J.B. HUNT TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC. vs Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc., two Trucking stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where JBHT and KNX diverge most: on return on equity, JBHT reads 18.4% and KNX reads 0.5%; on return on assets, JBHT reads 8.5% and KNX reads 0.3%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What JBHT's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What KNX's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | JBHT | KNX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $288.32 | $72.44 |
| Market cap | $27.4B | $11.8B |
| Sector | Trucking | Trucking |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +14.3% |
| P/E | 41.0 | — |
| P/B | 7.49 | 1.67 |
| P/S | 2.16 | 1.58 |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.0 | 13.8 |
| Revenue growth | +5.5% | +1.1% |
| Operating margin | 7.4% | 1.5% |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 0.5% |
| Return on equity | 18.4% | 0.5% |
| Return on assets | 8.5% | 0.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 14.8% | 1.6% |
| FCF yield | 4.0% | 11.0% |
| Dividend yield | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.31 | 0.25 |
| Current ratio | 1.26 | 0.70 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.76 | 2.35 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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