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Knight Transportation Inc.

(KNX) is in the Transportation Industry

Market Cap:$1.4B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$766.9M
  • Public
  • US
Dow Jones Description

At Knight Brokerage, we like to say we're "Your Hometown National Broker." What does that mean to you? First, it means we offer the service, values and flexibility of a local provider. Second, it means we have the strength and capacity of a large, dependable company you can count on. For our stakeholders, we are stable, responsive, and dedicated to our business. Working together. We could never achieve our goals without the continued support of our customers and carriers. We work together to get the job done. We understand our local markets extremely well, and we use the resources of our national non-asset based model to respond with flexibility to every shipper and carriers needs. Strength, growth and commitment. We believe the best way to keep our promises is to ensure our financial stability. So we are committed to working efficiently, growing responsibly, creating opportunity for our associates, offering capacity for our carriers, and delivering more services for our customers. We think of our business as our promise to everyone who has a stake in our success. We won't let them down.

Chief Executive OfficerKevin P. Knight
Number of Employees 4,713
Contact Information

5601 W Buckeye Rd

Phoenix, Arizona 85043

www.knighttrans...

(602) 269-2000

NAICS Code General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload: 484121

Recent Events

  • Morgan Stanley Initiates Coverage on Knight Transportation KNX with an Equalweight

    6/12/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Knight Boosting Dividend

    5/22/09 - Stock Split / Dividend - View Story

  • Knight Transportation KNX NewsBite - KNX Upgraded By William Blair

    4/24/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Knight posts lower revenue, profit increase

    4/22/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Knight Transportation Q4 net income increases 17%

    1/29/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

knight transportation inc. - All News and Analysis

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Kevin P. Knight Chief Executive Officer
Erick Kutter President, Knight Refrigerated, LLC
Greg Ritter President, Knight Brokerage, LLC
Michael K Liu President
David A. Jackson CFO & Secretary
Keith T Knight COO
Wayne Yu Chief Accounting Officer
Casey Comen Executive Vice President, Sales
Casey Comen Thomas Executive. Vice President Sales
Bill Ramsey Senior Vice President, Business Dev
Steve Collins Controller
Kathryn L. Munro Director
Randy Knight Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Donald A. Bliss Chairman and Director
Michael Garnreiter Chairman
G.D. Madden Board of Directors
Gary J. Knight Vice Chairman
Mark A. Scudder Board of Directors
Matt Salmon Board of Directors
Richard J Lehmann Board of Directors

Kevin P. Knight has served as a director on our board since February 2004. Mr. Knight has served as Chairman of the Board of Knight Transportation, Inc., a short-to-medium haul, dry-van truckload carrier based in Phoenix, Arizona. Mr. Knight has served as Knight Transportation's Chief Executive Officer since 1993 and has been an officer and director of Knight Transportation since 1990. Mr. Knight has served as Chairman of the Arizona Motor Transport Association and a board member of the American Trucking Association.

Organization Position Status
Knight Transportation, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Current
Knight Transportation, Inc. Director Current
Mmi Marine Tech Director Current
Knight Transportation, Inc. Officer Former
SWIFT Former
Knight Transportation, Inc. Chairman of the Board Former
Universal Technical Institute, Inc. Board of Directors Former
Organization Position Status
Knight Transportation, Inc. President, Knight Refrigerated, LLC Current
Organization Position Status
Knight Transportation, Inc. President, Knight Brokerage, LLC Current
Organization Position Status
Knight Transportation, Inc. President Current
Organization Position Status
Knight Transportation, Inc. CFO & Secretary Current
Knight Transportation, Inc. Director Current
Organization Position Status
Knight Transportation, Inc. COO Current
Knight Transportation, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Knight Transportation, Inc. Executive Vice President Former
Knight Transportation, Inc. Manager Former
Organization Position Status
Knight Transportation, Inc. Chief Accounting Officer Current
Organization Position Status
Knight Transportation, Inc. Executive Vice President, Sales Current
Organization Position Status
Knight Transportation, Inc. Executive. Vice President Sales Current
Organization Position Status
Knight Transportation, Inc. Senior Vice President, Business Dev Current

Donald A. Bliss has served as a member of our Board of Directors since February 1995. Until his retirement in December 1994, Mr. Bliss was the Chief Executive Officer and Vice President of U.S. West Communications, a U.S. West company. Mr. Bliss also is a director of the Western and Southern Life Insurance Company and the Biltmore Bank of Arizona. Mr. Bliss served as Chairman of the Western Region Advisory Board of AON Risk Services of Arizona, Inc. from October 2001 to February 2005.

