Stifel analyst J. Bruce Chan lowered the firm’s price target on Knight-Swift (KNX) to $49 from $57 and keeps a Hold rating on the shares. The Truckload shipping market is “as close to equilibrium as any point since 2018-19, but against deteriorating demand fundamentals it won’t mean much for earnings,” says the analyst. For investors that are more optimistic for a cycle recovery, the firm sees better risk-adjusted opportunity in the “more fundamentally-sound” Less-than-Truckload group, the analyst added in a preview.
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