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HTLD vs KNX

Side-by-side comparison of Heartland Express Inc. (HTLD) and Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. (KNX): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both HTLD and KNX operate in Trucking Freight/Courier Services (Industrials), so they compete in similar markets.
  • KNX is the larger of the two at $9.22B, about 7.9x HTLD ($1.16B).
  • Over the past year, HTLD is up 63.1% and KNX is up 68.1% - KNX leads by 5.0 points.
  • KNX has been more active in the news (7 items in the past 4 weeks vs 4 for HTLD).
  • KNX has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 10 for HTLD).
PerformanceHTLD+63.08%KNX+68.11%
2025-04-28+0.00%2026-04-24
MetricHTLDKNX
Company
Heartland Express Inc.
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc.
Price
$13.03+8.40%
$65.21-0.84%
Market cap
$1.16B
$9.22B
1M return
+25.89%
+15.74%
1Y return
+63.08%
+68.11%
Industry
Trucking Freight/Courier Services
Trucking Freight/Courier Services
Exchange
NASDAQ
NYSE
IPO
1986
2017
News (4w)
4
7
Recent ratings
10
25
HTLD

Heartland Express Inc.

Heartland Express, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a short-to-medium haul truckload carrier in the United States and Canada. It primarily provides nationwide asset-based dry van truckload service for shippers from Washington to Florida and New England to California; and temperature-controlled truckload services. The company offers its services under Heartland Express and Millis Transfer brand names. It provides traffic appliances, automotive parts, consumer products, paper products, packaged foodstuffs, and retail goods. The company principally serves retailers and manufacturers. Heartland Express, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in North Liberty, Iowa.

KNX

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc.

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides truckload transportation services in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. The company operates through three segments: Trucking, Logistics, and Intermodal. Its trucking services include irregular route, dedicated, refrigerated, flatbed, expedited, dry van, drayage, and cross-border transportation of various products, goods, and materials. The company also provides logistics and intermodal services, such as brokerage, intermodal, and certain logistics; freight management; and non-trucking services. In addition, it offers various support services, including repair and maintenance shop services, warranty, insurance, and equipment leasing; and trailer parts manufacturing and warehousing services, as well as engages in the driving academy activities. The company operates a total of 18,448 tractors, which comprises 16,379 company tractors and 2,069 independent contractor tractors, as well as 57,722 trailers; and 577 tractors and 10,604 intermodal containers. It serves retail, food and beverage, consumer products, paper products, transportation and logistics, housing and building, automotive, and manufacturing industries. Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.

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