INTERNATIONAL SEAWAYS, INC. vs KIRBY CORPORATION, two Marine Shipping stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where INSW and KEX diverge most: on revenue growth, INSW reads +60.3% and KEX reads +6.6%; on net margin, INSW reads 62.0% and KEX reads 10.2%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What INSW'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 | INSW | KEX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $119.85 | $136.09 |
| Market cap | $6.0B | $7.3B |
| Sector | Marine Shipping | Marine Shipping |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| P/E | 7.7 | 20.9 |
| P/B | 2.64 | 2.12 |
| P/S | 4.75 | 2.09 |
| EV/EBITDA | 6.7 | 10.9 |
| Revenue growth | +60.3% | +6.6% |
| Operating margin | 64.5% | 13.3% |
| Net margin | 62.0% | 10.2% |
| Return on equity | 34.4% | 10.3% |
| Return on assets | 25.8% | 5.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 21.9% | 8.3% |
| FCF yield | 10.6% | 6.5% |
| Dividend yield | 2.4% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.29 | 0.30 |
| Current ratio | 5.94 | 1.68 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.12 | 7.51 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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