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 declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 31st. Stockholders 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 0.72%. 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 data on Tuesday, January, 29th. The transportation company reported $0.93 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.92 by $0.01. The transportation company had revenue of $1.39 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.44 billion. Knight-Swift Transportation had a return on equity of 8.46% and a net margin of 7.85%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 2.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.52 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 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 (EPS) guidance of for the period. Knight-Swift Transportation also updated its Q1 guidance to $0.52-0.55 EPS.

12 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Knight-Swift Transportation's stock. 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 36.9% 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.

News headlines about KNX stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public 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 -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.

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), Saia (SAIA), Heartland Express (HTLD), Marten Transport (MRTN), ArcBest (ARCB), Universal Logistics (ULH), US Xpress Enterprises (USX), Covenant Transportation Group (CVTI), P.A.M. Transportation Services (PTSI), YRC Worldwide (YRCW) and USA Truck (USAK).

Knight-Swift Transportation's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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, 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 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 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 $33.53.

Knight-Swift Transportation has a market capitalization of $5.97 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]