---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-255469"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KEX"
cik: "0000056047"
company_name: "KIRBY CORP"
filed_at: "2025-10-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T01:46:35.841283+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kirby Q3 EPS $1.65, +6% YoY; coastal margins ~20%, power gen rev +56%

## Summary
- EPS $1.65 vs $1.55; revenue $871.2M vs $831.1M; EBITDA $201.4M.
- Inland marine utilization mid-80%; spot rates down low-mid single digits. Coastal utilization mid-high 90%; term renewals up mid-teens.
- Distribution & services rev $386.2M (+12% YoY), op income +40% YoY, margin 11%. Power gen rev +56%.
- Repurchased 1.31M shares for $120M in Q3; additional 0.43M shares for $36M in Q4-to-date.
- FY2025 guidance: net cash ops $620-720M; capex $260-290M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-255469
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KEX
- cik: 0000056047
- company_name: KIRBY CORP
- filed_at: 2025-10-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56047/000119312525255469/0001193125-25-255469-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56047/000119312525255469/kex-20251029.htm

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