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Kirby Corporation (KEX) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for KEX, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta −0.06 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How KEX has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year −0.06 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Kirby Corporation moved −0.06% on average · correlation −0.02 · higher than 7% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.47 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.26% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +0.21% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Marine Shipping · 3 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Marine Shipping

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against KEX on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Kirby Corporation

KEX in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Kirby Corporation runs inland and coastal tank barges across US waterways, moving petrochemicals, refined fuels and farm chemicals, plus dry-bulk cargo along the coast. A second segment sells and rents engines, transmissions and related parts, and builds oilfield and power-generation equipment including battery storage systems. It is based in Houston and serves industrial, oilfield and government customers rather than consumers.
Where it sits in the stack
Kirby carries no seat in our AI build-out index; it sits in the industrials sleeve of our universe, under marine shipping, where it moves refined products and chemicals rather than data-centre inputs.
Who it is priced against
The diary has no set peer group for Kirby yet; the wider market groups it with domestic barge and inland-waterway operators such as American Commercial Barge Line.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Kirby is a Russell 1000 constituent and carries no Closelooknet score; the diary notes it mainly for the chart moves that come up in the daily scan rather than for any AI-stack seat.
What the diary watches
The diary watches barge utilisation and refined-product movement on the Mississippi system, since demand there sets the read on this name more than any technology cycle.

Kirby Corporation (KEX) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Kirby Corporation (KEX)?

Kirby Corporation trades as KEX on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is KEX in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Kirby Corporation is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does KEX trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -6.7% vs the 50-day and -3.9% vs the 200-day average, 18.3% below the 52-week high and +62.1% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Kirby Corporation trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Kirby Corporation had a beta of −0.06 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 7% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.26% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Kirby Corporation do?

Kirby Corporation runs inland and coastal tank barges across US waterways, moving petrochemicals, refined fuels and farm chemicals, plus dry-bulk cargo along the coast. A second segment sells and rents engines, transmissions and related parts, and builds oilfield and power-generation equipment including battery storage systems. It is based in Houston and serves industrial, oilfield and government customers rather than consumers. The diary has no set peer group for Kirby yet; the wider market groups it with domestic barge and inland-waterway operators such as American Commercial Barge Line.

Where does Kirby Corporation sit in the AI build-out?

Kirby carries no seat in our AI build-out index; it sits in the industrials sleeve of our universe, under marine shipping, where it moves refined products and chemicals rather than data-centre inputs. Kirby is a Russell 1000 constituent and carries no Closelooknet score; the diary notes it mainly for the chart moves that come up in the daily scan rather than for any AI-stack seat.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for KEX, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Marine Shipping, then Industrials. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.