All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2020-07-10.
From the record
Kirby Corporation's filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2020-07-10) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+7.4% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 8 of 10.
From the record
Kirby Corporation's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.8 billion in fiscal 2016 to $3.4 billion in fiscal 2025, up 7.4% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 27% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 8 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count shrank 2.4% a year. 33% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 19 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Kirby Corporation's diluted share count shrank about 2.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 33% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 19 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-04 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 10%: 10¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 44%: owes 44¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Kirby Corporation earned about 10 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 44 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 4.0% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 46% of 18 in its family; net margin 10.5%.
From the record
Kirby Corporation's standing among 18 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $3.4 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 25% by size; a net margin of 10.5% ranks in the bottom 42%; revenue growth of 6.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 44% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
top 40% of 8 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2014.
From the record
Kirby Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Grzebinski, David W (CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2014-06-17, 12.4 years (top 19% of its family); the 20 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8.3 years (bottom 44%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 20 people in charge now (top 44%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
top 41% of 17 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Kirby Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $79 million against debt of $912 million leaves -13.9% of its assets as net cash, top 29% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 12.1% of revenue (bottom 47%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
bottom 48% of 17 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Kirby Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 6.5% a year over the last three filed years against 7.4% over all 10, slowing (bottom 44% of its family); the newest year grew 3% (top 44%); capital spending grew 15.3% a year (bottom 45%) (its annual reports). Kirby Corporation reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Marine Transportation at $1.9 billion (57%), Distribution and Services at $1.4 billion (43%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
top 40% of 16 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Kirby Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $3.4 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 4.9% below the $3.5 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 28% of its family); net income of $355 million against a prior three-year average of $211 million (top 44%); a net margin of 10.5% against 6.8% before (top 47%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made