KNX vs XPO vs TFII Stock Comparison

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Xpo and TFI International Prices as of Nov 2, 2026 Peers: Industry group
XPO XPO, Inc.
$191.75 +3.1% 1M +33.3% 1Y
Market cap
$22.43B
P/E
44.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.84B
Div. yield
–
Trucking Industrials
4 wins
TFII TFI International Inc.
$95.77 -19.4% 1M +6.7% 1Y
Market cap
$8.08B
P/E
18.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.39B
Div. yield
1.96%
Trucking Industrials
6 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

TFI International leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (TFI International 6, Xpo 4, Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionKNXXPOTFIILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $10.04B $22.43B $8.08B XPO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 65.5x 44.6x 18.8x TFII
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 27.7x 32.4x 16.7x TFII
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +7.0% +9.5% +4.2% XPO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 1.9% 5.7% 5.0% XPO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 3.2% 12.7% 17.7% TFII
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.1x 2.0x 0.0x TFII
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 1.26% — 1.96% TFII
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +36.7% +33.3% +6.7% KNX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +0.8%/yr +32.2%/yr -2.9%/yr XPO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 37.6% 41.0% 40.9% KNX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 47/100 48/100 63/100 TFII

Percentile Scorecard

KNXXPOTFII

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisKNXXPOTFII
Valuation 56 #61 of 137 16 #115 of 137 71 #40 of 137
Growth 67 #42 of 124 89 #14 of 124 39 #76 of 124
Profitability 36 #78 of 122 67 #41 of 122 66 #42 of 122
Financial Health 65 #52 of 147 25 #110 of 147 63 #55 of 147
Shareholder Returns 12 #75 of 85 42 #50 of 85 77 #20 of 85
Overall 47 48 63
  • KNX ranked among 150 companies in Transportation
  • XPO ranked among 150 companies in Transportation
  • TFII ranked among 150 companies in Transportation

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodKNXXPOTFIISPY
1 month -7.6%+3.1%-19.4% -2.3%
3 months -9.8%-2.7%-28.9% -0.7%
6 months -0.7%-4.1%-28.9% +4.8%
Year to date +18.0%+41.1%-7.3% +10.3%
1 year +36.7%+33.3%+6.7% +10.3%
3 years +21.2%+141.1%-16.0% +73.0%
3 years, per year +6.6%+34.1%-5.7% +20.1%
5 years +4.2%+302.9%-13.5% +61.9%
5 years, per year +0.8%+32.2%-2.9% +10.1%
10 years +110.9%+1,601.4%+314.6% +258.6%
10 years, per year +7.7%+32.8%+15.3% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureKNXXPOTFIISPY
Volatility, 1Y 37.6%41.0%40.9% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 32.7%39.4%45.4% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.981.191.19 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.980.810.16 0.80
Max drawdown, 5Y -39.6%-48.4%-54.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -25.2%-16.0%-41.4% -3.5%
52-week high $82.45$228.37$163.36 $779.14
52-week low $41.68$125.64$80.71 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleKNXXPOTFII
P/E now vs peer median 65.5xmedian 16.1x 44.6xmedian 16.1x 18.8xmedian 16.1x
P/S now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 0.9x 2.5xmedian 0.9x 1.0xmedian 0.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 9.0xmedian 8.1x 18.0xmedian 8.1x 7.8xmedian 8.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 13.3xmedian 11.4x 34.1xmedian 11.4x 6.7xmedian 11.4x
P/B now vs peer median 1.4xmedian 1.2x 11.4xmedian 1.2x 2.9xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median -2.51median 0.75 0.32median 0.75 -3.60median 0.75

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsKNXXPOTFII
Revenue $8.00B $8.84B $8.39B
Operating income $338.60M $876.00M $624.12M
Net income $153.25M $503.00M $356.83M
Free cash flow $752.32M $657.00M $1.21B
EPS (diluted) $0.94 $4.26 $5.07
Cash & equivalents $254.16M $260.00M $187.49M
Total debt $347.82M $3.12B $186.52M
Shares (diluted) 163.30M 118.00M 83.41M
Enterprise value $9.17B $21.33B $7.29B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricKNXXPOTFII
P/E 65.5x 44.6x 18.8x
P/FCF 13.3x 34.1x 6.7x
P/Operating cash flow 6.6x 19.8x 9.0x
P/S 1.3x 2.5x 1.0x
P/B 1.4x 11.4x 2.9x
P/Tangible book 1.9x 13.1x -4.2x
EV/EBITDA 9.0x 18.0x 7.8x
EV/EBIT 29.9x 28.9x 13.0x
EV/Revenue 1.3x 2.9x 1.0x
EV/FCF 13.5x 38.5x 6.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 6.7x 22.3x 9.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -2.51 0.32 -3.60

