Carnival Corporation Ltd. vs KIRBY CORPORATION, two Marine Shipping stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CCL and KEX diverge most: on debt / equity, CCL reads 2.08 and KEX reads 0.29; on current ratio, CCL reads 0.33 and KEX reads 1.59. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's CCL price has a different growth bar priced in than KEX (+19.4% implied for CCL vs +9.7% for KEX); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What CCL's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What KEX's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (segment-resolved basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CCL | KEX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $26.34 | $148.65 |
| Market cap | $36.6B | $8.0B |
| Sector | Marine Shipping | Marine Shipping |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +19.4% | +9.7% |
| P/E | 11.8 | 22.9 |
| P/B | 2.82 | 2.35 |
| P/S | 1.34 | 2.35 |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.4 | 11.7 |
| Revenue growth | +5.3% | +5.5% |
| Operating margin | 12.8% | 12.8% |
| Net margin | 11.2% | 10.5% |
| Return on equity | 23.6% | 10.5% |
| Return on assets | 5.9% | 5.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 10.8% | 8.8% |
| FCF yield | 8.8% | 6.2% |
| Dividend yield | 7.4% | — |
| Debt / equity | 2.08 | 0.29 |
| Current ratio | 0.33 | 1.59 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.51 | 7.48 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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