Carnival Corp 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 current ratio, CCL reads 0.27 and KEX reads 1.68; on debt / equity, CCL reads 1.73 and KEX reads 0.30. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What CCL's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CCL | KEX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $26.35 | $136.09 |
| Market cap | $36.0B | $7.3B |
| Sector | Marine Shipping | Marine Shipping |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +16.3% | — |
| P/E | 11.4 | 20.9 |
| P/B | 2.54 | 2.12 |
| P/S | 1.31 | 2.09 |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.1 | 10.9 |
| Revenue growth | +5.4% | +6.6% |
| Operating margin | 26.3% | 13.3% |
| Net margin | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| Return on equity | 22.1% | 10.3% |
| Return on assets | 6.2% | 5.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 11.3% | 8.3% |
| FCF yield | 8.8% | 6.5% |
| Dividend yield | 7.4% | — |
| Debt / equity | 1.73 | 0.30 |
| Current ratio | 0.27 | 1.68 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.66 | 7.51 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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