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How Kirby Corporation stacks up
KEX · against 2,439 other Industrials companies
Profitability
68/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #770 of 2,440 · scores higher than 68% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score244 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 · 2,323 reported | 8.7% | 7.1% | 57% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 2,434 reported | 14.0% | 7.7% | 76% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 2,336 reported | 5.7% | 3.1% | 75% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 2,300 reported | 10.4% | 8.0% | 60% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 2,460 reported | 33.2% | 25.8% | 68% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around KEX| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14.9B CNY (≈$2.1B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 5.5B CNY (≈$769M) | 100 | 83 | |
| 1 | 13.8B HKD (≈$1.8B) | 100 | 89 | |
| 1 | 32.0B CNY (≈$4.5B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 51M MYR (≈$11M) | 100 | 71 | |
| 770 | 179.5B USD | 68 | 35 | |
| 770 | 12.8B CAD (≈$9.4B) | 68 | 47 | |
| 770 | 963M EUR (≈$1.1B) | 68 | 55 | |
| 770 | 4.7B BRL (≈$845M) | 68 | 67 | |
| 770 | 7.4B USD | 68 | 60 | |
| 770 | 1.1B USD | 68 | 56 | |
| 770 | 9.3B NOK (≈$888M) | 68 | 49 | |
| 770 | 942M EUR (≈$1.0B) | 68 | 59 | |
| 770 | 1.5B USD | 68 | 61 |
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