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KEX vs ZIM

Side-by-side comparison of Kirby Corporation (KEX) and ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. (ZIM): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both KEX and ZIM operate in Marine Transportation (Consumer Discretionary), so they compete in similar markets.
  • KEX is the larger of the two at $6.46B, about 1.9x ZIM ($3.38B).
  • KEX has been more active in the news (5 items in the past 4 weeks vs 1 for ZIM).
  • ZIM has more recent analyst coverage (21 ratings vs 8 for KEX).
MetricKEXZIM
Company
Kirby Corporation
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd.
Price
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-
Market cap
$6.46B
$3.38B
1M return
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1Y return
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Industry
Marine Transportation
Marine Transportation
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2021
News (4w)
5
1
Recent ratings
8
21
KEX

Kirby Corporation

Kirby Corporation operates domestic tank barges in the United States. Its Marine Transportation segment provides marine transportation services and towing vessels transporting bulk liquid products, as well as operates tank barges throughout the Mississippi River System, on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, coastwise along three United States coasts, and in Alaska and Hawaii. It also transports petrochemicals, black oil, refined petroleum products, and agricultural chemicals by tank barges; and operates offshore dry-bulk barge and tugboat units that are engaged in the offshore transportation of dry-bulk cargoes in the United States coastal trade. As of December 31, 2020, this segment owned and operated 1,066 inland tank barges with 24.1 million barrels of capacity, 248 inland towboats, 44 coastal tank barges with 4.2 million barrels of capacity, 44 coastal tugboats, 4 offshore dry-bulk cargo barges, 4 offshore tugboats, and 1 docking tugboat. The company's Distribution and Services segment sells replacement parts; provides service mechanics to overhaul and repair engines, transmissions, reduction gears, and related oilfield services equipment; rebuilds component parts or diesel engines, transmissions and reduction gears, and related equipment used in oilfield services, marine, power generation, on-highway, and other industrial applications; rents generators, industrial compressors, railcar movers, and high capacity lift trucks; and manufactures and remanufactures oilfield service equipment, including pressure pumping units. It serves oilfield service, on-highway transportation, marine transportation, commercial fishing, construction, and power generation companies, as well as oil and gas operators and producers, and the United States government. The company was formerly known as Kirby Exploration Company, Inc. and changed its name to Kirby Corporation in 1990. Kirby Corporation was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

ZIM

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd.

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides container shipping and related services in Israel and internationally. The company provides seaborne transportation and logistics services comprising dry, reefer, project, out of gauge, breakbulk, and dangerous cargo services; inland transport services; and ZIMonitor, a reefer cargo tracking service. As of March 31, 2021, it operated a fleet of 101 vessels with a global network of 69 weekly lines. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Haifa, Israel.

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