Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. (NYSE:KNX) Receives $54.19 Consensus PT from Brokerages

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. (NYSE:KNX) has earned an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the seventeen research firms that are covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, ten have issued a buy recommendation and two have given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year target price among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $54.1875.

Several research firms have weighed in on KNX. The Goldman Sachs Group upgraded Knight-Swift Transportation from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price target for the company from $45.00 to $65.00 in a research note on Monday, June 2nd. Raymond James Financial boosted their price target on Knight-Swift Transportation from $50.00 to $55.00 and gave the company a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 15th. Baird R W raised Knight-Swift Transportation to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 1st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on Knight-Swift Transportation from $45.00 to $52.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, July 24th. Finally, Barclays decreased their price objective on Knight-Swift Transportation from $58.00 to $55.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, July 10th.

Knight-Swift Transportation Stock Up 3.2%

Knight-Swift Transportation stock opened at $42.98 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30, a quick ratio of 0.89 and a current ratio of 0.89. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $43.96 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $43.78. The company has a market cap of $6.98 billion, a PE ratio of 42.14, a PEG ratio of 0.62 and a beta of 1.19. Knight-Swift Transportation 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, July 23rd. The transportation company reported $0.35 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.34 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $1.86 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.87 billion. Knight-Swift Transportation had a return on equity of 3.03% and a net margin of 2.22%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up .8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.24 EPS. Knight-Swift Transportation has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.360-0.420 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Knight-Swift Transportation will post 2.13 EPS for the current year.

Knight-Swift Transportation Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 22nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 5th will be issued a $0.18 dividend. This represents a $0.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 5th. Knight-Swift Transportation’s payout ratio is 70.59%.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Michael K. Liu sold 3,420 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $43.41, for a total value of $148,462.20. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 3.00% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Knight-Swift Transportation

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Larson Financial Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Knight-Swift Transportation by 9,383.3% in the 1st quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 569 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 563 shares during the period. Brooklyn Investment Group raised its holdings in Knight-Swift Transportation by 93.4% in the 1st quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group now owns 642 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 310 shares during the period. UMB Bank n.a. raised its holdings in Knight-Swift Transportation by 40.0% in the 1st quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 1,133 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $49,000 after purchasing an additional 324 shares during the period. Oliver Lagore Vanvalin Investment Group acquired a new position in Knight-Swift Transportation in the 2nd quarter worth about $55,000. Finally, Employees Retirement System of Texas acquired a new position in Knight-Swift Transportation in the 2nd quarter worth about $58,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 88.77% of the company’s stock.

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.