Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in KNX or JBHT?

88.8% of Knight-Swift Transportation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.9% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Knight-Swift Transportation shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KNX or JBHT?

Knight-Swift Transportation received 61 more outperform votes than J.B. Hunt Transport Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.19% of users gave Knight-Swift Transportation an outperform vote while only 58.90% of users gave J.B. Hunt Transport Services an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Knight-Swift Transportation	Outperform Votes 776 67.19%	Underperform Votes 379 32.81%
J.B. Hunt Transport Services	Outperform Votes 715 58.90%	Underperform Votes 499 41.10%

Do analysts rate KNX or JBHT?

Knight-Swift Transportation currently has a consensus price target of $57.14, indicating a potential upside of 8.82%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a consensus price target of $181.88, indicating a potential upside of 8.27%. Given Knight-Swift Transportation's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Knight-Swift Transportation is more favorable than J.B. Hunt Transport Services.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Knight-Swift Transportation	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
J.B. Hunt Transport Services	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Which has more risk & volatility, KNX or JBHT?

Knight-Swift Transportation has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, KNX or JBHT?

J.B. Hunt Transport Services has higher revenue and earnings than Knight-Swift Transportation. J.B. Hunt Transport Services 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Knight-Swift Transportation	$7.62B	1.11	$217.15M	$0.67	78.37
J.B. Hunt Transport Services	$12.34B	1.40	$728.29M	$6.30	26.67

Is KNX or JBHT more profitable?

J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a net margin of 4.90% compared to Knight-Swift Transportation's net margin of 0.88%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services' return on equity of 14.77% beat Knight-Swift Transportation's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Knight-Swift Transportation	0.88%	1.98%	1.11%
J.B. Hunt Transport Services	4.90%	14.77%	7.16%

Is KNX or JBHT a better dividend stock?

Knight-Swift Transportation pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Knight-Swift Transportation pays out 95.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays out 27.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. J.B. Hunt Transport Services has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years.

Does the media refer more to KNX or JBHT?

In the previous week, J.B. Hunt Transport Services had 9 more articles in the media than Knight-Swift Transportation. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for J.B. Hunt Transport Services and 3 mentions for Knight-Swift Transportation. Knight-Swift Transportation's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat J.B. Hunt Transport Services' score of 0.86 indicating that Knight-Swift Transportation is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Knight-Swift Transportation	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
J.B. Hunt Transport Services	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

J.B. Hunt Transport Services beats Knight-Swift Transportation on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.