Kirby (NYSE:KEX – Get Free Report) and Golden Ocean Group (OTCMKTS:GDOCF – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Kirby and Golden Ocean Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Kirby | $3.36 billion | 2.22 | $354.57 million | $6.50 | 21.73 |
| Golden Ocean Group | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings for Kirby and Golden Ocean Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Kirby | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2.86 |
| Golden Ocean Group | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Kirby currently has a consensus target price of $163.20, suggesting a potential upside of 15.54%. Given Kirby’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Kirby is more favorable than Golden Ocean Group.
Profitability
This table compares Kirby and Golden Ocean Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Kirby | 10.18% | 10.44% | 5.82% |
| Golden Ocean Group | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
96.2% of Kirby shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Kirby shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Kirby beats Golden Ocean Group on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Kirby
Kirby Corporation operates domestic tank barges in the United States. Its Marine Transportation segment provides marine transportation service and towing vessel transporting bulk liquid product, as well as operates tank barge 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 oils, refined petroleum products, and agricultural chemicals by tank barges; and operates offshore dry-bulk barges and tugboat units that are engaged in the offshore transportation of dry-bulk cargos in the United States coastal trade. It owns and operates 1,076 inland tank barges, approximately 281 inland towboats, 28 coastal tank barges, 25 coastal tugboats, 4 offshore dry-bulk cargo barges, 4 offshore tugboats, and a docking tugboat. Its Distribution and Services segment sells after-market service and genuine replacement parts for engines, transmissions, reduction gears, electric motors, drives, and controls, electrical distribution and control systems, energy storage battery systems, and related oilfield service 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, high capacity lift trucks, and refrigeration trailers; and manufactures and remanufactures oilfield service equipment, including pressure pumping units, as well as manufacturers electric power generation equipment, specialized electrical distribution and control equipment, and high capacity energy storage/battery systems. It serves to various companies, the United States government, and pleasure crafts. 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.
About Golden Ocean Group
Golden Ocean Group Limited, formerly Knightsbridge Shipping Limited, is an international dry bulk shipping company. The Company is engaged in the transportation of dry bulk cargoes. It owns and operates a fleet of dry bulk carrier vessels, focusing on the Capesize, Panamax and Supramax markets. Its vessels transport a range of major and minor bulk commodities, including ores, coal, grains and fertilizers. Its fleet includes owned vessels, bareboat vessels, chartered vessels, commercial management vessels and newbuildings. It owns over 40 dry bulk carriers and has contracts for approximately 20 newbuildings. It also has over 10 vessels chartered-in (of which over eight are chartered in from Ship Finance and approximately five are chartered in from third parties) and over one vessel is chartered-in through a joint venture. Over six of the vessels are chartered-out on fixed rate time charters and remaining are operated in the spot market or fixed on index-linked time charter contracts.
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