Knight-Swift Transportation (NYSE:KNX) Issues Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Knight-Swift Transportation (NYSE:KNX) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.290-0.330 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 0.370. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Knight-Swift Transportation also updated its Q1 guidance to $0.29-0.33 EPS.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have recently commented on KNX. Wolfe Research cut Knight-Swift Transportation from an “outperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 11th. The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their target price on Knight-Swift Transportation from $48.00 to $44.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, October 9th. StockNews.com upgraded Knight-Swift Transportation to a “sell” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 25th. UBS Group reduced their price objective on Knight-Swift Transportation from $59.00 to $58.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, July 9th. Finally, Bank of America raised their price objective on Knight-Swift Transportation from $57.00 to $58.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have assigned a hold rating, eight have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $55.94.

Knight-Swift Transportation Stock Performance

Shares of KNX traded up $0.61 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $52.55. 1,698,619 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,068,651. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 128.13, a P/E/G ratio of 1.74 and a beta of 0.92. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.88. Knight-Swift Transportation has a twelve month low of $45.55 and a twelve month high of $60.99. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $52.24 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $50.38.

Knight-Swift Transportation (NYSE:KNX) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, October 23rd. The transportation company reported $0.34 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.32 by $0.02. Knight-Swift Transportation had a return on equity of 1.98% and a net margin of 0.88%. The business had revenue of $1.88 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.91 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.41 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 7.1% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts predict that Knight-Swift Transportation will post 1.06 earnings per share for the current year.

Knight-Swift Transportation Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 23rd. Investors of record on Friday, September 6th were paid a dividend of $0.16 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, September 6th. This represents a $0.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.22%. Knight-Swift Transportation’s dividend payout ratio is currently 156.10%.

Insider Activity at Knight-Swift Transportation

In related news, Chairman Kevin P. Knight sold 30,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $50.33, for a total transaction of $1,509,900.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chairman now owns 1,467,360 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $73,852,228.80. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. In related news, Chairman Kevin P. Knight sold 30,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, August 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $50.33, for a total value of $1,509,900.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chairman now owns 1,467,360 shares in the company, valued at $73,852,228.80. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Chairman Kevin P. Knight sold 45,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, August 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $51.53, for a total value of $2,318,850.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chairman now owns 1,422,360 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $73,294,210.80. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 85,196 shares of company stock valued at $4,367,869 over the last 90 days. 3.00% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

About Knight-Swift Transportation

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides freight transportation services in the United States and Mexico. The company operates through four segments: Truckload, Less-than-truckload (LTL), Logistics, and Intermodal. The Truckload segment provides transportation services, which include irregular route and dedicated, refrigerated, expedited, flatbed, and cross-border operations.