Brighton Jones LLC Makes New $311,000 Investment in Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. $KNX

Brighton Jones LLC purchased a new position in Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. (NYSE:KNX) during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 7,024 shares of the transportation company’s stock, valued at approximately $311,000.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Larson Financial Group LLC boosted its stake in Knight-Swift Transportation by 9,383.3% in the first quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 569 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $25,000 after acquiring an additional 563 shares during the period. Brooklyn Investment Group boosted its holdings in shares of Knight-Swift Transportation by 93.4% during the first quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group now owns 642 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 310 shares during the period. Oliver Lagore Vanvalin Investment Group bought a new position in shares of Knight-Swift Transportation during the second quarter worth about $55,000. UMB Bank n.a. increased its holdings in shares of Knight-Swift Transportation by 43.3% in the 2nd quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 1,624 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $72,000 after acquiring an additional 491 shares during the period. Finally, IFP Advisors Inc lifted its position in Knight-Swift Transportation by 21.3% in the 2nd quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 2,162 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $96,000 after purchasing an additional 379 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 88.77% of the company’s stock.

Knight-Swift Transportation Trading Down 2.2%

NYSE:KNX opened at $43.51 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $43.04 and its two-hundred day moving average is $43.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31, a current ratio of 1.33 and a quick ratio of 0.89. The stock has a market cap of $7.06 billion, a PE ratio of 49.45, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.89 and a beta of 1.14. Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $36.69 and a fifty-two week high of $61.51.

Knight-Swift Transportation (NYSE:KNX) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 22nd. The transportation company reported $0.32 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.38 by ($0.06). Knight-Swift Transportation had a return on equity of 2.98% and a net margin of 1.90%.The company had revenue of $1.93 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.91 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.34 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 2.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Knight-Swift Transportation has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.340-0.400 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. will post 2.13 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Knight-Swift Transportation Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 22nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 5th were issued a dividend of $0.18 per share. This represents a $0.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.7%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 5th. Knight-Swift Transportation’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 81.82%.

Insider Activity at Knight-Swift Transportation

In other Knight-Swift Transportation news, EVP Michael K. Liu sold 3,420 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $43.41, for a total transaction of $148,462.20. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 3.00% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have issued reports on KNX. Evercore ISI reduced their price target on Knight-Swift Transportation from $47.00 to $42.00 and set an “in-line” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, September 30th. UBS Group cut shares of Knight-Swift Transportation from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and raised their target price for the company from $46.00 to $51.00 in a research note on Friday, September 5th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised shares of Knight-Swift Transportation from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price target for the stock from $43.00 to $53.00 in a research note on Thursday, October 2nd. Robert W. Baird boosted their target price on Knight-Swift Transportation from $55.00 to $60.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, July 25th. Finally, Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Knight-Swift Transportation in a research note on Friday, October 24th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $53.29.

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.