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Kirby (KEX) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 1.96 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Kirby Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-27), Kirby's current share price is $112.00. Kirby's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $57.10. Kirby's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 1.96.

The historical rank and industry rank for Kirby's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

KEX' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.83   Med: 2.04   Max: 5.73
Current: 1.96

During the past years, Kirby's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 5.73. The lowest was 0.83. And the median was 2.04.

KEX's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
70.31% of 687 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 1.22 vs KEX: 1.96

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Kirby's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $54.332. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is $57.10 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Kirby Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kirby's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Kirby Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Kirby Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.17 1.16 1.19 1.18 1.37

Kirby Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.18 1.26 1.36 1.45 1.37

Competitive Comparison of Kirby's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Marine Shipping subindustry, Kirby's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Kirby's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Kirby's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Kirby's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.



Kirby Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Kirby's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=112.00/57.1
=1.96

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Kirby's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, Kirby's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=54.332/129.4194*129.4194
=54.332

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Kirby Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201403 36.507 99.695 47.392
201406 37.905 100.560 48.783
201409 39.315 100.428 50.664
201412 39.635 99.070 51.777
201503 39.834 99.621 51.749
201506 40.628 100.684 52.223
201509 41.257 100.392 53.186
201512 42.234 99.792 54.773
201603 42.867 100.470 55.218
201606 43.515 101.688 55.382
201609 44.184 101.861 56.138
201612 44.737 101.863 56.840
201703 45.030 102.862 56.656
201706 45.808 103.349 57.363
201709 48.128 104.136 59.813
201712 52.117 104.011 64.848
201803 52.596 105.290 64.650
201806 53.184 106.317 64.741
201809 53.942 106.507 65.546
201812 53.675 105.998 65.535
201903 54.488 107.251 65.751
201906 55.410 108.070 66.357
201909 56.260 108.329 67.213
201912 56.182 108.420 67.064
202003 52.027 108.902 61.829
202006 50.783 108.767 60.425
202009 51.222 109.815 60.366
202012 51.373 109.897 60.499
202103 51.346 111.754 59.462
202106 51.604 114.631 58.261
202109 47.308 115.734 52.902
202112 48.017 117.630 52.830
202203 48.250 121.301 51.479
202206 48.790 125.017 50.508
202209 49.634 125.227 51.296
202212 50.793 125.222 52.496
202303 51.382 127.348 52.218
202306 52.192 128.729 52.472
202309 53.236 129.860 53.056
202312 54.332 129.419 54.332

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Kirby  (NYSE:KEX) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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Kirby (KEX) Business Description

Industry
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Address
55 Waugh Drive, Suite 1000, Houston, TX, USA, 77007
Kirby Corp is a domestic tank barge operator, transporting bulk liquid products throughout three United States coasts. The Company transports petrochemicals, black oil, refined petroleum products, and agricultural chemicals by tank barge. The Company conducts operations in two reportable business segments: The Marine transportation segment which provides marine transportation services, operating tank barges and towing vessels transporting bulk liquid products, and the Distribution and services segment, which provides after-market service, and genuine replacement parts for engines, transmissions, reduction gears, and power generation equipment used in oil and gas and commercial and industrial applications. The company's revenue is generated from the Marine Transportation segment.
Executives
Christian G. O'neil officer: VP - Human Resources 55 WAUGH DRIVE, SUITE 1000, HOUSTON TX 77007
Dorman Lynn Strahan officer: President - Marine Systems Inc
David W Grzebinski officer: Executive VP - Finance 55 WAUGH DRIVE, SUITE 1000, HOUSTON TX 77007
Richard Ross Stewart director 2707 N LOOP WEST 9TH FL, HOUSTON TX 77008
Richard J Alario director C/O KEY ENERGY SERVICES, INC., 1301 MCKINNEY STREET, SUITE 1800, HOUSTON TX 77010
Amy D. Husted officer: Vice President-Legal 55 WAUGH DRIVE,, SUITE 1000, HOUSTON TX 77007
Ronald A Dragg officer: Controller
Scott P Miller officer: VP - CIO C/O KIRBY CORPORATION, 55 WAUGH DRIVE, SUITE 1000, HOUSTON TX 77007
Raj Kumar officer: Exec VP and CFO 6401 N. ELDRIDGE PARKWAY, HOUSTON TX 77041
Kurt A. Niemietz officer: Vice President and Treasurer 55 WAUGH DRIVE, SUITE 1000, HOUSTON TX 77007
Julie Marie Kruger officer: VP Human Resources 55 WAUGH DRIVE, SUITE 1100, HOUSTON TX 77007
Rocky Dewbre director 46 FLORHAM PARK DR., SPRING TX 77379
Kim B Clarke officer: Vice President of Human Resour C/O KIRBY CORPORATION, 55 WAUGH DRIVE, SUITE 1000, HOUSTON TX 77007
Susan Leslie Dio director 47 SURREY RUN PLACE, THE WOODLANDS TX 77384
Tanya S Beder director 500 TOTTEN POND ROAD, 6TH FLOOR, WALTHAM MA 02451