Technical Reports on Trucking Equities -- Swift Transportation, J.B. Hunt, Knight, and Werner

NEW YORK, April 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --

Stock-Callers.com shifts focus on the Trucking industry, which is engaged in the transportation of large quantities of raw materials, works in process, and finished goods over land - typically from manufacturing plants to retail distribution centers. Equities under assessment today are: Swift Transportation Co. (NYSE: SWFT), J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT), Knight Transportation Inc. (NYSE: KNX), and Werner Enterprises Inc. (NASDAQ: WERN). Today's research reports on the aforementioned stocks are downloadable for free upon registration at:

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Swift Transportation

Phoenix, Arizona headquartered Swift Transportation Co.'s stock finished Monday's session 23.73% higher at $24.77. A total volume of 26.26 million shares was traded, which was above their three months average volume of 2.16 million shares. The Company's shares have advanced 18.46% in the past month, 4.43% over the previous three months, and 1.68% on an YTD basis. The stock is trading above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages by 15.10% and 16.26%, respectively. Furthermore, shares of Swift Transportation, which operates as a multi-faceted transportation services company in North America, have a Relative Strength Index (RSI) of 74.63.

On March 24^th, 2017, research firm Barclays downgraded the Company's stock rating from 'Overweight' to 'Equal Weight' while revising its previous target price from $29 a share to $24 a share. Visit us today and access our complete research report on SWFT at:

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J.B. Hunt Transport Services

Shares in Lowell, Arkansas headquartered J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. ended at $93.22, up 2.35% from the last trading session. The stock recorded a trading volume of 1.04 million shares, which was higher than its three months average volume of 973,240 shares. The Company's shares are trading 5.26% above their 200-day moving average. Moreover, shares of J.B. Hunt, which together with its subsidiaries, provides surface transportation and delivery services in the continental US, Canada, and Mexico, have an RSI of 49.49.

On March 30^th, 2017, J.B. Hunt announced that it has opened a new enterprise sales branch in Toronto, the first such office in Canada for the Company. J.B. Hunt has provided transportation solutions in Canada for more than 25 years and currently offers intermodal, cross-border, and brokered truckload service to all provinces and territories. The Toronto enterprise sales branch is the 42^nd such location for the Company. The complimentary report on JBHT can be downloaded at:

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Knight

Phoenix, Arizona headquartered Knight Transportation Inc.'s stock ended yesterday's session 13.38% higher at $34.75. A total volume of 17.83 million shares was traded, which was above their three months average volume of 880,840 shares. The Company's shares have advanced 5.78% in the past month, 6.46% over the previous three months, and 5.34% on an YTD basis. The stock is trading 7.44% and 12.64% above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, respectively. Additionally, shares of Knight Transportation, which together with its subsidiaries, operates as a short-to-medium haul truckload carrier of general commodities in the US, Canada, and Mexico, have an RSI of 68.15.

On March 24^th, 2017, research firm Barclays downgraded the Company's stock rating from 'Equal Weight' to 'Underweight' while revising its previous target price from $34 a share to $30 a share. Register for free on Stock-Callers.com and access the latest research report on KNX at:

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Werner

On Monday, shares in Omaha, Nebraska headquartered Werner Enterprises Inc. recorded a trading volume of 2.50 million shares, which was higher than their three months average volume of 701,750 shares. The stock finished 4.52% higher at $26.60. The Company's shares are trading above their 200-day moving average by 4.64%. Furthermore, shares of Werner Enterprises, which engages in transporting truckload shipments of general commodities in interstate and intrastate commerce in the US, Mexico, Canada, China, and Australia, have an RSI of 51.94.

On April 05^th, 2017, Werner Enterprises announced that President and CEO of Derek Leathers testified in front of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security, emphasizing the need for Congress to work collectively with the industry to improve safety, freight movement, infrastructure investments, and the driver shortage. Get free access to your research report on WERN at:

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