FedEx Freight vs Knight-Swift Transportation
FDXF and KNX side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How FDXF and KNX compare
FedEx Freight is the larger company, worth 1.9 times as much as Knight-Swift Transportation ($18.8B against $9.9B).
On earnings, FedEx Freight is cheaper: it trades at 28.8× trailing earnings, against 234× for Knight-Swift Transportation.
FedEx Freight keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 7.4% compared with 0.56% at Knight-Swift Transportation.
Knight-Swift Transportation pays a dividend yielding 1.3%; FedEx Freight does not pay one.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | FDXF | KNX |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $18.8B | $9.9B |
| Share price | $126.04 | $60.77 |
| Change, 1 year | – | 36.6% |
| Change, 5 years | – | 5.4% |
| Beta (5Y) | – | 0.90 |
| Employees | 40K | 200 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 6 | 6 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Growth score | 0 | 0 |
| Performance score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 28.8× (better) | 234× |
| P/S | 2.1× | 1.3× (better) |
| P/B | – | 1.4× |
| EV/EBITDA | 21.7× | 9.9× (better) |
| FCF yield | −1.1% | – |
| Fair value | $53.08 | $64.58 |
| Margin of safety | −137% | 5.9% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | – | 4.1% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | – | 9.8% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −74.0% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | −74.5% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | −29.8% |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 6.1% (better) | 2.7% |
| Net margin | 7.4% (better) | 0.56% |
| FCF margin | −2.4% | – |
| Return on equity | 61.2% (better) | 0.61% |
| Return on invested capital | 13.0% (better) | 1.8% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.02 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.83 (better) | −0.02 |
| Interest coverage | 9.5× (better) | 1.6× |
| Current ratio | 1.63 (better) | 0.88 |
| Altman Z-score | 3.04 (better) | 2.17 |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 1.3% |
| Payout ratio | – | 289% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 6 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 17.6% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 1.3% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 60.9% | 100% |
| Held by insiders | 40.1% | 2.9% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$25.7M |
| Superinvestors holding | 3 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 6.2% | 8.4% |
Go deeper
- FDXF stock overview
- FDXF income statement
- FDXF valuation and score
- KNX stock overview
- KNX income statement
- KNX valuation and score
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