J.B. Hunt vs Knight-Swift
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The short version
- J.B. Hunt is the larger business, with $12.0B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $7.5B for Knight-Swift, about 1.6 times as much.
- Knight-Swift grew revenue faster (0.8%, against −0.7%).
- J.B. Hunt kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (7.2% operating margin, against 2.9%).
- Knight-Swift turned more of its sales into free cash flow (16.9% FCF margin, against 7.9%).
- J.B. Hunt earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (13.1%, against 1.6%).
| Latest fiscal year | JBHT · FY25 | KNX · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $21.4B | $10.0B |
| Revenue | $12.0B | $7.5B |
| Free cash flow | $948M | $1.3B |
| Net income | $598M | $65.9M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | −0.7% | 0.8% |
| 5-year growth | 4.5% | 9.8% |
| Share count change | −4.9% | 0.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | — | — |
| Operating margin | 7.2% | 2.9% |
| Net margin | 5.0% | 0.9% |
| FCF margin | 7.9% | 16.9% |
| Return on capital | 13.1% | 1.6% |
| Return on equity | 15.8% | 0.9% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $1.4B | $2.1B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.9x | 2.1x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $1.1B | $117M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 31.8x | — |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 |
Revenue
FY16
JBHT $6.6B
KNX $1.1B
FY17
JBHT $7.2B
KNX $2.4B
FY18
JBHT $8.6B
KNX $5.3B
FY19
JBHT $9.2B
KNX $4.8B
FY20
JBHT $9.6B
KNX $4.7B
FY21
JBHT $12.2B
KNX $6.0B
FY22
JBHT $14.8B
KNX $7.4B
FY23
JBHT $12.8B
KNX $7.1B
FY24
JBHT $12.1B
KNX $7.4B
FY25
JBHT $12.0B
KNX $7.5B
JBHT
KNX
Operating margin
FY16
JBHT 11.0%
KNX 13.3%
FY17
JBHT 8.7%
KNX 8.3%
FY18
JBHT 7.9%
KNX 10.7%
FY19
JBHT 8.0%
KNX 8.8%
FY20
JBHT 7.4%
KNX 12.1%
FY21
JBHT 8.6%
KNX 16.1%
FY22
JBHT 9.0%
KNX 14.7%
FY23
JBHT 7.7%
KNX 4.7%
FY24
JBHT 6.9%
KNX 3.3%
FY25
JBHT 7.2%
KNX 2.9%
JBHT
KNX
Free cash flow
FY16
JBHT $216M
KNX $89.2M
FY17
JBHT $328M
KNX −$64.6M
FY18
JBHT $92.2M
KNX $126M
FY19
JBHT $244M
KNX $9.6M
FY20
JBHT $384M
KNX $919M
FY21
JBHT $276M
KNX $1.2B
FY22
JBHT $236M
KNX $1.4B
FY23
JBHT −$118M
KNX $1.2B
FY24
JBHT $618M
KNX $799M
FY25
JBHT $948M
KNX $1.3B
JBHT
KNX
Return on capital
FY16
JBHT 21.9%
KNX 8.4%
FY17
JBHT 23.5%
KNX 6.4%
FY18
JBHT 16.9%
KNX 7.7%
FY19
JBHT 16.4%
KNX 5.4%
FY20
JBHT 15.2%
KNX 6.6%
FY21
JBHT 21.8%
KNX 10.2%
FY22
JBHT 23.5%
KNX 10.1%
FY23
JBHT 15.1%
KNX 3.1%
FY24
JBHT 12.1%
KNX 2.1%
FY25
JBHT 13.1%
KNX 1.6%
JBHT
KNX
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.