Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. (KNX) vs Schneider National, Inc. (SNDR)

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. and Schneider National, Inc. are both Trucking companies. Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $10.7B against $5.6B — 1.9× the size. Schneider National, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 48.8× against 236×. Schneider National, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 6.25% against 4.07%. Schneider National, Inc. has the higher net margin (1.92% vs 0.56%) and the higher return on invested capital (3.53% vs 1.47%). Both pay a dividend; Schneider National, Inc. yields more (1.38% vs 0.96%). Across the 23 metrics below, Schneider National, Inc. leads on 17 and Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric KNX SNDR Trucking median
P/E 235.81 48.83 50.34
P/S 1.34 0.94 1.19
P/B 1.48 1.79 1.48
Price to free cash flow 12.94 17.28 13.51
EV/EBITDA 12.68 8.93 11.77
EV/Sales 1.64 0.95 1.03
Earnings yield 0.42% 2.05% 0.21%
Free cash flow yield 7.73% 5.79% 4.56%

Profitability

Metric KNX SNDR Trucking median
Gross margin 72.14% 56.18% 51.20%
Operating margin 2.72% 3.03% 0.00%
Net margin 0.56% 1.92% 0.35%
Free cash flow margin 10.35% 5.44% 5.45%
Return on equity 0.61% 3.68% 0.31%
Return on assets 0.35% 2.24% 0.37%
Return on invested capital 1.47% 3.53% (0.05%)

Growth

Metric KNX SNDR Trucking median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.07% 6.25% 4.46%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (43.84%) (10.61%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 9.83% 4.50% 6.44%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (30.61%) (13.32%) 0.00%

Health

Metric KNX SNDR Trucking median
Debt to equity 0.32 0.13 0.17
Current ratio 0.88 2.03 1.52
Net debt to EBITDA 1.85 0.26 1.59

Dividend

Metric KNX SNDR Trucking median
Dividend yield 0.96% 1.38% 1.00%
Payout ratio 0.16 0.15 0.08

Size

Metric KNX SNDR Trucking median
Market cap 10.66b 5.59b 1.53b

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