Kirby (KEX) FCF Margin (2009 - 2025)
Kirby's (KEX) quarterly FCF Margin came in at 31.13% in Q4 2025, down 3122.0% year-on-year from 1.03% in Q4 2024, and up 69.24% quarter-over-quarter from 18.4% in Q3 2025.
Kirby (KEX) FCF Margin (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Kirby's FCF Margin history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 31.13% for Q4 2025.
- On a quarterly basis, FCF Margin fell 3122.0% year-over-year to 31.13% in Q4 2025; TTM through Dec 2025 was 12.06%, a 1131.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 12.06%, down 1131.0% from the prior year.
- FCF Margin grew to 31.13% in Q4 2025 per KEX's latest filing, from 18.4% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 62.35% in Q4 2024 and bottomed at 22.7% in Q3 2023.
- The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 13.09% (2023), against an average of 13.19%.
- Across the five-year window, FCF Margin tumbled 4095 bps in 2023 and soared 5118 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
- Year by year, FCF Margin stood at 15.99% in 2021, then rose by 19 bps to 18.96% in 2022, then tumbled by 41 bps to 11.17% in 2023, then surged by 458 bps to 62.35% in 2024, then plunged by 50 bps to 31.13% in 2025.
- Per Business Quant, the three latest KEX FCF Margin figures stand at 31.13% (Q4 2025), 18.4% (Q3 2025), and 2.62% (Q2 2025).
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 31.13% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 18.40% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2.62% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -5.36% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 62.35% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 15.66% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 11.01% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 5.23% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 11.17% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -22.70% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 35.97% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -7.56% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 18.96% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 18.25% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 9.09% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 4.64% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 15.99% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 4.84% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 15.02% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 19.19% |