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Transport Topics Online | Knight?s Fourth-Quarter Profit Rises
Knight’s Fourth-Quarter Profit Rises
Truckload carrier Knight Transportation’s fourth-quarter profit rose to $16.1 million, or 19 cents a share, from $13.8 million, or 16 cents, a year ago.
Revenue decreased 6.3% to $174.8 million, the company said in a statement late Wednesday.
For the 2008 year, the company's profit fell to $56.3 million, or 66 cents per share, from $63.1 million, or 72 cents, the previous year.
Revenue rose for the year, however, increasing 7.5% to $766.9 million, from $713.6 the year before.
Knight is ranked No. 38 on the Transport Topics 100 listing of U.S. and Canadian for-hire carriers.
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Transport Topics Online | USA Truck?s Fourth-Quarter Income Improves
USA Truck’s Fourth-Quarter Income Improves
Truckload carrier USA Truck said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit jumped to $0.6 million, or 6 cents a share, from a loss of $1.6 million, or 15 cents, a year ago.
Revenue fell 5.2% to $116.2 million, the company said in a statement. Revenue from trucking operations fell 2.9%, to $92.9 million.
The company’s 2008 profit rose to $3.1 million, or 31 cents a share, from $0.1 million, or 1 cent a share, the previous year. Revenue also increased for the year, to $535.6 million, from $482.1 million the year before.
USA Truck is ranked No. 54 on the Transport Topics 100 listing of U.S. and Canadian for-hire carriers.
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