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Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings (KNX) EBITDA Margin (2010 - 2026)

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings' quarterly EBITDA Margin came in at 0.05% in Q1 2026, down 176.0% year-on-year from 0.07% in Q1 2025, and up 86.63% quarter-over-quarter from 0.39% in Q4 2025.

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings has reported EBITDA Margin for 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.05% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBITDA Margin fell 176.0% year-over-year to 0.05%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.45% (down 160.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.88%, down 71.0% from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 0.05%, up from 0.39% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for EBITDA Margin was 11.38% in Q1 2022, with the low at 0.56% in Q4 2023.
  • Average EBITDA Margin over 5 years is 3.77%, with a median of 1.83% recorded in 2025.
  • Year-over-year, EBITDA Margin slumped 910 bps in 2023 and surged 426 bps in 2024.
  • Tracing KNX's EBITDA Margin over 5 years: stood at 8.54% in 2022, then plunged by 107 bps to 0.56% in 2023, then surged by 760 bps to 3.7% in 2024, then tumbled by 111 bps to 0.39% in 2025, then jumped by 87 bps to 0.05% in 2026.
  • The last three EBITDA Margin figures came in at 0.05% (Q1 2026), 0.39% (Q4 2025), and 0.4% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBITDA Margin (Qtr)
1 Old Dominion Freight Line 47.65 Bn 47.37 Bn 1.33 Bn 23.78%
2 Xpo 25.84 Bn 25.61 Bn 1.67 Bn 8.30%
3 Saia 12.92 Bn 12.88 Bn - 8.29%
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 12.67 Bn 12.61 Bn 1.57 Bn -0.05%
5 Schneider National 6.38 Bn 6.12 Bn 1.27 Bn 1.44%
6 Rxo 4.55 Bn 4.53 Bn 254.00 Mn -1.96%
7 Arcbest 3.15 Bn 3.06 Bn 951.93 Mn 0.34%
8 Werner Enterprises 2.55 Bn 2.51 Bn 726.17 Mn 0.49%
9 Marten Transport 1.43 Bn 1.38 Bn 203.18 Mn 5.69%
10 Heartland Express 1.20 Bn 1.16 Bn 167.03 Mn -2.74%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -0.05%
Dec 31, 2025 -0.39%
Sep 30, 2025 0.40%
Jun 30, 2025 1.83%
Mar 31, 2025 1.70%
Dec 31, 2024 3.70%
Sep 30, 2024 1.68%
Jun 30, 2024 1.10%
Mar 31, 2024 -0.15%
Dec 31, 2023 -0.56%
Sep 30, 2023 2.99%
Jun 30, 2023 4.11%
Mar 31, 2023 6.44%
Dec 31, 2022 8.54%
Sep 30, 2022 10.28%
Jun 30, 2022 11.10%
Mar 31, 2022 11.38%
Dec 31, 2021 14.03%
Sep 30, 2021 12.50%
Jun 30, 2021 11.61%
Mar 31, 2021 10.61%
Dec 31, 2020 11.14%
Sep 30, 2020 10.08%
Jun 30, 2020 20.44%
Mar 31, 2020 18.88%
Dec 31, 2019 -18.95%
Sep 30, 2019 17.48%
Jun 30, 2019 17.03%
Mar 31, 2019 18.03%
Dec 31, 2018 10.89%
Sep 30, 2018 15.15%
Jun 30, 2018 14.07%
Mar 31, 2018 12.95%
Dec 31, 2017 32.95%
Sep 30, 2017 9.14%
Jun 30, 2017 17.39%
Mar 31, 2017 5.57%
Dec 31, 2016 9.64%
Sep 30, 2016 9.87%
Jun 30, 2016 9.12%
Mar 31, 2016 8.63%
Dec 31, 2015 11.17%
Sep 30, 2015 7.04%
Jun 30, 2015 9.30%
Mar 31, 2015 7.39%
Dec 31, 2014 11.63%
Sep 30, 2014 9.06%
Jun 30, 2014 8.74%
Mar 31, 2014 4.58%
Dec 31, 2013 9.54%
Sep 30, 2013 8.18%
Jun 30, 2013 9.74%
Mar 31, 2013 7.10%
Dec 31, 2012 11.07%
Sep 30, 2012 7.78%
Jun 30, 2012 9.58%
Mar 31, 2012 6.74%
Dec 31, 2011 11.27%
Sep 30, 2011 10.38%
Jun 30, 2011 8.53%
Mar 31, 2011 6.16%
Dec 31, 2010 9.81%
Sep 30, 2010 10.83%
Jun 30, 2010 8.31%