$10.5M
Net Shares Change-47,003
% of Float-0.1%
C-Suite Filings16
Clusters Detected4

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
O'Neil Christian G. President and COO -$3.1M 2 2 sell
Husted Amy D. Exec VP General Counsel & Sec -$1.5M 2 2 sell
DRAGG RONALD A Vice President and Controller -$708,366.03 2 2 sell
MILLER SCOTT P VP - CIO -$477,892.8 1 1 sell
Kumar Raj Exec VP and CFO -$398,100 1 1 sell
STEWART RICHARD ROSS -$207,357.09 1 1 sell
Woodruff William Matthew VP of Public and Govt Affairs -$99,916.86 1 1 sell

Transaction Clusters

PeriodFilingsInsidersNet ValueSeniority
2025-11-12 – 2025-11-24 4 4 -$1.6M 3 C-suite
2026-02-06 – 2026-02-11 3 3 -$1.2M 3 C-suite
2026-02-23 – 2026-03-04 5 5 -$5.1M 4 C-suite
2026-05-06 – 2026-05-18 4 4 -$2.6M 4 C-suite

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-03-04 O'Neil Christian G. President and COO -$1.5M Transaction at $132.34, now +5.0%
2026-05-18 Husted Amy D. Exec VP General Counsel & Sec -$581,720 Transaction at $145.43, now -4.4%
2026-05-06 DRAGG RONALD A Vice President and Controller -$250,287.26 Transaction at $145.01, now -4.1%
2026-03-04 Kumar Raj Exec VP and CFO -$398,100 Transaction at $132.70, now +4.8%
2026-05-18 O'Neil Christian G. President and COO -$1.6M Transaction at $145.93, now -4.7%
2026-05-18 Woodruff William Matthew VP of Public and Govt Affairs -$99,916.86 Transaction at $147.37, now -5.7%

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AI Consult Analysis

Trend Edge's AI Consult feature delivers a comprehensive, multi-layer trade plan for Kirby Corporation (KEX) powered by Claude Opus — Anthropic's most capable AI model. The analysis covers five layers: technical analysis (near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular trend, momentum, volume shelf support and resistance, breakout and breakdown signals), qualitative analysis (business model, competitive moat, sector dynamics), insider sentiment (buy and sell signals from executive and director transactions), share stats analysis (institutional accumulation, fund positioning, short float squeeze potential), and fundamental analysis (valuation, revenue growth, profit margin, earnings quality).

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