Knight-Swift

Transportation stocks show gains ahead of Florence’s landfall

We visualized the performance metrics of the publicly-traded truckload carriers over the past six quarters, using TCA InGauge’s data.

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings (NYSE: KNX) reported revenue growth and rising income across much of the company, with the notable exception of Swift’s refrigerated segment, during its second quarter 2018 earnings call.

There is a fear on the part of some investors in the trucking space that a peak may have been reached.

Earnings season is here; UPS posts 13th quarter of double digit growth; Knight-Swift finds synergies; Maersk trials autonomous ships; the Mustang is the last Ford car left; Barclays and Goldman Sachs collab on data standards for derivatives and blockchain; Union Pacific beats the Street.

Knight-Swift’s revenues stabilized despite fewer trucks and shorter length of haul, and the two brands managed to increase their efficiency and improve operating ratios.

Transport stocks outperforming broader economy; FedEx adds robots to distribution centers; Knight-Swift picks up a 400 truck fleet; CMA CGM turned around in 2017; Union Pacific’s drones monitoring workers cause union trouble. 

The Richmond-based carrier was privately held with approximately $100 million in revenue.

Knight Trucking put 20% of its capacity on the spot market in Q4 2017 and it paid off big. Swift has also been improving its operations, and management said it will focus on fixing its reefer business in 2018.