{
  "url": "https://struct.news/briefs/kirby-grew-sales-8-but-its-operating-margin-slipped-to-133",
  "title": "Kirby grew sales 8%, but its operating margin slipped to 13.3%",
  "summary": "Six-month operating cash flow rose to $169.9 million even as quarter-end cash fell 43%.",
  "published_at": "2026-08-05T19:49:12.499777+00:00",
  "publisher": "Struct",
  "usage": "Figures are as reported by the company. Quote with attribution to the source filing.",
  "company": {
    "name": "Kirby Corporation",
    "ticker": "KEX",
    "cik": "1193125",
    "sector": "Industrials",
    "industry": "Marine Shipping"
  },
  "source_filing": {
    "form": "10-Q",
    "filed": "2026-08-05",
    "accession": "0001193125-26-334946",
    "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56047/000119312526334946/kex-20260630.htm"
  },
  "comparison_filing": {
    "form": "10-Q",
    "filed": "2025-08-11",
    "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56047/000095017025106370/kex-20250630.htm"
  },
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    {
      "group": "The filing in three numbers",
      "label": "Revenue",
      "value": 3364050000,
      "display": "$3.4B",
      "unit": "usd",
      "period": "2025-12-31",
      "detail": null,
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        "label": "Filed company results",
        "form": "10-Q",
        "accession": "0001193125-26-334946",
        "filing_date": "2026-08-05"
      }
    },
    {
      "group": "The filing in three numbers",
      "label": "Revenue YoY",
      "value": 3.006054118404977,
      "display": "+3.0%",
      "unit": "percent",
      "period": "2025-12-31",
      "detail": null,
      "source": {
        "kind": "jodie_calculation",
        "label": "Calculated from filed company results",
        "form": "10-Q",
        "accession": "0001193125-26-334946",
        "filing_date": "2026-08-05"
      }
    },
    {
      "group": "The filing in three numbers",
      "label": "Operating margin",
      "value": 14.752575021179828,
      "display": "+14.8%",
      "unit": "percent",
      "period": "2025-12-31",
      "detail": null,
      "source": {
        "kind": "jodie_calculation",
        "label": "Calculated from filed company results",
        "form": "10-Q",
        "accession": "0001193125-26-334946",
        "filing_date": "2026-08-05"
      }
    }
  ],
  "watch_next": [
    {
      "type": "commodity_prices",
      "statement": "Rapidly rising fuel prices temporarily compressed inland operating income and margins because contractual fuel escalation mechanisms lagged.",
      "importance": "medium",
      "evidence": "During the second quarter of 2026, rapidly rising fuel prices temporarily compressed operating income and operating margins in the inland market due to the inherent lag in the Company's contractual fuel escalation mechanisms.",
      "source_date": "2026-08-05"
    }
  ],
  "related_tickers": [
    "KEX"
  ],
  "disclaimer": "Descriptive reporting of filed results. Not investment advice, and contains no forecast or recommendation."
}