Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. is a transportation and logistics company that provides freight services across North America. Its operations include truckload transportation, less-than-truckload shipping, intermodal services and logistics solutions for commercial and industrial customers.

The company operates a large fleet of tractors and trailers and offers dedicated and irregular-route truckload services, freight brokerage and supply-chain support. Its less-than-truckload business transports smaller shipments through regional and national networks, while its intermodal operations combine rail and highway transportation. Knight-Swift also provides cross-border services connecting the United States, Mexico and Canada.

Knight-Swift was formed through the 2017 merger of Knight Transportation and Swift Transportation, two major U.S. trucking companies. The company is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, and is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Adam Miller.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $65.03 to $66.90
• 50-Day Range: $65.90 to $77.24
• 52-Week Range: $38.63 to $82.86
• Volume: 11.29 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.88 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $10.73 billion
• P/E Ratio: 253.48
• Dividend Yield: 1.21%
• Price Target: $84.26
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Knight-Swift Transportation Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Knight-Swift Transportation scored higher than 96% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 72nd out of 661 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Knight-Swift Transportation has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.95, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, 16 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Knight-Swift Transportation has a consensus price target of $84.26, representing about 27.9% upside from its current price of $65.90.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Knight-Swift Transportation has been the subject of 16 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 58.63%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Knight-Swift Transportation are expected to grow by 58.63% in the coming year, from $2.49 to $3.95 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Knight-Swift Transportation is 253.48, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.87.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Knight-Swift Transportation is 253.48, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 25.43.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Knight-Swift Transportation has a PEG Ratio of 0.57. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Knight-Swift Transportation has a P/B Ratio of 1.51. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

6.98% of the float of Knight-Swift Transportation has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Knight-Swift Transportation has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.07.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Knight-Swift Transportation has recently increased by 9.34%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Knight-Swift Transportation pays a meaningful dividend of 1.17%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Knight-Swift Transportation has been increasing its dividend for 6 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Knight-Swift Transportation is 307.69%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Knight-Swift Transportation will have a dividend payout ratio of 20.25% next year. This indicates that Knight-Swift Transportation will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.90

News Sentiment

Knight-Swift Transportation has a news sentiment score of 0.90. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.70 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 13 news articles for Knight-Swift Transportation this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Knight-Swift Transportation insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $16,183,454.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.90% of the stock of Knight-Swift Transportation is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

88.77% of the stock of Knight-Swift Transportation is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 6/22 Dividend: 6/08/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/22 Dividend: 6/08/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/22/2026
• Last Earnings: 7/22/2026
• Record date for 9/21 Dividend: 9/04/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/21 Dividend: 9/04/2026
• Today: 9/16/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/21/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/21/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Ground Transportation
• Sub-Industry: Cargo Ground Transportation
• Current Symbol: NYSE:KNX
• CIK: 1492691
• Web: www.knight-swift.com
• Phone: (602) 269-9700
• Fax: 602-269-8542
• Employees: 37,100
• Year Founded: 1989

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Knight-Swift Transportation: $84.26
• High Price Target: $98.00
• Low Price Target: $53.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +27.9%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.95
• Research Coverage: 21 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.26
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 253.48
• Forward P/E Ratio: 26.47
• P/E Growth: 0.57
• Net Income: $65.95 million
• Net Margins: 0.56%
• Pretax Margin: 0.92%
• Return on Equity: 3.51%
• Return on Assets: 2.04%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.32
• Current Ratio: 0.88
• Quick Ratio: 0.88

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $7.47 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.44
• Cash Flow: $5.89 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 11.19
• Book Value: $43.69 per share
• Price / Book: 1.51

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 162,760,000
• Free Float: 158,036,000
• Market Cap: $10.73 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.18