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J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (JBHT)

273.77 +7.49 (+2.81%)
At close: September 4 at 4:00:01 PM EDT
273.77 0.00 (0.00%)
After hours: September 4 at 7:30:03 PM EDT
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J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT) has outperformed the transportation sector with a 33.9% year-to-date gain, driven by strong earnings growth and a favorable industry ranking. However, challenges like driver shortages and rising operational costs are impacting future capacity and pricing strategies.

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  • Previous Close 266.28
  • Open 265.68
  • Bid 270.23 x 100
  • Ask 316.11 x 200
  • Day's Range 265.49 - 274.04
  • 52 Week Range 130.12 - 299.76
  • Volume 856,284
  • Avg. Volume 965,635
  • Market Cap (intraday) 25.707B
  • Beta (5Y Monthly) 1.29
  • PE Ratio (TTM) 37.87
  • EPS (TTM) 7.23
  • Earnings Date Oct 15, 2026
  • Forward Dividend & Yield 1.80 (0.68%)
  • Ex-Dividend Date Aug 7, 2026
  • 1y Target Est 305.45

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. provides surface transportation, delivery, and logistic services in the United States. It operates through five segments: Intermodal, Dedicated Contract Services, Integrated Capacity Solutions, Final Mile Services, and Truckload. The JBI segment offers intermodal freight solutions. It operates 124,838 pieces of company-owned trailing equipment; owns and maintains its chassis fleet of 104,474 units; and manages a fleet of 5,880 company-owned tractors, 308 independent contractor trucks, and 8,704 company drivers. The DCS segment designs, develops, and executes supply chain solutions that support various transportation networks. As of December 31, 2025, it operated 11,878 company-owned trucks, 761 customer-owned trucks, and a contractor trucks. It operates 26,767 owned pieces of trailing equipment and 5,218 customer-owned trailers. The ICS segment provides freight brokerage and transportation logistics solutions; flatbed, refrigerated, expedited, and less-than-truckload, as well as dry-van and intermodal solutions; online multimodal marketplace; and logistics management services for customers to outsource their transportation functions. The FMS segment delivers services through 1,085 company-owned trucks, 169 customer-owned trucks, and 39 independent contractor trucks; and 1,091 owned pieces of trailing equipment and 98 customer-owned trailers. The JBT segment provides dry-van freight services by utilizing tractors and trailers operating over roads and highways through two company-owned tractors and 12,658 company-owned trailers. It transports or arranges for the transportation of freight, such as general merchandise, specialty consumer items, appliances, home furnishings, forest, paper, rubber, plastic products, food, beverages, building materials, apparel, accessories, soaps, cosmetics, automotive parts, agricultural products, electronics, and chemicals. The company was incorporated in 1961 and is headquartered in Lowell, Arkansas.

www.jbhunt.com

31,750

Full Time Employees

December 31

Fiscal Year Ends

Industrials

Sector

Performance Overview

Trailing total returns as of 9/4/2026, which may include dividends or other distributions. Benchmark is S&P 500 (^GSPC) .

YTD Return

JBHT
41.65%
S&P 500 (^GSPC)
12.75%

1-Year Return

JBHT
89.99%
S&P 500 (^GSPC)
18.71%

3-Year Return

JBHT
46.98%
S&P 500 (^GSPC)
70.93%

5-Year Return

JBHT
58.31%
S&P 500 (^GSPC)
70.18%

Earnings Trends

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Earnings Per Share

GAAP
Normalized
GAAP
Normalized

Revenue vs. Earnings

Annual
Quarterly
Annual
Quarterly
Q2 FY26
Revenue 3.5B
Earnings 181.03M
Profit Margin 5.18%

Q3

FY25

Q4

FY25

Q1

FY26

Q2

FY26

0
1B
2B
3B
4.8%
5.0%
5.2%
5.4%
5.6%
5.8%

Analyst Insights

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Top Analyst

Baird
64/100
Latest Rating
Outperform

Analyst Price Targets

182.00 Low
305.45 Average
273.77 Current
370.00 High

Analyst Recommendations

  • Strong Buy
  • Buy
  • Hold
  • Underperform
  • Sell

Latest Rating

Date 7/16/2026
Analyst Citigroup
Rating Action Maintains
Rating Neutral
Price Action Raises
Price Target 278 -> 309

Statistics

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Valuation Measures

Annual
As of 9/2/2026
  • Market Cap

    24.44B

  • Enterprise Value

    25.58B

  • Trailing P/E

    37.03

  • Forward P/E

    26.45

  • PEG Ratio (5yr expected)

    1.87

  • Price/Sales (ttm)

    1.96

  • Price/Book (mrq)

    6.68

  • Enterprise Value/Revenue

    2.01

  • Enterprise Value/EBITDA

    15.25

Financial Highlights

Profitability and Income Statement

  • Profit Margin

    5.31%

  • Return on Assets (ttm)

    7.38%

  • Return on Equity (ttm)

    18.45%

  • Revenue (ttm)

    12.7B

  • Net Income Avi to Common (ttm)

    674.51M

  • Diluted EPS (ttm)

    7.23

Balance Sheet and Cash Flow

  • Total Cash (mrq)

    4.16M

  • Total Debt/Equity (mrq)

    38.37%

  • Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm)

    903.03M

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Company Insights

Fair Value

273.77 Current

Dividend Score

0 Low
Sector Avg.
100 High

Hiring Score

0 Low
Sector Avg.
100 High

Insider Sentiment Score

0 Low
Sector Avg.
100 High

Research Reports

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  • Raising target price amid a demand recovery

    J.B. Hunt Transport Services, based in Lowell, Arkansas, provides surface transportation, delivery, and logistic services throughout the U.S. and to destinations in Canada and Mexico. The company has approximately 35,000 employees. JBHT shares are a component of the S&P 500.

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  • The major stock indices are mixed at midday (S&P 500 and Nasdaq up, Dow Jones

    The major stock indices are mixed at midday (S&P 500 and Nasdaq up, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Russell 2000 down) as earnings reports flow in and drive most of the action. Still, the unsettled Middle East remains an issue that can grab the sentiment reins at any time. Crude oil is at $81 per barrel, the yield on the 10-year note is at 4.59%, and the VIX Volatility index is at 17.70.

  • J.B. Hunt's Intermodal Volumes Rebound Sharply

    J.B. Hunt Transport Services ranks among the top surface transportation companies in North America by revenue. Its primary operating segments are intermodal delivery, which uses the Class I railroads for the underlying line-haul movement of its owned containers (48% of sales), dedicated trucking services that provide customer-specific fleet needs (27%), for-hire truckload (6%), heavy goods final-mile delivery (7%), and asset-light truck brokerage (12%).

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  • J.B. Hunt Earnings: Intermodal Volumes Rebound Sharply, but Shares Looking Rich

    J.B. Hunt Transport Services ranks among the top surface transportation companies in North America by revenue. Its primary operating segments are intermodal delivery, which uses the Class I rail carriers for the underlying line-haul movement of its owned containers (48% of sales), dedicated trucking services that provide customer-specific fleet needs (27%), for-hire truckload (6%), heavy goods final-mile delivery (7%), and asset-light truck brokerage (12%).

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