KNX Stock Analysis: Knight Transportation | NYSE
Trucking | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 11.316m USD | 12M Return: 64.9% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 294M
EPS Trend: -27.8%
Qual. Beats: 1
Rev. Trend: 73.6%
Qual. Beats: 1
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Seasonality 11.6 years of data
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Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. (NYSE: KNX) is a large-cap U.S. freight transportation company headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, operating across the United States and Mexico. The company was incorporated in 1989 and is classified within the Industrials sector under Cargo Ground Transportation, a sub-industry covering businesses that move freight over land via truck, rail, and intermodal services.
The company operates through four reporting segments: Truckload, LTL, Logistics, and Intermodal. The Truckload segment provides irregular route, dedicated, refrigerated, flatbed, expedited, and cross-border services. The LTL (less-than-truckload) segment offers regional direct service, supplementing its own network with partner carriers for broader national coverage. The Logistics segment offers brokerage and freight management using third-party transportation providers, while the Intermodal segment arranges container movements on third-party rail networks and provides drayage services that connect rail terminals to customer facilities.
In addition to its core transportation operations, Knight-Swift provides repair and maintenance shop services, equipment leasing, warranty services, and insurance. It also engages in trailer parts manufacturing, warehousing, and driver training through its driving academy activities. The companys customer base spans retail, food and beverage, consumer and paper products, transportation and logistics, housing and building, automotive, and manufacturing industries.
- Truckload spot rates recover from cyclical lows amid tighter capacity
- LTL margins expand as AAA Cooper integration delivers cost synergies
- Intermodal volumes grow as shippers shift freight from truckload to rail
| Net Income: 42.9m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.09 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 7.91 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: -1.71% < 20% (prev -2.44%; Δ 0.72% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.12 > 3% & CFO 1.39b > Net Income 42.9m |
| Net Debt (3.49b) to EBITDA (991.1m): 3.52 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 0.88 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (163.3m) vs 12m ago 0.46% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 24.75% > 18% (prev 19.74%; Δ 5.02% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 63.03% > 50% (prev 59.31%; Δ 3.72% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 2.51 > 6 (EBIT TTM 221.6m / Interest Expense TTM 88.2m) |
| A: -0.01 (Total Current Assets 942.9m - Total Current Liabilities 1.08b) / Total Assets 12.0b |
| B: 0.21 (Retained Earnings 2.57b / Total Assets 12.0b) |
| C: 0.02 (EBIT TTM 221.6m / Avg Total Assets 12.3b) |
| D: 1.39 (Book Value of Equity 6.98b / Total Liabilities 5.01b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 2.21 = BBB |
| DSRI: 0.48 (Receivables 446.8m/887.4m, Revenue 7.73b/7.43b) |
| GMI: 0.80 (GM 19.74% / 24.75%) |
| AQI: 1.02 (AQ_t 0.50 / AQ_t-1 0.49) |
| SGI: 1.04 (Revenue 7.73b / 7.43b) |
| TATA: -0.11 (NI 42.9m - CFO 1.39b) / TA 12.0b) |
| Beneish M = -3.61 (Cap -4..+1) = AAA |
As of August 04, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 68.42 with a total of 3,180,719 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -3.27%, over one month by -8.54%, over three months by +10.39% and over the past year by +64.92%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 64.70 (which is 5.4% or 1.3 ATR below the current price).
Knight Transportation has received a consensus analysts rating of 3.95. Therefore, it is recommended to buy KNX.
- StrongBuy: 9
- Buy: 2
- Hold: 10
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 88.6 | 29.5% |
P/E Trailing = 257.5185
P/E Forward = 31.1526
P/S = 1.4641
P/B = 1.6273
P/EG = 0.4962
Revenue TTM = 7.73b USD
EBIT TTM = 221.6m USD
EBITDA TTM = 991.1m USD
Long Term Debt = 1.70b USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 279.1m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 3.67b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 987.9m
Net Debt = 3.49b USD (calculated: Debt 3.67b - CCE 186.1m)
Enterprise Value = 14.8b USD (11.3b + Debt 3.67b - CCE 186.1m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 2.51 (Ebit TTM 221.6m / Interest Expense TTM 88.2m)
EV/FCF = 13.02x (Enterprise Value 14.8b / FCF TTM 1.14b)
FCF Yield = 7.68% (FCF TTM 1.14b / Enterprise Value 14.8b)
FCF Margin = 14.71% (FCF TTM 1.14b / Revenue TTM 7.73b)
Net Margin = 0.56% (Net Income TTM 42.9m / Revenue TTM 7.73b)
Gross Margin = 24.75% ((Revenue TTM 7.73b - Cost of Revenue TTM 5.82b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 8.49% (prev 9.63%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.23 (Enterprise Value 14.8b / Total Assets 12.0b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 2.40% (Interest Expense 88.2m / Debt 3.67b)
Taxrate = 39.12% (27.7m / 70.9m)
NOPAT = 134.9m (EBIT 221.6m * (1 - 39.12%))
Current Ratio = 0.88 (Total Current Assets 942.9m / Total Current Liabilities 1.08b)
Debt / Equity = 0.53 (Debt 3.67b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 6.98b)
Debt / EBITDA = 3.52 (Net Debt 3.49b / EBITDA 991.1m)
Debt / FCF = 3.07 (Net Debt 3.49b / FCF TTM 1.14b)
Total Stockholder Equity = 7.06b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 0.35% (Net Income 42.9m / Total Assets 12.0b)
RoE = 0.61% (Net Income TTM 42.9m / Total Stockholder Equity 7.06b)
RoCE = 2.53% (EBIT 221.6m / Capital Employed (Equity 7.06b + L.T.Debt 1.70b))
RoIC = 1.22% (NOPAT 134.9m / Invested Capital 11.0b)
WACC = 7.24% (E(11.3b)/V(15.0b) * Re(9.11%) + D(3.67b)/V(15.0b) * Rd(2.40%) * (1-Tc(0.39)))
Discount Rate = 9.11% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 97.93 | Cagr: 0.33%
[DCF] Terminal Value 77.97% ; FCFF base≈760.5m ; Y1≈871.8m ; Y5≈1.28b
[DCF] Fair Price = 97.21 (EV 19.3b - Net Debt 3.49b = Equity 15.8b / Shares 162.8m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow 15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: -27.77 | EPS CAGR: -9.22% | SUE: 3.33 | # QB: 1
Revenue Correlation: 73.56 | Revenue CAGR: 2.29% | SUE: 2.11 | # QB: 1
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.76 | Chg30d=+15.24% | Revisions=+67% | Analysts=18
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=2.31 | Chg30d=+17.69% | Revisions=+70% | GrowthEPS=+83.7% | GrowthRev=+9.2%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=4.00 | Chg30d=+13.20% | Revisions=+50% | GrowthEPS=+72.9% | GrowthRev=+8.1%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +78% (up=19, down=1)