NYSE:KNX - Knight-Swift Transportation Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Knight-Swift Transportation trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "KNX."

Knight-Swift Transportation announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 9th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.06 per share on Thursday, December 27th. This represents a $0.24 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.78%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 30th. View Knight-Swift Transportation's Dividend History.

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc (NYSE:KNX) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 24th. The transportation company reported $0.65 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.58 by $0.07. The transportation company earned $1.35 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.35 billion. Knight-Swift Transportation had a net margin of 13.47% and a return on equity of 7.26%. Knight-Swift Transportation's quarterly revenue was up 158.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.25 EPS. View Knight-Swift Transportation's Earnings History.

Knight-Swift Transportation is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Knight-Swift Transportation.

Knight-Swift Transportation updated its second quarter 2019 earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 17th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.62-0.66 for the period. Knight-Swift Transportation also updated its Q1 2019 guidance to $0.52-0.55 EPS.

16 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Knight-Swift Transportation's shares. Their forecasts range from $36.00 to $60.00. On average, they anticipate Knight-Swift Transportation's stock price to reach $48.1875 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 57.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Knight-Swift Transportation.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Knight-Swift Transportation in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Knight-Swift Transportation.

Headlines about KNX stock have been trending positive on Thursday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Knight-Swift Transportation earned a coverage optimism score of 2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the transportation company a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is very likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Some companies that are related to Knight-Swift Transportation include J B Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Landstar System (LSTR), Schneider National (SNDR), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Heartland Express (HTLD), Saia (SAIA), ArcBest (ARCB), Marten Transport (MRTN), Universal Logistics (ULH), Covenant Transportation Group (CVTI), P.A.M. Transportation Services (PTSI), YRC Worldwide (YRCW), USA Truck (USAK) and Celadon Group (CGIP).

Knight-Swift Transportation's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Riverbridge Partners LLC (0.61%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.18%), Patriot Wealth Management Inc. (0.08%), Sit Investment Associates Inc. (0.03%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%) and Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. (0.01%). Company insiders that own Knight-Swift Transportation stock include David A Jackson, G D Madden, Gary J Knight, James E Jr Updike, Jerry Moyes, Kathryn L Munro, Kevin P Knight, Kevin Quast, Michael Garnreiter, Robert E Synowicki Jr, Todd F Carlson and Wayne Yu. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Knight-Swift Transportation.

KNX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Riverbridge Partners LLC, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Knight-Swift Transportation company stock in the last year include Gary J Knight, Jerry Moyes, Kathryn L Munro, Kevin P Knight, Kevin Quast and Todd F Carlson. View Insider Buying and Selling for Knight-Swift Transportation.

KNX stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Patriot Wealth Management Inc., Sit Investment Associates Inc. and Fox Run Management L.L.C.. Company insiders that have bought Knight-Swift Transportation stock in the last two years include Robert E Synowicki Jr and Wayne Yu. View Insider Buying and Selling for Knight-Swift Transportation.

Shares of KNX can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KNX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $30.58.

Knight-Swift Transportation has a market capitalization of $5.14 billion and generates $2.43 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $484.29 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.38 on an earnings per share basis. Knight-Swift Transportation employs 25,400 workers across the globe.

The official website for Knight-Swift Transportation is http://www.knighttrans.com.

Knight-Swift Transportation's mailing address is 22002 NORTH 19TH AVENUE, PHOENIX AZ, 85027. The transportation company can be reached via phone at 602-269-2000 or via email at [email protected]