Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings (KNX) Return on Assets [ROA] (2011 - 2026)
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings (KNX) posted Return on Assets [ROA] of 0.36% for Q2 2026, down 0.94 percentage points from 1.30% a year earlier but up 0.08 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings (KNX) Return on Assets [ROA] (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings' Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 0.53%, down 0.38 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Assets [ROA] has declined for four consecutive years, with a five-year change of -4.37 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings' Return on Assets [ROA] was 0.91% in FY2024 (-0.90 pp), 1.81% in FY2023 (-5.33 pp), 7.14% in FY2022 (-0.64 pp) and 7.78% in FY2021 (+2.88 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] has run from a low of 0.28% in Q3 2024 to a high of 8.30% in Q2 2022 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Assets [ROA] has declined in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.48 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Assets [ROA] in the past five years was Q3 2021, with a gain of 2.63 percentage points; the weakest was Q4 2023, with a drop of 5.43 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Assets [ROA] for the three prior quarters was 0.28% (Q1 2026), 0.53% (Q4 2025) and 1.13% (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Union Pacific | 183.69 Bn | 175.94 Bn | - | 10.59% |
| 2 | United Parcel Service | 97.20 Bn | 74.10 Bn | - | 6.39% |
| 3 | Csx | 96.55 Bn | 91.78 Bn | - | 8.03% |
| 4 | Canadian Pacific Kansas City | 83.75 Bn | 82.78 Bn | - | 4.42% |
| 5 | Fedex | 77.97 Bn | 44.17 Bn | - | 4.58% |
| 6 | Norfolk Southern | 77.53 Bn | 72.00 Bn | - | 5.89% |
| 7 | Delta Air Lines | 58.54 Bn | 40.73 Bn | - | 3.82% |
| 8 | United Airlines Holdings | 37.69 Bn | -20.00 Bn | - | 4.21% |
| 9 | Old Dominion Freight Line | 37.24 Bn | 36.50 Bn | - | 19.12% |
| 10 | Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings | 10.13 Bn | 9.24 Bn | - | 1.27% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 1.27% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 0.36% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.28% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.53% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.13% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.30% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.18% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.91% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.28% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.52% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.85% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.68% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 3.09% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 4.56% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 6.09% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 7.11% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 8.17% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 8.30% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 7.70% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 7.08% |
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Return on Assets [ROA] API
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import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "ticker": "KNX", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=KNX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();