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

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

Knight-Swift Transportation declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, February 10th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.08 per share on Friday, March 27th. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.89%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 2nd. This is an increase from Knight-Swift Transportation's previous quarterly dividend of $0.06. View Knight-Swift Transportation's Dividend History.

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc (NYSE:KNX) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January, 29th. The transportation company reported $0.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.51 by $0.04. The transportation company had revenue of $1.20 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.22 billion. Knight-Swift Transportation had a return on equity of 6.68% and a net margin of 6.38%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 14.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.93 earnings per share. View Knight-Swift Transportation's Earnings History.

Knight-Swift Transportation is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 22nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Knight-Swift Transportation.

Knight-Swift Transportation issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 29th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.00-2.15 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.03.

14 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Knight-Swift Transportation's shares. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $48.00. On average, they anticipate Knight-Swift Transportation's share price to reach $40.58 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Knight-Swift Transportation.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Knight-Swift Transportation in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Knight-Swift Transportation.

News coverage about KNX stock has trended very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Knight-Swift Transportation earned a daily sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Knight-Swift Transportation.

Knight-Swift Transportation saw a decrease in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 34,400,000 shares, a decrease of 5.3% from the January 15th total of 36,320,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,610,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 21.4 days. Currently, 28.2% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Knight-Swift Transportation's Current Options Chain.

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Knight-Swift Transportation's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (15.00%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (3.48%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.67%), State Street Corp (2.50%), Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (1.46%) and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.87%). Company insiders that own Knight-Swift Transportation stock include Cary M Flanagan, Gary J Knight, James E Jr Updike, James L Fitzsimmons, Jerry Moyes, Kathryn L Munro, Kevin P Knight, Kevin Quast, Ploeg David Vander, Robert E Synowicki Jr, Shannon Breen, 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 Bank of America Corp DE, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, NWQ Investment Management Company LLC, Scout Investments Inc., CI Investments Inc., South Dakota Investment Council, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL and Bank of Montreal Can. Company insiders that have sold Knight-Swift Transportation company stock in the last year include Cary M Flanagan, Gary J Knight, James E Jr Updike, James L Fitzsimmons, Kevin P Knight, Kevin Quast, Ploeg David Vander and Shannon Breen. View Insider Buying and Selling for Knight-Swift Transportation.

KNX stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alliancebernstein L.P., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Alyeska Investment Group L.P., Prudential Financial Inc., MIK Capital LP, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, Marshall Wace LLP and Brookfield Hedge Solutions LLC. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KNX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $35.98.

Knight-Swift Transportation has a market capitalization of $6.14 billion and generates $4.84 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $309.21 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.17 on an earnings per share basis. Knight-Swift Transportation employs 22,800 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Knight-Swift Transportation.

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

Knight-Swift Transportation's mailing address is 20002 NORTH 19TH AVENUE, PHOENIX AZ, 85027. The transportation company can be reached via phone at 602-269-2000 or via email at [email protected]