Knight-Swift Transportation (NYSE:KNX) Updates Q2 2025 Earnings Guidance

Knight-Swift Transportation (NYSE:KNX) issued an update on its second quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.460-0.500 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 0.500. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Knight-Swift Transportation also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.290-0.330 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price on shares of Knight-Swift Transportation from $45.00 to $51.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. Susquehanna raised shares of Knight-Swift Transportation from a “neutral” rating to a “positive” rating and lifted their target price for the stock from $48.00 to $67.00 in a report on Friday, January 3rd. Citigroup downgraded Knight-Swift Transportation from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating and set a $56.00 price target for the company. in a research note on Tuesday, November 12th. Bank of America boosted their price objective on shares of Knight-Swift Transportation from $61.00 to $63.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, January 16th. Finally, Morgan Stanley cut their price objective on shares of Knight-Swift Transportation from $72.00 to $70.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have issued a hold rating, nine have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $58.56.

Knight-Swift Transportation Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:KNX traded down $0.46 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $54.84. 3,328,204 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,032,561. Knight-Swift Transportation has a one year low of $45.55 and a one year high of $60.99. The company has a current ratio of 1.01, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31. The business’s fifty day moving average is $55.29 and its two-hundred day moving average is $53.34. The stock has a market cap of $8.88 billion, a PE ratio of 238.42, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.02 and a beta of 0.98.

Knight-Swift Transportation (NYSE:KNX) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 22nd. The transportation company reported $0.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.33 by $0.03. Knight-Swift Transportation had a return on equity of 1.81% and a net margin of 0.50%. As a group, analysts predict that Knight-Swift Transportation will post 1.04 earnings per share for the current year.

Knight-Swift Transportation Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 23rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 6th were issued a dividend of $0.16 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 6th. This represents a $0.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.17%. Knight-Swift Transportation’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 278.27%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Chairman Kevin P. Knight sold 29,779 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $57.19, for a total value of $1,703,061.01. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director Ploeg David Vander sold 500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $57.10, for a total transaction of $28,550.00. Following the completion of 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 position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 3.00% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Knight-Swift Transportation Company Profile

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.