Knight-Swift Transportation Hol (KNX) Stock Analysis
Range Bound setup
Industrials · Trucking
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $77.34: Quality below floor (2.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.2/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality.
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings provides full truckload, LTL, intermodal, and logistics services across the U.S. and Mexico through four reportable segments, operating one of North America's largest truckload fleets. In 2025, the company generated $7.5 billion in... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $77.34: Quality below floor (2.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.2/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality. Chart setup: RSI 60 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Score 4.2/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 5/8 gates (clean insider activity, news events none recent, earnings proximity 36d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: moderate.
About Knight-Swift Transportation Hol
About Knight-Swift Transportation Hol
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings generated $7.5 billion in consolidated total revenue during 2025, covering 1.8 billion loaded miles across four reportable segments: Truckload (averaging 21,428 tractors and 84,851 trailers), LTL, Logistics, and Intermodal. The LTL network added 12 service centers in 2025 toward full 48-state in-house coverage. The company serves customers throughout the U.S. and Mexico with a geographically diverse terminal network built through organic growth and 25 acquisitions since 1966, most recently the U.S. Xpress and DHE acquisitions.
Knight-Swift earns revenue through contract freight rates, fuel surcharges, and logistics fees across its four segments. The Truckload segment operates 19,395 company tractors and 2,033 independent contractor tractors in high-density freight lanes, including dedicated multi-year contracts that assign specific equipment and drivers to prescribed routes. The LTL segment — built through the acquisitions of ACT, MME, and DHE — competes with established national and regional carriers and faces substantial fixed costs in terminals and equipment that constrain new entrants. The Logistics segment brokers capacity through third-party carriers, while the Intermodal segment uses rail agreements with most major North American railroads for longer-haul lanes. Customer concentration is material: the largest single customer contributed 13.1% of total revenue in 2025, and the top five customers combined accounted for 25.6% of total revenue. Retail and discount retail customers represent a substantial portion of freight, exposing the company to consumer spending cycles.
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The 10-K documents a prolonged freight market downcycle that began in 2023 and had not fully resolved by year-end 2025, characterized by moderated consumer demand, pricing pressure in non-contract markets, and inflationary costs across equipment, fuel, and insurance. Capacity rationalization continued as smaller carriers exited. The company's asset-intensive model — requiring sustained capital in tractors, trailers, and service centers — exposes margins to downward pressure during soft freight phases, and the filing notes that unfavorable market conditions "could have similar impacts in the future." In June 2026, the company disclosed via Form 8-K that co-founder Kevin Knight resigned as Executive Chairman of the Board effective June 3, 2026, with David Vander Ploeg appointed Chair of the Board.
See also: Industrials · Trucking
From Knight-Swift Transportation Hol's most recent 10-K filing, extracted June 11, 2026.
Recent developments
updated 2026-06-17Recent Developments — Knight-Swift Transportation Hol
Material events (past 30 days)
- 8K Jun 4, 2026 MEDIUM Item 5.02: Kevin Knight resigned as Executive Chairman and Board member effective June 3, 2026. David Vander Ploeg appointed Chair of the Board on same date. No disagreement with the company cited.
Latest news
- NEWS Citigroup Downgrades Knight-Swift to Neutral, Raises Price Target to $90 — benzinga Jun 15, 2026 negative
- NEWS Amazon Supply Chain Services Announces U.S. Expansion Of Less-Than-Truckload Freight To Any Type Of Destination, Includi — benzinga Jun 10, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Wells Fargo Maintains Overweight on Knight-Swift, Raises Price Target to $86 — benzinga Jun 5, 2026 positive
- NEWS 12 Industrials Stocks Moving In Thursday's After-Market Session — benzinga Jun 4, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Knight-Swift Transportation Appoints Vander Ploeg Chairman, Effective June 3, Succeeding Retiring Executive Chairman Kev — benzinga Jun 4, 2026 neutral
Generated 2026-06-17T09:12:24Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- LOWCustomerlargest customer13%10-K Item 1: 'Services provided to our largest customer generated 13.1% and 12.6% of total revenue in 2025 and 2024, respectively.'
- MEDIUMCustomertop-5 customers26%10-K Item 1: 'our top 25, top 10, and top 5 customers accounted for 49.3%, 34.8%, and 25.6% of our total revenue, respectively.'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-06-04Item 5.02MEDIUMKevin Knight resigned as Executive Chairman and Board member effective June 3, 2026. David Vander Ploeg appointed Chair of the Board on same date. No disagreement with the company cited.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
4 floor-breakers
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Growth below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Quality below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
No near-term catalyst priced in. Thesis progression will come from fundamentals grinding, not event reaction.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $77.34: Quality below floor (2.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.2/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality. Chart setup: RSI 60 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Prior stop was $71.93. Score 4.2/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $81.20 (+5.0% upside). Prior stop was $71.93. Stop-loss: $71.93.
Target reached (-11.0% upside); Quality below floor (2.9 < 4.0); Value-trap signals (2/5): High leverage (D/E 2.1), Negative free cash flow.
Knight-Swift Transportation Hol trades at a P/E of 377.4 (forward 23.1). TrendMatrix value score: 5.9/10. Verdict: Sell.
23 analysts cover KNX with a consensus score of 4.0/5. Average price target: $76.
What does Knight-Swift Transportation Hol do?Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings provides full truckload, LTL, intermodal, and logistics services across the U.S....
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings provides full truckload, LTL, intermodal, and logistics services across the U.S. and Mexico through four reportable segments, operating one of North America's largest truckload fleets. In 2025, the company generated $7.5 billion in consolidated total revenue covering 1.8 billion loaded miles, with the Truckload segment averaging 21,428 tractors and the LTL segment expanding to all 48 contiguous states.