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Kirby (KEX) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Kirby has reported Return on Invested Capital over the past 16 years, most recently at 0.02% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Invested Capital at 0.02% for Q4 2025, down 8.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.02% (down 8.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.02%, down 8.0%.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 was 0.02% at Kirby, down from 0.11% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Invested Capital for KEX hit a ceiling of 0.11% in Q3 2025 and a floor of 0.05% in Q4 2021.
  • Median Return on Invested Capital over the past 5 years was 0.04% (2024), compared with a mean of 0.04%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: decreased -8bps in 2022 and later rose 12bps in 2023.
  • Kirby's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.05% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 198bps to 0.05% in 2022, then crashed by -64bps to 0.02% in 2023, then surged by 471bps to 0.1% in 2024, then crashed by -78bps to 0.02% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Invested Capital were 0.02% (Q4 2025), 0.11% (Q3 2025), and 0.11% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.