KNX vs. JBHT, UHAL, SAIA, R, LSTR, CAR, WERN, MRTN, HTZ, and HTLD
Should you be buying Knight-Swift Transportation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Knight-Swift Transportation include J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), U-Haul (UHAL), Saia (SAIA), Ryder System (R), Landstar System (LSTR), Avis Budget Group (CAR), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Marten Transport (MRTN), Hertz Global (HTZ), and Heartland Express (HTLD). These companies are all part of the "trucking" industry.
Knight-Swift Transportation vs.
Knight-Swift Transportation (NYSE:KNX) and J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ:JBHT) are both transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has higher revenue and earnings than Knight-Swift Transportation. J.B. Hunt Transport Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Knight-Swift Transportation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, J.B. Hunt Transport Services had 47 more articles in the media than Knight-Swift Transportation. MarketBeat recorded 56 mentions for J.B. Hunt Transport Services and 9 mentions for Knight-Swift Transportation. Knight-Swift Transportation's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat J.B. Hunt Transport Services' score of 0.10 indicating that Knight-Swift Transportation is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Knight-Swift Transportation pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Knight-Swift Transportation pays out 278.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays out 31.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. J.B. Hunt Transport Services has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years.
Knight-Swift Transportation has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Knight-Swift Transportation currently has a consensus price target of $58.56, suggesting a potential upside of 6.74%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a consensus price target of $191.67, suggesting a potential upside of 11.14%. Given J.B. Hunt Transport Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe J.B. Hunt Transport Services is more favorable than Knight-Swift Transportation.
Knight-Swift Transportation received 48 more outperform votes than J.B. Hunt Transport Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.98% of users gave Knight-Swift Transportation an outperform vote while only 59.20% of users gave J.B. Hunt Transport Services an outperform vote.
88.8% of Knight-Swift Transportation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.0% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Knight-Swift Transportation shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a net margin of 4.65% compared to Knight-Swift Transportation's net margin of 0.50%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services' return on equity of 13.92% beat Knight-Swift Transportation's return on equity.
Summary
J.B. Hunt Transport Services beats Knight-Swift Transportation on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:KNX) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
