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Profile - Knight Transportation (NasdaqNM:KNGT)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
July 23Price hit new 52-week high ($24.60)
Location
5601 West Buckeye Road
Phoenix, AZ 85043
Phone: (602) 269-2000
Fax: (602) 269-8409
Email: investor@knighttrans.com
Employees (last reported count): 2,144
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 ·Sector: Transportation
 ·Industry: Trucking
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 81%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 2 insider buys; 2,000  shares
 · 9 insider sells; 145.0K shares
  (0.8% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 45% (235% of float)
(127 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 188.0K shares (+1.79%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Knight Transportation, Inc. is a short- to medium-haul, dry van truckload carrier headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. The Company transports general commodities, including consumer goods, packaged foodstuffs, paper products, beverage containers and imported and exported commodities. The Company provides regional truckload carrier services from its facilities located in Phoenix, Arizona, Katy and Corsicana, Texas, Indianapolis, Indiana, Charlotte, North Carolina, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Gulfport, Mississippi.
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Financial Summary
Knight Transportation, Inc. and subsidiaries is a short-to-medium haul, dry van truckload carrier of general commondities. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues increased 19% to $117.9 million. Net income increased 10% to $9.3 million. Revenues reflect the expansion of the Company's customer base, increased volume from existing customers and truck additions. Earnings were partially offset by higher personnel costs and the initiation of the leasing program.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY1999 Compensation
PayExer

Kevin Knight, 43
Chairman, CEO
$252K--  
Gary Knight, 48
Pres, Director
253K--  
Clark Jenkins, 42
Exec. VP - Fin., CFO, Sec., Director
161K$16K
Keith Knight, 45
Exec. VP, Director
252K--  
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-1999 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:KNGTAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 18-Oct-2000
$9.583
Recent Price$22.02 
52-Week High
on 23-July-2001
$24.60 
Beta0.55 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)114.2K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)127.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+94.3%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+160.7%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$508.9M
Shares Outstanding23.1M
Float4.40M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 3 for 2 on 4-June-2001
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$5.13 
Earnings (ttm)$0.81 
Earnings (mrq)$0.22 
Sales (ttm)$10.30 
Cash (mrq)$0.09 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)4.29 
Price/Earnings (ttm)27.15 
Price/Sales (ttm)2.14 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$236.0M
EBITDA (ttm)$53.8M
Income available to common (ttm)$18.6M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)7.9%
Operating Margin (ttm)14.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)9.07%
Return on Equity (ttm)17.61%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.89 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.37 
Total Cash (mrq)$1.99M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short178.0K
Percent of Float4.0%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
238.0K
Short Ratio1.56 
Daily Volume114.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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