BTIG analyst Gregory Lewis maintained a Buy rating on Kirby (KEX – Research Report) on April 26 and set a price target of $120.00. The company’s shares closed yesterday at $109.99.
According to TipRanks, Lewis is a 2-star analyst with an average return of -0.2% and a 46.02% success rate. Lewis covers the Energy sector, focusing on stocks such as Tidewater, Transocean, and TechnipFMC.
Currently, the analyst consensus on Kirby is a Strong Buy with an average price target of $118.25.
The company has a one-year high of $114.35 and a one-year low of $69.23. Currently, Kirby has an average volume of 443K.
Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 86 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is neutral on the stock.
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Kirby (KEX) Company Description:
Kirby Corp. engages in the provision of diesel engines, reduction gears and ancillary products for marine and power generation applications. It operates through the following segments: Marine Transportation and Distribution & Services segment. The Marine Transportation segment provides marine transportation services, operates tank barges and towing vessels transporting bulk liquid products and transports petrochemicals, refined petroleum products, black oil products and agricultural chemicals by tank barge. The Distribution & Services segment sells genuine replacement parts, provides service mechanics to overhaul and repair medium-speed and high-speed diesel engines, transmissions, reduction gears, pumps and compression products, maintains facilities to rebuild component parts or entire medium-speed and high-speed diesel engines, transmissions and reduction gears and manufactures and remanufactures oilfield service equipment, including pressure pumping units. The company was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.
