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KEX vs RCL

Side-by-side comparison of Kirby Corporation (KEX) and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both KEX and RCL operate in Marine Transportation (Consumer Discretionary), so they compete in similar markets.
  • RCL is the larger of the two at $76.82B, about 9.9x KEX ($7.75B).
  • Over the past year, KEX is up 27.8% and RCL is up 7.3% - KEX leads by 20.4 points.
  • RCL has been more active in the news (17 items in the past 4 weeks vs 4 for KEX).
  • RCL has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 7 for KEX).
PerformanceKEX+27.76%RCL+7.32%
2025-06-03+0.00%2026-06-03
MetricKEXRCL
Company
Kirby Corporation
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
Price
$144.91+1.09%
$286.49-1.53%
Market cap
$7.75B
$76.82B
1M return
+0.47%
+10.42%
1Y return
+27.76%
+7.32%
Industry
Marine Transportation
Marine Transportation
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
1993
News (4w)
4
17
Recent ratings
7
25
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.

RCL

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

Royal Caribbean Group operates as a cruise company worldwide. The company operates cruises under the Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, Azamara, and Silversea Cruises brands, which comprise a range of itineraries that call on approximately 1,000 destinations. As of December 31, 2020, it operated 61 ships with an aggregate capacity of approximately 137,930 berths. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

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