Kirby Corporation

Kirby Corporation ( KEX ) Q3 2026 Earnings Call October 28, 2026 8:30 AM EDT Company Participants Donny Chia - Vice President of Finance & Investor Relations David W. Grzebinski - CEO & Director Raj Kumar - Executive VP & CFO Christian O'Neil - President & COO Conference Call Participants Tomohiko Sano - JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division Reed Seay - Stephens Inc., Research Division Ivan Yi - Wolfe Research, LLC Adam Roszkowski - BofA Securities, Research Division Benjamin Mohr Mok - Citigroup Inc., Research Division Gregory Wasikowski - Webber Research & Advisory LLC Presentation Operator Good day, and thank you for standing by.

Third-quarter earnings per share rose 27% year over year to $2.09. Power generation equipment backlog increased above $1.5 billion.

Kirby NYSE: KEX reported record third-quarter earnings per share of $2.09, up 27% from a year earlier, as its marine transportation and Distribution & Services businesses benefited from strong utilization, pricing and demand for power-generation equipment.

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Kirby (KEX) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended September 2026, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.