Knight-Swift Transportation (NYSE:KNX) Announces Quarterly Earnings Results

Knight-Swift Transportation (NYSE:KNX) issued its earnings results on Wednesday. The transportation company reported $0.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.33 by $0.03, Zacks reports. Knight-Swift Transportation had a net margin of 1.59% and a return on equity of 2.43%. Knight-Swift Transportation updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 0.460-0.500 EPS and its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.290-0.330 EPS.

Knight-Swift Transportation Price Performance

NYSE KNX opened at $57.54 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.01, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31. Knight-Swift Transportation has a 12 month low of $45.55 and a 12 month high of $61.51. The stock has a market cap of $9.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 78.82, a PEG ratio of 1.02 and a beta of 0.98. The company’s 50 day moving average is $55.24 and its two-hundred day moving average is $53.35.

Knight-Swift Transportation Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 23rd. Investors of record on Friday, December 6th were paid a dividend of $0.16 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 6th. This represents a $0.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.11%. Knight-Swift Transportation’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 87.67%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

KNX has been the topic of several analyst reports. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price objective on Knight-Swift Transportation from $45.00 to $51.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. Evercore ISI increased their price objective on Knight-Swift Transportation from $49.00 to $52.00 and gave the company an “in-line” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. Susquehanna raised Knight-Swift Transportation from a “neutral” rating to a “positive” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $48.00 to $67.00 in a research report on Friday, January 3rd. StockNews.com raised shares of Knight-Swift Transportation from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday. Finally, Bank of America lifted their price target on shares of Knight-Swift Transportation from $61.00 to $63.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating, nine have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $59.38.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Ploeg David Vander sold 500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $57.10, for a total value of $28,550.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 30,729 shares in the company, valued at $1,754,625.90. The trade was a 1.60 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Chairman Kevin P. Knight sold 29,779 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $57.19, for a total value of $1,703,061.01. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Company insiders own 3.00% of the company’s stock.

About Knight-Swift Transportation

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides freight transportation services in the United States and Mexico. The company operates through four segments: Truckload, Less-than-truckload (LTL), Logistics, and Intermodal. The Truckload segment provides transportation services, which include irregular route and dedicated, refrigerated, expedited, flatbed, and cross-border operations.