Knight-Swift Transportation (NYSE:KNX) Releases 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.

Knight-Swift Transportation Stock Up 1.0 %

Shares of NYSE:KNX traded up $0.53 during trading on Friday, hitting $52.47. 891,757 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,064,753. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $52.27 and its 200-day moving average price is $50.37. Knight-Swift Transportation has a 12-month low of $45.55 and a 12-month high of $60.99. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.88. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.49 billion, a P/E ratio of 128.47, a PEG ratio of 1.74 and a beta of 0.92.

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

Knight-Swift Transportation Dividend Announcement

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on KNX shares. Barclays lifted their target price on shares of Knight-Swift Transportation from $57.00 to $62.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 20th. TD Cowen upped their target price on shares of Knight-Swift Transportation from $55.00 to $56.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday. Evercore ISI increased their target price on shares of Knight-Swift Transportation from $49.00 to $52.00 and gave the stock an “in-line” rating in a research note on Thursday. The Goldman Sachs Group dropped their price target on Knight-Swift Transportation from $48.00 to $44.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, October 9th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus increased their price objective on Knight-Swift Transportation from $47.00 to $48.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have assigned a hold rating, eight have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Knight-Swift Transportation has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $55.94.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Chairman Kevin P. Knight sold 30,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 sale, the chairman now owns 1,467,360 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $73,852,228.80. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. In other news, Chairman Kevin P. Knight sold 45,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 5th. The stock was 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 in the company, valued at $73,294,210.80. 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. Also, Chairman Kevin P. Knight sold 30,000 shares of Knight-Swift Transportation 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 transaction, the chairman now directly 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 position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 85,196 shares of company stock worth $4,367,869. 3.00% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Knight-Swift Transportation Company Profile

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.