Kirby (KEX) Net Margin (2009 - 2025)

Kirby's (KEX) quarterly Net Margin came in at 10.8% in Q4 2025, up 1406.0% year-on-year from 0.72% in Q4 2024, and up 1.49% quarter-over-quarter from 10.65% in Q3 2025.

Kirby (KEX) Net Margin (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Kirby's Net Margin history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 10.8% for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Net Margin rose 1406.0% year-over-year to 10.8% in Q4 2025; TTM through Dec 2025 was 12.07%, a 398.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 10.57%, up 179.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin grew to 10.8% in Q4 2025 per KEX's latest filing, from 10.65% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Net Margin topped out at 14.15% in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 44.27% in Q3 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 10.0% (2023), against an average of 5.35%.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Net Margin was 5325 bps in 2021; the steepest drop was 4985 bps in 2021.
  • Year by year, Net Margin stood at 12.43% in 2021, then dropped by 13 bps to 10.88% in 2022, then tumbled by 77 bps to 2.46% in 2023, then plunged by 232 bps to 3.25% in 2024, then jumped by 432 bps to 10.8% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest KEX Net Margin figures stand at 10.8% (Q4 2025), 10.65% (Q3 2025), and 14.15% (Q2 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 ZIM Integrated Shipping Services 2,961,932.37 Bn 2,961,931.45 Bn 57.20 Mn -6.18%
2 Danaos 2,534.83 Bn 2,533.96 Bn 203.71 Mn 55.35%
3 Sfl 1,566.09 Bn 1,565.94 Bn 66.27 Mn 20.42%
4 Capital Clean Energy Carriers 1,428.00 Bn 1,427.46 Bn 95.52 Mn 22.48%
5 Globus Maritime 60.08 Bn 60.05 Bn 8,083.00 13,075.78%
6 Kirby 8.05 Bn 7.97 Bn 291.34 Mn 10.80%
7 Matson 6.27 Bn 6.17 Bn - 7.47%
8 Intercont (Cayman) 3.96 Bn 3.96 Bn - -
9 Hafnia 3.72 Bn 3.61 Bn 152.41 Mn 49.85%
10 Star Bulk Carriers 3.11 Bn 2.62 Bn 493.84 Mn 21.96%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 10.80%
Sep 30, 2025 10.65%
Jun 30, 2025 14.15%
Mar 31, 2025 12.77%
Dec 31, 2024 -3.25%
Sep 30, 2024 13.82%
Jun 30, 2024 10.19%
Mar 31, 2024 11.33%
Dec 31, 2023 2.46%
Sep 30, 2023 10.69%
Jun 30, 2023 9.82%
Mar 31, 2023 7.12%
Dec 31, 2022 10.88%
Sep 30, 2022 6.83%
Jun 30, 2022 5.60%
Mar 31, 2022 3.90%
Dec 31, 2021 12.43%
Sep 30, 2021 -44.27%
Jun 30, 2021 1.85%
Mar 31, 2021 -0.68%