Stephens lowered the firm’s price target on Knight-Swift to $60 from $65 and keeps an Overweight rating on the shares. After the company’s pre-announcement and significant cut to Q2 guidance, the firm is reducing earnings estimates for this year and next, the analyst tells investors. The firm believes the market lacks a catalyst to tighten, as large carriers are reluctant to reduce capacity and a material inflection in demand is difficult to underwrite, the analyst added.
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