Growth Metrics

Kirby (KEX) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Kirby has reported Return on Sales over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.01% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Sales at 0.01% for Q4 2025, up 1.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.1% (up 1.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.11%, up 1.0%.
  • Return on Sales for Q4 2025 was 0.01% at Kirby, down from 0.14% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Sales for KEX hit a ceiling of 0.14% in Q2 2025 and a floor of 0.44% in Q3 2021.
  • Median Return on Sales over the past 5 years was 0.07% (2022), compared with a mean of 0.05%.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Sales hit 53bps in 2021, while the deepest fall reached -48bps in 2021.
  • Kirby's Return on Sales stood at 0.04% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 58bps to 0.06% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 57bps to 0.09% in 2023, then tumbled by -102bps to 0.0% in 2024, then soared by 641bps to 0.01% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Sales were 0.01% (Q4 2025), 0.14% (Q3 2025), and 0.14% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.