# How many of the "Big 5" truckload carriers will beat consensus EPS estimates for Q4 2025 earnings?

**URL:** https://www.rigload.com/markets/big-5-trucking-earnings-q4-2025  
**Type:** Numeric forecast  
**Status:** resolved  
**Deadline:** 2026-02-28  
**Category:** events  
**Current consensus:** 3  
**Forecasts:** 9

## Description

Q4 2025 earnings (reported January-February 2026) will provide the first comprehensive read on whether the market is truly turning. If 4-5 carriers beat, it signals recovery; 0-2 beats suggest the downturn is deepening.

## Resolution criteria

Count how many of J.B. Hunt (JBHT), Knight-Swift (KNX), Werner (WERN), Schneider (SNDR), and Heartland Express (HTLD) beat their consensus EPS estimate for fiscal Q4 2025 (reported Jan-Feb 2026). Use final consensus estimate published within 7 days of earnings release.

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_Rig Load — freight market forecasting. Crowd consensus is public; sign in to submit a forecast. Source: https://www.rigload.com/markets/big-5-trucking-earnings-q4-2025_