Growth

14 metrics
MetricKNXXPOTFII
Revenue growth (1Y) 7.0% 9.5% 4.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.8% 5.0% 3.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) 26.6% 32.3% 4.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -13.5% 39.5% -7.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 7.4% 51.5% 9.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -25.9% 138.7% -12.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 7.4% 54.1% 14.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -26.1% 139.3% -5.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 86.3% 19.3% -6.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 8.0% 21.0% -2.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 1,550% 183.2% -0.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 143.2% 217.0% -3.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricKNXXPOTFII
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin 14.1% 15.9% 12.4%
Operating margin 4.2% 9.9% 7.4%
Pretax margin 2.7% 7.6% 7.8%
Net margin 1.9% 5.7% 5.0%
FCF margin 9.4% 7.4% 14.4%
Operating cash flow margin 19.0% 12.8% 10.7%
Return on equity 2.2% 25.5% 12.9%
Return on assets 1.3% 6.0% 4.8%
Return on invested capital 3.2% 12.7% 17.7%
Return on capital employed 3.1% 13.4% 10.0%
Asset turnover 0.7x 1.1x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 9.9x 2.3x 2.5x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.9% 0.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricKNXXPOTFII
Debt / assets 2.9% 37.6% 2.5%
Debt / equity 0.0x 1.6x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.1x 2.0x 0.0x
Debt / FCF 0.5x 4.8x 0.2x
Liabilities / assets 41.7% 76.3% 62.6%
Equity / assets 58.3% 23.7% 37.4%
Interest coverage 3.0x 4.2x 3.7x
Current ratio 0.9x 1.0x 1.1x
Quick ratio 0.6x 0.8x 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.1x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 2.24 3.76 2.80

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricKNXXPOTFII
Dividend yield 1.3% – 2.0%
Net buyback yield -0.1% 1.4% 5.3%
Shareholder yield 1.2% 1.4% 7.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusKNXXPOTFII
Forward P/E 27.7xFY2026 32.4xFY2026 16.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.23FY2026 $5.91FY2026 $5.73FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +77.0%FY2026 +58.4%FY2026 +31.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +95.5% +6.3% +40.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $7.91BFY2026 $9.30BFY2026 $8.41BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +5.9%FY2026 +13.9%FY2026 +6.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +6.7% +5.4% +1.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersKNXXPOTFII
Held by institutions 100.0% 100.0% 69.4%
Institutions holding 630 752 296
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.9% +2.2% +1.2%
Institutions buying 376 434 175
Institutions selling 168 211 90
Buyers to sellers 2.24 2.06 1.94

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

KNXXPOTFII
KNX 1.00 0.69 0.64
XPO 0.69 1.00 0.58
TFII 0.64 0.58 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, KNX, XPO and TFII?

Xpo (XPO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings (KNX) $10.04B, Xpo (XPO) $22.43B, TFI International (TFII) $8.08B.

Which stock is cheaper, KNX, XPO and TFII?

TFI International (TFII) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings (KNX) 65.5x, Xpo (XPO) 44.6x, TFI International (TFII) 18.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, TFI International (TFII) is cheapest (Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings (KNX) 27.7x, Xpo (XPO) 32.4x, TFI International (TFII) 16.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Xpo (XPO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings (KNX) +7.0%, Xpo (XPO) +9.5%, TFI International (TFII) +4.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Xpo (XPO) has the highest net margin (Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings (KNX) 1.9%, Xpo (XPO) 5.7%, TFI International (TFII) 5.0%). On return on invested capital, TFI International (TFII) leads (Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings (KNX) 3.2%, Xpo (XPO) 12.7%, TFI International (TFII) 17.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings (KNX) returned the most: Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings (KNX) +36.7%, Xpo (XPO) +33.3%, TFI International (TFII) +6.7%. Over five years, Xpo (XPO) compounded fastest (Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings (KNX) +0.8%/yr, Xpo (XPO) +32.2%/yr, TFI International (TFII) -2.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

TFI International (TFII) has the highest dividend yield: Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings (KNX) 1.26%, TFI International (TFII) 1.96%. Xpo (XPO) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings (KNX) has been the steadiest (Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings (KNX) 37.6%, Xpo (XPO) 41.0%, TFI International (TFII) 40.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, KNX, XPO and TFII?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, TFI International (TFII) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.