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 Thursday, January 31st. Investors of record on Monday, March 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.06 per share on Wednesday, March 27th. This represents a $0.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.71%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 1st. View Knight-Swift Transportation's Dividend History.

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc (NYSE:KNX) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January, 29th. The transportation company reported $0.93 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.92 by $0.01. The transportation company earned $1.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.44 billion. Knight-Swift Transportation had a return on equity of 8.46% and a net margin of 7.85%. The company's revenue was up 2.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.52 EPS. View Knight-Swift Transportation's Earnings History.

Knight-Swift Transportation is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Knight-Swift Transportation.

Knight-Swift Transportation issued an update on its earnings guidance on Tuesday, January, 29th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. Knight-Swift Transportation also updated its Q1 guidance to $0.52-0.55 EPS.

12 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Knight-Swift Transportation's shares. Their predictions range from $36.00 to $55.00. On average, they expect Knight-Swift Transportation's stock price to reach $45.9091 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 36.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Knight-Swift Transportation.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Knight-Swift Transportation in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Knight-Swift Transportation.

Headlines about KNX stock have trended positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Knight-Swift Transportation earned a coverage optimism score of 2.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.

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Knight-Swift Transportation's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.73%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (3.85%), Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (1.66%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.52%), Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC (1.51%) and Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (1.34%). 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, 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 First Trust Advisors LP, Anchor Bolt Capital LP, Macquarie Group Ltd., BlackRock Inc., Riverbridge Partners LLC, Raymond James & Associates, KBC Group NV and Elk Creek Partners LLC. 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, Shannon Breen and Todd F Carlson. View Insider Buying and Selling for Knight-Swift Transportation.

KNX stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, CI Investments Inc., Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., Bank of America Corp DE, Millennium Management LLC, Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP and State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D. 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 $33.60.

Knight-Swift Transportation has a market capitalization of $5.98 billion and generates $5.34 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $419.26 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.56 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]