Kirby (KEX) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2025)
Kirby's (KEX) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 9.31% in Q4 2025, up 153.0% year-on-year from 3.68% in Q4 2024, and up 20.39% quarter-over-quarter from 7.73% in Q3 2025.
Kirby (KEX) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Kirby's Return on Capital Employed history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 9.31% for Q4 2025.
- On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 153.0% year-over-year to 9.31% in Q4 2025; TTM through Dec 2025 was 9.31%, a 153.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 9.5%, up 160.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed advanced to 9.31% in Q4 2025 per KEX's latest filing, from 7.73% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 9.31% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 5.32% in Q4 2021.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 5.7% (2023), against an average of 3.89%.
- Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed tumbled 645 bps in 2022 and soared 971 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
- Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 5.32% in 2021, then soared by 175 bps to 3.97% in 2022, then soared by 68 bps to 6.67% in 2023, then grew by 17 bps to 7.78% in 2024, then gained by 20 bps to 9.31% in 2025.
- Per Business Quant, the three latest KEX Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 9.31% (Q4 2025), 7.73% (Q3 2025), and 7.72% (Q2 2025).
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 9.31% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 7.73% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 7.72% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 7.70% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 7.78% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 8.54% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 7.95% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 7.36% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 6.67% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 6.01% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 5.40% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 4.54% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 3.97% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 3.43% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -4.31% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -4.75% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -5.32% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -5.23% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 1.55% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 1.70% |