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Kirby Corporation KEX Return on equity

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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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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 return on equity?
Kirby Corporation (KEX) reported return on equity of 10.7% in Q1 2026.
How has Kirby Corporation's return on equity changed year-over-year?
Kirby Corporation's return on equity increased by 19.3% year-over-year, from 8.9% to 10.7%.
What is the long-term trend for Kirby Corporation's return on equity?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Kirby Corporation's return on equity has grown at a 4.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -8.4% to 10.5%.
What does return on equity mean?
How much profit the company earns on the money shareholders have invested.
How do you interpret return on equity?
Higher is better, but very high ROE can be manufactured by leverage — a thin equity base inflates the ratio. Read it next to debt-to-equity and ROIC to tell genuine returns from balance-sheet engineering.
How does return on equity compare across companies?
Comparable across peers, with the leverage caveat. Negative or near-zero equity makes ROE meaningless, so it is suppressed there.