---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-048311"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KEX"
cik: "0000056047"
company_name: "KIRBY CORP"
filed_at: "2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T08:38:47.696946+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kirby Q1 EPS $1.19 vs $0.68; revenue $808M; appoints O'Neil President & COO

## Summary
- GAAP EPS $1.19 vs $0.68; net earnings $70.1M; revenue $808M, +8% YoY.
- Marine Transportation operating margin 17.5% vs 10.4% YoY; inland spot rates +15% YoY.
- Distribution & Services revenue flat at $332.6M; power generation revenue +50% YoY, now 41% of segment.
- Repurchased 498,505 shares for $41.8M at avg $83.82; acquired 13 barges and 2 boats.
- Appointed Christian O'Neil as President & COO effective Apr 26; he was President of Marine.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-048311
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KEX
- cik: 0000056047
- company_name: KIRBY CORP
- filed_at: 2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56047/000095017024048311/0000950170-24-048311-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56047/000095017024048311/kex-20240425.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-048311
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-048311.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-048311.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christian G. O'Neil was appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer at KIRBY CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: With effect on April 26, 2024 at the conclusion of the Company’s 2024 Annual Stockholder Meeting, Christian G. O’Neil, 52, will be appointed as Kirby’s President and Chief Operating Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56047/000095017024048311/0000950170-24-048311-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.