On this page we presented the KEX Historical PE Ratio information for Kirby' stock. The average KEX historical PE based on using the annualized quarterly earnings result at each measurement period (for the "E" in the PE calculation; and the closing price on earnings date as the "P") is 27.6. Meanwhile, using the trailing twelve month (TTM) quarterly earnings result as our method of calculation the "E" value at each measurement period, the average KEX historical PE based on this TTM earnings result method is 29.9. Note: any PE calculations resulting in a value exceeding 500 were discarded as not meaningful.

Let's now compare this KEX historical PE result, against the recent PE: when this page was posted on 4/10/2024, the most recent closing price for KEX had been 99.24, and the most recent quarterly earnings result, annualized, was 4.16. Meanwhile, the most recent TTM earnings summed to 3.72. From these numbers, we calculate the recent KEX PE on 4/10/2024 based on annualized quarterly EPS was 23.9. Based on KEX's history, that recent PE is low relative to the historical average, with the recent PE 13.4% lower than the historical average PE across our data set for Kirby. Looking at the recent KEX PE on 4/10/2024 based on TTM EPS, we calculate the ratio at 26.7. Based on KEX's history, that recent PE is low relative to the historical average, with the recent PE 10.7% lower than the average PE across our Kirby data set with TTM EPS used in the calculation at each period.

Another interesting KEX historical PE Ratio calculation we look at is to take the median earnings per share of the last four quarters for KEX, and then annualize the resulting value... with that annualized number then being used in the PE calculation. To walk through this math for KEX, we start with the past four EPS numbers and we first sort them from lowest to highest: 0.68, 0.95, 1.04, and 1.05. We then toss out the highest and lowest result, and then take the average of those two middle numbers — 0.95 and 1.04 — which gives us the median of 0.99. Basically the way to think about this 0.99 number is this: for the trailing four earnings reports, 0.99 marks the "middle ground" number where KEX has reported a value higher than 0.99 half the time, and has reported a value lower than 0.99 half the time. Annualizing that median value then gets us to 3.96/share, which we use as the denominator in our next PE calculation. With 99.24 as the numerator (as of 4/10/2024), the calculation is then 99.24 / 3.96 = 25.1 as the KEX PE ratio as of 4/10/2024, based on that annualized median value we calculated.

For self directed investors doing their due diligence on KEX or any other given stock, valuation analysis for KEX can greatly benefit from studying the past earnings and resulting PE calculations. This exercise can help inform an analysis as to whether the past earnings trajectory and current versus historical PE ratios justify the current stock value.

That's why we bring you HistoricalPERatio.com to make it easy for investors to investigate Kirby PE history or the past PE information for any stock in our coverage universe. And in your continued research we hope you will be sure to check out the further links included for earnings surprises history (beat/miss data) as well as next earnings dates for KEX. Thanks for visiting, and the next time you need to research KEX Historical PE Ratio or the ratio for another stock, we hope you'll think of our site, as your go-to historical PE ratio research resource of choice.