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Side-by-side financial comparison of CARNIVAL PLC (CUK) and KIRBY CORP (KEX). Click either name above to swap in a different company.

Carnival Corporation & plc is an Anglo-American cruise line operator that owns more than 90 vessels across eight brands.

Kirby Corporation, headquartered in Houston, Texas, is the largest tank barge operator in the United States, transporting bulk liquid products throughout the Mississippi River System, on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, along all three U.S. Coasts, and in Alaska and Hawaii. Products transported by Kirby include petrochemicals, black oil, refined petroleum products, and agricultural chemical products by tank barge. Kirby also owns and operates eight ocean-going barge and tug units transporting ...

8-Quarter Revenue & Profit Trend

Side-by-side quarterly history. Quarters aligned by calendar period so offset fiscal years line up.

Revenue
CUK
CUK
KEX
KEX
Q4 25
$851.8M
Q3 25
$871.2M
Q2 25
$855.5M
Q1 25
$785.7M
Q4 24
$802.3M
Q3 24
$831.1M
Q2 24
$824.4M
Q1 24
$808.0M
Net Profit
CUK
CUK
KEX
KEX
Q4 25
$91.8M
Q3 25
$92.5M
Q2 25
$94.3M
Q1 25
$76.0M
Q4 24
$42.8M
Q3 24
$90.0M
Q2 24
$83.9M
Q1 24
$70.1M
Operating Margin
CUK
CUK
KEX
KEX
Q4 25
15.2%
Q3 25
14.8%
Q2 25
15.4%
Q1 25
13.4%
Q4 24
6.3%
Q3 24
15.3%
Q2 24
14.6%
Q1 24
12.6%
Net Margin
CUK
CUK
KEX
KEX
Q4 25
10.8%
Q3 25
10.6%
Q2 25
11.0%
Q1 25
9.7%
Q4 24
5.3%
Q3 24
10.8%
Q2 24
10.2%
Q1 24
8.7%
EPS (diluted)
CUK
CUK
KEX
KEX
Q4 25
$1.68
Q3 25
$1.65
Q2 25
$1.67
Q1 25
$1.33
Q4 24
$0.74
Q3 24
$1.55
Q2 24
$1.43
Q1 24
$1.19

Financial Flow Comparison

Revenue → gross profit → operating profit → net profit for each company.

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