Knight Transportation Inc. Q1 adjusted earnings of $0.44 per share

(RTTNews) - Knight Transportation Inc. (KNX) reported earnings for its first quarter that climbed from the same period last year.

The company's earnings came in at $70.36 million, or $0.39 per share. This compares with $14.88 million, or $0.18 per share, in last year's first quarter.

Excluding items, Knight Transportation Inc. reported adjusted earnings of $78.51 million or $0.44 per share for the period.

The company's revenue for the quarter rose 370.4% to $1.27 billion from $0.27 billion last year.

Knight Transportation Inc. earnings at a glance:

-Earnings (Q1): $78.51 Mln. vs. $14.88 Mln. last year. -EPS (Q1): $0.44 vs. $0.18 last year. -Revenue (Q1): $1.27 Bln vs. $0.27 Bln last year.