Organization Position Status
Knight Transportation, Inc. Chairman and Director Current
The Biltmore Bank of Arizona Director Current
Knight Transportation, Inc. Director Current
Aon Risk Services Inc. Chairman Former
Organization Position Status
Knight Transportation, Inc. Controller Current
Organization Position Status
Main Street Restaurant Group Executive Vice President Former
Main Street Restaurant Group Treasurer Former
Knight Transportation, Inc. Chairman Current
Syntax-Brillian Corporation Director Current
Taser International, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Amtech Systems, Inc. Director Current
Main Street Restaurant Group Cfo Former
Knight Transportation, Inc. Director Former
California State University Bachelor of Science Degree In Accounting Former
Business Administration Bachelor of Science In Accounting Former
California State University Long Beach Bachelor of Science In Accounting Former
Organization Position Status
Knight Transportation, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Organization Position Status
Knight Transportation, Inc. Vice Chairman Current
Knight Transportation, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Organization Position Status
Bridge West, LLC Principal Current
Bridge West L.L.C. Principal Current
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation Chairman Current
Pinnaclewest Board of Directors Current
Capitol Bancorp Ltd. Board of Directors Current
Bank Administration Institute Board of Directors Current
Arizona Public Service Company Director Current
Knight Transportation, Inc. Director Current
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation Board of Directors Current
Logictree Corporation Board of Directors Current
Flow International Corporation Board of Directors Current
Bridge West, LLC Chief Executive Officer Former
Bank Administration Institute Director-at-Large Former
Bridge West L.L.C. Chair Former
Flow International Corporation Chairman Current
University of Washington M.B.A. Former
Auburn University B.S. Degree Former

Mr. Scudder has represented public and private companies in a variety of mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions, and general corporate matters, with particular focus on the U.S. trucking industry. He has been President of Scudder Law Firm, P.C., L.L.O., based in Lincoln, Nebraska, since December 2002, and has served as an attorney with the firm since 1993. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Knight Transportation, Inc. and Covenant Transport, Inc.

Organization Position Status
Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. President, Scudder Law Firm, P.C., L.L.O. Chairman, Compensation Committee Current
Scudder Law Firm Partner Current
Knight Transportation, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Scudder Law Firm President Former
University of Nebraska College of Law Adjunct Faculty Member Former
University of Nebraska adjunct faculty member Former
Virginia Journal of International Law Executive Editor Former
BB&T Corporation Former
Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. Board of Directors Former
Scudder Law Firm Director Former
University of Virginia School of Law J.D. Former
University of Virginia J.D. Former
University of Nebraska - Lincoln Former
Organization Position Status
Knight Transportation, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Randy Knight has served as a member of our Board of Directors since our inception in 1989. Mr. Knight served as one of our officers from 1989 until July 1999, when he resigned from being an officer. Mr. Knight served as the Chairman of the Board from 1993 to 1999. From 1985 to June 2004, Mr. Knight held a significant ownership interest in and served as the Chairman of Total Warehousing, Inc., a commercial warehousing and local transportation business located in Phoenix, Arizona. Mr. Knight sold his interest in Total Warehousing to a third party in June 2004. Mr. Knight was employed by Swift or related companies from 1969 to 1985, where he was a Vice President. Mr. Knight is a director of the Biltmore Bank of Arizona.

Organization Position Status
The Biltmore Bank of Arizona Director Current
Knight Transportation, Inc. Director Current
SWIFT Former
Organization Position Status
The Biltmore Bank of Arizona Founder Current
The Biltmore Bank of Arizona Principal Current
Knight Transportation, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Tgen Foundation Board of Directors Current
Bank One Corp Vice Chairman Former

Executive News

  • Knight Transportation, Inc. Announces Participation in William Blair Growth Stock Conference

    Forbes.com - 6/01/09 - View Story

  • Knight Transportation, Inc. Announces Participation in William Blair Growth Stock Conference

    Business Wire - 6/01/09 - View Story

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     KNX $16.44 -0.50 (-2.95% )
Intraday | 3 Month | 6 Month | 1 Year
Average Volume 1,373,980
Shares Outstanding 83.08M
Market Cap 1.4B
Year High 21.89
Year Low 11.84
Earnings Per Share N/A
P/E Ratio -
Dividend N/A
Yield N/A
IndustryTop Rated
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