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Analysts at Stifel upgraded Knight Transportation Inc (NYSE: KNX) from Hold to Buy this Friday, citing potential upside for the stock for the first time in quite a while. Analysts like the company’s management team and its growth prospects. Multiple Avenues For Growth Knight has been...

Morgan Stanley has published a report on Knight Transportation (NYSE: KNX) reiterating the Underweight rating. In the report, Morgan Stanley wrote, "In our preview, we highlighted that KNX's 2Q11 results would benefit from 1Q11 contract renewals and some recovery in utilization following poor 1Q...

Piper Jaffray is out with its report today on Knight Transportation (NYSE: KNX), maintaining Neutral. In a note to clients, Piper Jaffray writes, "We are updating our KNX estimates given the potential for operating costs to trend heavier in 2Q11 (similar to 1Q11) and the softness in the US Freight...

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is out with its report today on Knight Transportation (NYSE: KNX), downgrading KNX from Buy to Neutral. In a note to clients, Bank of America Merrill Lynch writes, "We are lowering our opinion on Knight Transportation's shares to Neutral from Buy and reduce our price...

Bank of America has downgraded Knight Transportation (NYSE: KNX) from Buy to Neutral and has lowered the price objective from $20 to $19.

Wells Fargo has downgraded Knight Transportation (NYSE: KNX) from Outperform to Market Perform and has lowered the valuation range from $19-21 to $17-19.

Deutsche Bank is maintaining its Hold rating and its $22 price target on Knight Transportation (NYSE: KNX) following the new of an authorized buyback program announced by the company yesterday. According to Deutsche Bank, “Yesterday after the close, KNX announced a new 10 million share buyback...

According to Sterne Agee, Knight Transportation (NYSE: KNX) EPS and PO are lowered. Sterne Agee said that, although the company disappointed its expectations for the second consecutive quarter on operating events, it decided to wait until other TL carriers had reported to assess the operating...

J.P. Morgan, which lowered its PT on shares of Knight Transportation Inc. (NYSE: KNX), is providing some color on the stock. “KNX's 1Q11 EPS was significantly below expectations due to a combination of factors including softness in the Western truckload market, rising fuel prices, and a variety of...

JP Morgan has lowered the price target on Knight Transportation (NYSE: KNX) from $21 to $19 and maintains its Neutral rating.

Piper Jaffray has lowered the price target on Knight Transportation (NYSE: KNX) from $22 to $21 and maintains its Neutral rating.

Knight Transportation, Inc. (NYSE: KNX) reported yesterday before the market 4Q10 continuing EPS of $0.19 (+22.6% y-o-y), “below Consensus $0.20 and our $0.21 estimates,” Piper Jaffray reports. “Downside to our estimates resulted from (1) greater purchased transportation costs (faster Brokerage...

Jefferies is initiating coverage of Knight Transportation, Inc. (NYSE: KNX) with a Hold rating and a $19/share price target.

Deutsche Bank published an alert yesterday on Knight Transportation (NYSE: KNX) after they announced special dividends of $0.75/share. KNX will pay the special dividends along with the $0.06/share regular quarterly dividend on December 23, 2010. Deutsche Bank stated, "We expect shares to react...