Stocks · Industrials · Trucking
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. KNX
$66.76 +2.06% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $10.87B
Next earnings report: Oct 21, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.26, down 74.7% year over year.
- The shares trade at 258.5× trailing earnings, higher than 90% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Over the past year the stock returned +71.4%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 56.4 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth43Weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 34%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 13%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 4%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 29%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 35%
Quality53Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 30%
- Gross marginBottom 40%
- Operating marginBottom 33%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 7%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 14%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 42%
- Interest coverBottom 44%
Value56Neutral
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 34%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 8%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 34%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 41%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 14%
Momentum78Positive
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 8%
- 6-month returnTop 35%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 10%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 38%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 42%
Revisions48Neutral
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 33%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 45%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 41%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 49%
Stability63Neutral
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 30%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 26%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 50%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 42%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 1.1% | 4.1% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -77.8% | -74.7% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 19.7% | 24.8% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 4.0% | 3.2% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 2.6% | 14.7% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 4.1% | 1.1% | ↑ | Bottom 34% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -74.7% | -77.8% | ↑ | Bottom 13% |
| Gross margin | 24.8% | 19.7% | ↑ | Bottom 40% |
| Operating margin | 3.2% | 4.0% | ↓ | Bottom 33% |
| Net margin | 0.6% | 2.2% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 14.7% | 2.6% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 1.3% | — | Bottom 30% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 0.2% | — | Bottom 29% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -11.2%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -53.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.52×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 2.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.14%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.05%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.10%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -0.5%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.6%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $87.00
- Target vs current price
- +30.3%
- Analysts with a rating
- 36
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 64%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | +22.6% | -0.9% | -8.5% | -7.8% | — |
| Apr 22, 2026 | +2.8% | -1.4% | +1.0% | +5.4% | +18.2% |
| Jan 21, 2026 | -13.9% | +5.2% | -0.3% | +7.8% | +16.8% |
| Oct 22, 2025 | -13.2% | -0.1% | -7.8% | -11.7% | +19.4% |
| Jul 23, 2025 | +2.9% | +1.1% | -4.0% | -3.9% | -2.2% |
| Apr 23, 2025 | +19.1% | +1.4% | +0.5% | +16.0% | +14.4% |
| Jan 22, 2025 | +9.1% | -0.5% | +5.8% | -4.4% | -31.0% |
| Oct 23, 2024 | +6.1% | -0.1% | +1.6% | +7.0% | +4.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | $0.63 | $0.51 | +22.6% | $2.10B |
| Apr 22, 2026 | $0.09 | $0.09 | +2.8% | $1.85B |
| Jan 21, 2026 | $0.31 | $0.36 | -13.9% | $1.86B |
| Oct 22, 2025 | $0.32 | $0.37 | -13.2% | $1.93B |
| Jul 23, 2025 | $0.35 | $0.34 | +2.9% | $1.86B |
| Apr 23, 2025 | $0.28 | $0.24 | +19.1% | $1.82B |
| Jan 22, 2025 | $0.36 | $0.33 | +9.1% | $1.86B |
| Oct 23, 2024 | $0.34 | $0.32 | +6.1% | $1.88B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 258.5× | 41.5× | 90th | Bottom 34% |
| P/E (forward) | 28.8× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 13.5× | — | — | Top 34% |
| EV / Sales | 1.73× | — | — | Top 41% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 10.47% | — | — | Top 8% |
| Earnings yield | 0.39% | — | — | Bottom 34% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 8.9× – 304.2× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +71.4%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -74.7%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +562.2%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 2
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -5.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -2.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +2.5%
- RSI (14)
- 48.9
- Relative volume
- 0.90×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 34.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 60th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.06
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.45
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -19.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -36.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 2023 | Apr 16, 2025 | -39.6% | 552 days | 220 days (Mar 4, 2026) |
| Dec 29, 2021 | May 18, 2022 | -28.9% | 97 days | 178 days (Feb 2, 2023) |
| Jun 11, 2026 | Sep 28, 2026 | -22.9% | 74 days | Not yet recovered |
| Mar 4, 2026 | Mar 13, 2026 | -18.2% | 7 days | 23 days (Apr 16, 2026) |
| Sep 28, 2020 | Oct 29, 2020 | -11.3% | 23 days | 13 days (Nov 17, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $10.87B
- P/E (TTM)
- 258.5
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.26
- Revenue (TTM)
- $7.73B
- Dividend yield
- 1.17%
- 52-week range
- $39.06 – $82.86
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $6.00B | $7.43B | $7.14B | $7.41B | $7.47B |
| Gross profit | $1.97B | $2.41B | $1.96B | $1.80B | $2.11B |
| Operating income | $965.7M | $1.09B | $338.2M | $243.4M | $251.4M |
| Net income | $743.4M | $771.3M | $217.1M | $117.6M | $65.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $4.45 | $4.73 | $1.34 | $0.73 | $0.41 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.88B | $1.86B | $1.82B | $1.86B | $1.93B | $1.86B | $1.85B | $2.10B |
| Net income | $30.5M | $69.5M | $30.6M | $34.2M | $7.9M | -$6.8M | -$1.3M | $43.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.19 | $0.43 | $0.19 | $0.21 | $0.05 | -$0.04 | -$0.01 | $0.26 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $1.19B | $1.44B | $1.16B | $799.1M | $1.27B |
| Capital expenditure | -$534.1M | -$800.6M | -$1.07B | -$819.1M | -$503.4M |
| Free cash flow | $656.1M | $635.3M | $90.1M | -$20.1M | $763.2M |
| Dividends paid | -$63.5M | -$78.3M | -$91.1M | -$104.2M | -$117.4M |
| Net share buybacks | -$47.9M | -$292.5M | $5.2M | $5.3M | $5.4M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $186.1M
- Total assets
- $12.00B
- Total liabilities
- $5.01B
- Total debt
- $2.68B
- Net debt
- $2.50B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $6.98B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2026 | $0.20 | Sep 21, 2026 |
| Jun 8, 2026 | $0.20 | Jun 22, 2026 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | $0.20 | Mar 23, 2026 |
| Dec 5, 2025 | $0.18 | Dec 22, 2025 |
| Sep 5, 2025 | $0.18 | Sep 22, 2025 |
| Jun 9, 2025 | $0.18 | Jun 23, 2025 |
| Mar 7, 2025 | $0.18 | Mar 25, 2025 |
| Dec 6, 2024 | $0.16 | Dec 23, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 13,060,742
- Days to cover
- 3.96
- Change vs previous report
- +18.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Dec 27, 2005
- 3-for-2
- Jul 21, 2004
- 3-for-2
- Dec 31, 2001
- 3-for-2
- Jun 4, 2001
- 3-for-2
- May 19, 1998
- 3-for-2