Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. logo KNX - Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc.

Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
1
BUY 21
HOLD 13
SELL 1
STRONG
SELL
0
| PRICE TARGET: $65.20 DETAILS
HIGH: $70.00
LOW: $54.00
MEDIAN: $65.50
CONSENSUS: $65.20
DOWNSIDE: 7.02%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Cyclical & Capital-Intensive 80% confidence

Primary model: Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 200.8% above fair value
Current Price $70.12
Bear Case $9.31 86.7% downside ($9.31 - $70.12) / $70.12 = -86.7% $2.14 × 4x + net cash
Fair Value $23.31 66.8% downside ($23.31 - $70.12) / $70.12 = -66.8% $2.14 × 6x + net cash
Bull Case $37.32 46.8% downside ($37.32 - $70.12) / $70.12 = -46.8% $2.14 × 7x + net cash

Adjust Assumptions

5.5x
2.14$

Key Value Driver

Through-cycle normalized EPS ($2.14)

Implied Market Multiple 32.7x

Plain-Language Summary

Our base-case estimate uses Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple. We then blend that result with the average analyst price target of $65.20 from 36 analysts, using a 30% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $23.31 per share.

Warnings

This company has a built-in lending arm whose debt is mixed in with the main business. We capped the debt adjustment to avoid overstating what the core business owes.
Price-to-book value of 9.4x is above the normal range for this type of business (0.7x-2.0x). The stock may already price in a strong cycle.
Wall Street's average price target is $65.20 (from 36 analysts). Our estimate is 92% below the consensus -- consider that gap carefully.

Key Risks

  • Standard 10-year DCF produces unreliable terminal values for cyclicals
  • 'Cheap' P/E at cycle peak is the most common value trap — normalize first
  • Captive finance subsidiaries have different risk profiles from manufacturing