Knight Transportation is a trucking business based in the US. Knight Transportation shares (KNX) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Knight Transportation employs 34,300 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $7.6 billion.
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| Latest market close | $52.45 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $45.33 - $60.61 |
| 50-day moving average | $51.18 |
| 200-day moving average | $52.82 |
| Wall St. target price | $56.31 |
| PE ratio | 127.7561 |
| Dividend yield | $0.6 (1.22%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $0.41 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $52.45 from 2024-09-03
| 1 week (2024-08-29) | 1.49% |
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| 1 month (2024-08-05) | 1.92% |
| 3 months (2024-06-05) | 10.42% |
| 6 months (2024-03-05) | -5.58% |
| 1 year (2023-09-05) | -1.94% |
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| 2 years (2022-09-01) | N/A |
| 3 years (2021-09-03) | 53.19 |
| 5 years (2019-09-05) | 47.94% |
Valuing Knight Transportation stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Knight Transportation's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Knight Transportation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 128x. In other words, Knight Transportation shares trade at around 128x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Knight Transportation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.7008. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Knight Transportation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Knight Transportation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $950.9 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Knight Transportation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $7.6 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 3.46% |
| Gross profit TTM | $2.4 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 0.85% |
| Return on equity TTM | 0.93% |
| Profit margin | 0.88% |
| Book value | $43.59 |
| Market Capitalization | $8.5 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 72.09% of net profits
Recently Knight Transportation has paid out, on average, around 72.09% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.22% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Knight Transportation shareholders could enjoy a 1.22% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Knight Transportation's case, that would currently equate to about $0.6 per share.
Knight Transportation's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.
Knight Transportation's most recent dividend payout was on 22 September 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 5 September 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").
Knight Transportation's shares were split on a 3:2 basis on 26 December 2005. So if you had owned 2 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Knight Transportation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 33.3% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Knight Transportation shares which in turn could have impacted Knight Transportation's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Knight Transportation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $45.3331 up to $60.6109. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Knight Transportation's is 0.94. This would suggest that Knight Transportation's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
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. This segment operated an average of 20,948 tractors, which comprised 18,821 company tractors and 2,127 independent contractor tractors, as well as 87,865 trailers. The LTL segment provides regional LTL transportation services through a network of approximately 120 service centers; and offers national coverage through partner carrier outside the network. This segment operated an average of 3,201 tractors and 8,482 trailers.
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