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Kirby Corporation KEX Earnings yield

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$844.1M+7.4%
Operating income$107.7M+2.0%
Net income$81.2M+6.9%
EPS (diluted)$1.50+12.8%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$58.0M+13.6%
Total debt$1.2B-7.4%
Total equity$3.4B+2.7%
Total assets$6.1B+1.7%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$97.7M+167%
CapEx$48.3M-38.7%
Free cash flow$49.4M+217%

Valuation

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Market cap$7.52B+24.0%
Enterprise value$8.64B+18.3%
P/E20.9×+0.2×
P/S2.2×+0.3×

Profitability

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Operating margin14.6%+2.1pp
Net margin10.5%+1.5pp
FCF margin14.5%+4.4pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity10.7%+1.7pp
Debt / equity0.3×0.0×
Current ratio1.6×0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Kirby Corporation’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Kirby Corporation’s 10-Q, filed May 8, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Kirby Corporation's earnings yield?
Kirby Corporation (KEX) reported earnings yield of 5% in Q1 2026.
How has Kirby Corporation's earnings yield changed year-over-year?
Kirby Corporation's earnings yield decreased by 0.8% year-over-year, from 5.1% to 5%.
What is the long-term trend for Kirby Corporation's earnings yield?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Kirby Corporation's earnings yield has grown at a -7.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -8.7% to 5.9%.
What does earnings yield mean?
The company's annual profit as a percentage of its market price — the flip side of the P/E.
How do you interpret earnings yield?
Higher means more earnings per dollar invested. Easy to compare directly against bond yields to judge the relative attractiveness of equity.
How does earnings yield compare across companies?
Comparable across profitable companies and against fixed-income yields; undefined when earnings are negative.