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How Kirby Corporation stacks up
KEX · against 387 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
68/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #177 of 388 · scores higher than 54% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score38 peers with a profitability score of 60–69, including KEX · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 68?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly thanks to its operating margin and return on assets, which are stronger than most Industrials peers.
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 8.7% vs peer median 7.1%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 75% of peers. Return on assets: 5.7% vs peer median 3.1%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 76% of peers. Operating margin: 14.0% vs peer median 7.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = KEX, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | KEX | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 364 reported | 8.7% | 9.8% | 45% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 389 reported | 14.0% | 10.4% | 68% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 366 reported | 5.7% | 4.6% | 61% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 365 reported | 10.4% | 11.9% | 42% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 393 reported | 33.2% | 29.2% | 61% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around KEX| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 32.0B CNY (≈$4.5B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 69.3B CNY (≈$9.7B) | 100 | 71 | |
| 1 | 1.71T JPY (≈$11.6B) | 100 | 75 | |
| 4 | 26.9B CNY (≈$3.8B) | 99 | 72 | |
| 4 | 7.8B USD | 99 | 82 | |
| 173 | 4.3B EUR (≈$4.7B) | 70 | 63 | |
| 177 | 11.3B EUR (≈$12.4B) | 68 | 52 | |
| 177 | 82.2B ZAR (≈$4.5B) | 68 | 59 | |
| 177 | 12.8B CAD (≈$9.4B) | 68 | 47 | |
| 177 | 7.4B USD | 68 | 60 | |
| 181 | 29.4B MYR (≈$6.5B) | 67 | 76 | |
| 181 | 8.7B USD | 67 | 53 | |
| 181 | 4.8B EUR (≈$5.3B) | 67 | 57 | |
| 181 | 3.9B EUR (≈$4.2B) | 67 | 59 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score