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KEX · CIK 0000056047 · FY2025 live · 2025-12-31

KIRBY CORP

SafeSEC 10-KZ″Industrials79th percentile in Industrials · 489 names

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Model

Z″

FY2025

4.12

Zone

Safe

Prior

Market DD

1y PD

4.12

Classic Z 2.46

−21.12.68+

Z″ 4.12 · distress below 1.10, grey to 2.60, safe above.

Z″ factor contributions

  • X1 Working capital / assets

    Short-term liquidity. Carries more weight in Z″ than in classic Z.

    0.06
    6.56 × = 0.41
  • X2 Retained earnings / assets

    Cushion from years of profits. Share buybacks can push this negative at otherwise healthy firms.

    0.55
    3.26 × = 1.81
  • X3 EBIT / assets

    Operating return on assets. Highest weight in Z″.

    0.08
    6.72 × = 0.56
  • X4 Book equity / liabilities

    Book equity versus the liability stack. Sales / assets is omitted so asset-light names keep turnover from dragging the score.

    1.29
    1.05 × = 1.35

Five-year path

Need two annual 10-Ks to draw a path. The desk will pull this issuer’s filings.

Meridian Rank

81.09

0–100 · Z″ family

  • Book standing

    80

  • Year change

  • Market PD

  • O-score

    84

Events on this name

Same published rows as Today.

  • Approaching grey

    watch · 41

    • Live score: — → 4.12
    • Cut: — → 1.10

Overview

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KIRBY CORP is on Z″ at 4.12 (safe) for FY2025, from an SEC 10-K. Retained earnings / assets is the line that sets the print; book equity / liabilities is the runner-up. This is the first live year on the desk. No market tape loaded. Z″ omits sales/assets so asset-light names keep turnover from dragging the score. X4 is book equity on every name.

Book screen Safe; market PD —. Market PD has not been priced on this name.

Market DD · naive Merton

No market tape yet.

Pull a year of closes (Yahoo, Nasdaq if Yahoo is limited) and size equity from Nasdaq cap or EDGAR shares. Distance-to-default and 1-year PD stay blank until then.

Sector peers

Closest Z″ scores · 79th percentile in Industrials.

Filing line items

Current assets

$1.1B

Total assets

$6.0B

Current liabilities

$707M

Total liabilities

$2.6B

Working capital

$371M

Retained earnings

$3.3B

EBIT

$496M

Total sales

$3.4B

Book equity

$3.4B

Accession 0001193125-26-054016. Live rank is the latest 10-K on EDGAR (FY2025, period 2025-12-31). Z″ is the live score. View as is a display overlay. X4 is book equity. Pulled 13 Sept 2026.