Kirby (KEX) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $2.09
- Estimate
- $1.98
- Surprise
- +5.8%
- Score today
- 5.9/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Kirby (KEX) beat the $1.98 estimate with adjusted EPS of $2.09 — a clear 5.8% upside surprise.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates KEX Sell at 5.9/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +5.8% surprise compares with a +4.9% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2027-01-28.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
- Positive momentum
What argues against it
- Thin upside margin: 4.1%
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.7)
- Sector modifier (Industrials): -0.7
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $146.00
- Price target
- $152.00
- Stop
- $138.28
- Upside to target
- +4.1%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.4:1
The stock trades at 21.0× trailing but 17.0× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: trading volume is running 1.8× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-30 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
KEX at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Marine Shipping
- Market cap
- $7.71B
- P/E (fwd)
- 17.0
- P/E (ttm)
- 21.0
- 52-week range
- $100.30–$157.69
- Off 52-week high
- 7.4%
- RSI (14)
- 69
- Volume vs avg
- 1.79×
- Score today
- 5.9/10