Knight-Swift Transportation (NYSE:KNX) Releases Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.03 EPS

Knight-Swift Transportation (NYSE:KNX) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday. The transportation company reported $0.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.33 by $0.03, Zacks reports. Knight-Swift Transportation had a net margin of 0.50% and a return on equity of 1.81%. 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 Stock Down 0.8 %

NYSE:KNX opened at $54.84 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.88 billion, a PE ratio of 238.42, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.03 and a beta of 0.98. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $55.29 and a 200-day moving average of $53.34. Knight-Swift Transportation has a 52 week low of $45.55 and a 52 week 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.

Knight-Swift Transportation Announces Dividend

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Barclays lifted their price target on shares of Knight-Swift Transportation from $62.00 to $68.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 13th. Raymond James upped their target price on shares of Knight-Swift Transportation from $60.00 to $62.00 and gave the stock a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, January 10th. Bank of America increased their price target on shares of Knight-Swift Transportation from $61.00 to $63.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 16th. Susquehanna raised shares of Knight-Swift Transportation from a “neutral” rating to a “positive” rating and increased their price target for the stock from $48.00 to $67.00 in a report on Friday, January 3rd. Finally, Citigroup cut shares of Knight-Swift Transportation from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating and set a $56.00 price objective on the stock. in a research report on Tuesday, November 12th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating, nine have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $58.56.

Insider Transactions at Knight-Swift Transportation

In other news, Chairman Kevin P. Knight sold 29,779 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $57.19, for a total value of $1,703,061.01. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Ploeg David Vander sold 500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $57.10, for a total transaction of $28,550.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 30,729 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,754,625.90. This represents a 1.60 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 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.