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Company Profile: J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (JBHT)

JBHT insider trades (13 months) →

$224.64 +0.38% vs. previous close · Market cap $21.10B

Today's multi-factor rank: 172 of 461 · see the ranking

Momentum
6.3/10
Value
4.6/10
Growth
4.6/10
Quality
4.9/10
Multifactor
5.1/10

Market and Valuation

Price & Market

Prev Close Price:$223.80
Open:$224.09
Day's Low:$222.93
Day's High:$226.49
Bid / Ask:-
Market Cap:21.10B
Enterprise Value:22.30B

52-Week Range

52-Week Low:$157.82
52-Week High:$299.76
Current position in 52-week range
52w Low-52w High
50-Day Avg:$240.87
200-Day Avg:$246.23

Volume

Volume Today:675,799
Avg Volume (3m):971,837
Avg Volume (10d):880,430
52-Week Change:+29.63%
vs S&P 500, 52 weeks:-
Beta:1.26

Valuation Multiples

P/E (trailing):31.64

Diluted EPS for the last 12 months: the four quarters ended Sep 30, 2026, from the accounts filed with the SEC on Oct 23, 2026. The P/E is the price divided by that EPS.

P/E (forward):22.82
PEG Ratio:1.48
Price / Book:5.76
Price / Sales (TTM):1.58
EV / Revenue:1.67
EV / EBITDA:13.25

Dividends

Current yield:0.80%
Annual Dividend Rate:$1.80
Dividend Trailing:$1.79
Yield Trailing:0.80%
5-Year Avg Yield:0.87%
Payout Ratio:25.25%
Last Ex-Dividend Date:-

Valuation Context

P/E vs sector (indicative)

Most Recent Quarter:-
Fiscal Year (Next):-

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Financial Statements TTM (Trailing 12 Months)

Income Statement

Total Revenue (TTM):13.33B
Gross Profit:2.38B
EBITDA:1.68B
Net Income (TTM):676.07M
Rev Growth (YoY):+20.40%
Earnings Growth (YoY):+3.40%
Quarterly earnings growth (YoY):+0.90%

Margins

Gross Margin:-
EBITDA Margin:-
Operating Margin:-
Net Margin:-

Per Share

EPS Trailing (TTM):$7.10

Diluted EPS for the last 12 months: the four quarters ended Sep 30, 2026, from the accounts filed with the SEC on Oct 23, 2026. The P/E is the price divided by that EPS.

EPS Forward (Est.):$9.85
Revenue Per Share:$141.29
Cash Per Share:-
Book Value:$38.98
Last Dividend:-
Ex-Dividend Date:-
Last Split:-

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Total cash:3.75M
Total Debt:1.45B
Net Debt (Debt - Cash):1.44B
Debt / Equity:39.79%
Current Ratio:1.23
Quick Ratio:1.02

Cash Flows

Operating Cash Flow:1.49B
Free Cash Flow (FCF):841.74M
FCF Yield (FCF / Market Cap):-
Enterprise Value:22.30B
EV / Revenue:1.67
EV / EBITDA:13.25

Profitability

ROE (Return on Equity):18.77%
ROA (Return on Assets):7.41%
P/E (trailing):31.64
P/E (forward):22.82
Price / Book:5.76
PEG Ratio:1.48
52-Week Change:+29.63%
S&P 500 change, 52 weeks:+11.37%

Historical Evolution (Last 4 Years)

Income Statement

Balance Sheet

Cash Flow

EPS and Earnings Per Share

Key EPS Metrics

EPS Trailing (TTM):$7.10

Diluted EPS for the last 12 months: the four quarters ended Sep 30, 2026, from the accounts filed with the SEC on Oct 23, 2026. The P/E is the price divided by that EPS.

EPS Forward (Est.):$9.85
P/E (forward):22.82
PEG Ratio:1.48

Growth and Margins

Earnings Growth YoY:-
Quarterly Earnings Growth YoY:-
Rev Growth YoY:-
Net Margin:-
Gross Margin:-
EBITDA Margin:-

Per Share

Revenue Per Share:$141.29
Cash Per Share:-
Book Value:$38.98

Cash Flows (TTM)

Free Cash Flow:841.74M
Operating Cash Flow:1.49B
EBITDA:1.68B
Total Revenue (TTM):13.33B
Net Income (TTM):676.07M
Fiscal Year (Last):-

EPS Surprise History - Last 4 Quarters

Actual vs. Analyst Estimates · Green = beat expectations · Red = missed

Quarter Period Actual EPS Estimated EPS Difference Surprise % Currency

Ownership Structure

Ownership Distribution

% Insiders:-
% Institutional:-
% Inst. (of Float):-
No. of Institutions:-
Visual distribution
InsidersInstitutionalFree Float

Shares & Short Interest

Shares Outstanding:93,914,939
Float (free shares):72,539,081
Short interest (shares):2,524,295
Short % of float:-
Short Ratio (days to cover):2.08
Short interest, prior month:-
Short Interest Date:-

Governance Score (1=Best, 10=Worst)

Overall risk:-
Audit Risk:-
Board risk:-
Compensation Risk:-
Shareholder rights risk:-

Top Institutional Holders

Position Change: ▲ Increased · ▼ Reduced · = Unchanged

Organization Report Date % Shares No. Shares Value (USD) Change %

Top Mutual Funds

Position Change: ▲ Increased ