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

Knight-Swift Transportation (NYSE:KNX) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.290-0.330 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 0.300. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Knight-Swift Transportation also updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 0.460-0.500 EPS.

Knight-Swift Transportation Trading Down 0.8 %

Shares of NYSE KNX traded down $0.46 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $54.84. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 3,365,901 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,033,837. The company has a current ratio of 1.01, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31. The business’s 50 day moving average is $55.29 and its two-hundred day moving average is $53.34. Knight-Swift Transportation has a 12-month low of $45.55 and a 12-month high of $60.99. The firm has a market cap of $8.88 billion, a P/E ratio of 238.42, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.02 and a beta of 0.98.

Knight-Swift Transportation (NYSE:KNX) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 22nd. The transportation company reported $0.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.33 by $0.03. Knight-Swift Transportation had a return on equity of 1.81% and a net margin of 0.50%. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Knight-Swift Transportation will post 1.04 EPS for the current year.

Knight-Swift Transportation Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 23rd. Investors of record on Friday, December 6th were paid a $0.16 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 6th. This represents a $0.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.17%. Knight-Swift Transportation’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 278.27%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on KNX shares. Citigroup lowered Knight-Swift Transportation from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating and set a $56.00 target price for the company. in a research note on Tuesday, November 12th. Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on Knight-Swift Transportation from $47.00 to $48.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Evercore ISI raised their target price on Knight-Swift Transportation from $49.00 to $52.00 and gave the stock an “in-line” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 24th. Barclays lifted their price objective on Knight-Swift Transportation from $62.00 to $68.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 13th. Finally, Raymond James lifted their price objective on Knight-Swift Transportation from $60.00 to $62.00 and gave the company a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, January 10th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating, nine have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $58.56.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Chairman Kevin P. Knight sold 29,779 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $57.19, for a total transaction of $1,703,061.01. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Ploeg David Vander sold 500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $57.10, for a total value of $28,550.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 30,729 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,754,625.90. This represents a 1.60 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 3.00% of the stock is currently owned by 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.