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Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX) Competitors

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$41.70 -1.25 (-2.92%)
Closing price 09/12/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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KNX vs. HTLD, HUBG, JBHT, LSTR, MRTN, ODFL, WERN, HRI, SNDR, and UHAL

Should you be buying Knight-Swift Transportation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Knight-Swift Transportation include Heartland Express (HTLD), Hub Group (HUBG), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Landstar System (LSTR), Marten Transport (MRTN), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Herc (HRI), Schneider National (SNDR), and U-Haul (UHAL). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.

Knight-Swift Transportation vs. Its Competitors

Heartland Express (NASDAQ:HTLD) and Knight-Swift Transportation (NYSE:KNX) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Knight-Swift Transportation had 7 more articles in the media than Heartland Express. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Knight-Swift Transportation and 11 mentions for Heartland Express. Knight-Swift Transportation's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Heartland Express' score of 1.16 indicating that Knight-Swift Transportation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Heartland Express
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Knight-Swift Transportation
17 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Heartland Express presently has a consensus target price of $9.70, suggesting a potential upside of 14.52%. Knight-Swift Transportation has a consensus target price of $54.19, suggesting a potential upside of 29.96%. Given Knight-Swift Transportation's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Knight-Swift Transportation is more favorable than Heartland Express.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Heartland Express
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67
Knight-Swift Transportation
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82

Heartland Express has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Knight-Swift Transportation has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Heartland Express pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Knight-Swift Transportation pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Heartland Express pays out -17.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Knight-Swift Transportation pays out 70.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Knight-Swift Transportation has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Knight-Swift Transportation is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Knight-Swift Transportation has a net margin of 2.22% compared to Heartland Express' net margin of -3.85%. Knight-Swift Transportation's return on equity of 3.03% beat Heartland Express' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Heartland Express-3.85% -4.42% -2.69%
Knight-Swift Transportation 2.22%3.03%1.70%

53.5% of Heartland Express shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.8% of Knight-Swift Transportation shares are held by institutional investors. 40.7% of Heartland Express shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Knight-Swift Transportation shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Knight-Swift Transportation has higher revenue and earnings than Heartland Express. Heartland Express is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Knight-Swift Transportation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Heartland Express$932.24M0.70-$29.72M-$0.46-18.41
Knight-Swift Transportation$7.43B0.91$117.63M$1.0240.88

Summary

Knight-Swift Transportation beats Heartland Express on 18 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KNX vs. The Competition

MetricKnight-Swift TransportationTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.77B$6.53B$7.16B$21.49B
Dividend Yield1.68%1.31%940.00%3.49%
P/E Ratio40.8828.3213.7129.75
Price / Sales0.911.46466.2951.58
Price / Cash7.009.307.9818.13
Price / Book0.953.362.204.63
Net Income$117.63M$167.24M$556.72M$999.94M
7 Day Performance-2.57%-1.32%0.91%0.62%
1 Month Performance-2.05%-0.75%2.90%4.34%
1 Year Performance-21.03%-13.12%11.32%16.38%

Knight-Swift Transportation Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KNX
Knight-Swift Transportation
4.9937 of 5 stars
$41.70
-2.9%
$54.19
+30.0%
-21.0%$6.77B$7.43B40.8835,300Positive News
HTLD
Heartland Express
3.8785 of 5 stars
$8.63
+0.2%
$9.70
+12.4%
-30.1%$668.05M$1.05B-18.765,700News Coverage
Positive News
HUBG
Hub Group
3.8085 of 5 stars
$37.20
-0.6%
$40.35
+8.5%
-19.6%$2.28B$3.95B22.556,500Positive News
Ex-Dividend
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
4.8794 of 5 stars
$142.99
-0.5%
$165.00
+15.4%
-18.2%$13.84B$12.09B26.0033,646Positive News
LSTR
Landstar System
4.5119 of 5 stars
$131.66
-0.3%
$145.17
+10.3%
-29.5%$4.56B$4.82B27.601,441Positive News
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MRTN
Marten Transport
4.231 of 5 stars
$11.60
-1.2%
$19.00
+63.8%
-32.2%$945.63M$963.71M44.623,776Positive News
ODFL
Old Dominion Freight Line
4.1157 of 5 stars
$151.11
+0.3%
$167.62
+10.9%
-24.8%$31.76B$5.81B29.5121,895Positive News
WERN
Werner Enterprises
3.4774 of 5 stars
$28.61
flat
$30.50
+6.6%
-25.0%$1.71B$3.03B33.279,287
HRI
Herc
3.494 of 5 stars
$137.60
-0.6%
$144.60
+5.1%
-8.8%$4.57B$3.57B160.007,600Positive News
SNDR
Schneider National
4.8036 of 5 stars
$24.47
-0.3%
$27.36
+11.8%
-14.0%$4.29B$5.29B34.9519,400Ex-Dividend
UHAL
U-Haul
0.776 of 5 stars
$57.80
-2.9%
N/A-19.9%$11.33B$5.91B26.7632,200High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:KNX) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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