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CUK vs KEX

Side-by-side comparison of Carnival Plc (CUK) and Kirby Corporation (KEX): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both CUK and KEX operate in Marine Transportation (Consumer Discretionary), so they compete in similar markets.
  • CUK is the larger of the two at $39.23B, about 5.1x KEX ($7.75B).
  • Over the past year, CUK is up 27.5% and KEX is up 27.8% - KEX leads by 0.3 points.
  • KEX has been more active in the news (4 items in the past 4 weeks vs 2 for CUK).
  • KEX has more recent analyst coverage (7 ratings vs 1 for CUK).
PerformanceCUK+27.48%KEX+25.87%
2025-06-03+0.00%2026-05-06
MetricCUKKEX
Company
Carnival Plc
Kirby Corporation
Price
$27.48+6.70%
$144.91+1.09%
Market cap
$39.23B
$7.75B
1M return
+9.02%
+0.47%
1Y return
+27.48%
+27.76%
Industry
Marine Transportation
Marine Transportation
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
News (4w)
2
4
Recent ratings
1
7
CUK

Carnival Plc

Carnival Corporation & plc operates as a leisure travel company. Its ships visit approximately 700 ports under the Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, P&O Cruises (Australia), Seabourn, Costa Cruises, AIDA Cruises, P&O Cruises (UK), and Cunard brand names. The company also provides port destinations and other services, as well as owns and operates hotels, lodges, glass-domed railcars, and motor coaches. It sells its cruises primarily through travel agents and tour operators. The company operates in the United States, Canada, Continental Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and internationally. It operates 87 ships with 223,000 lower berths. The company was incorporated in 1972 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

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.

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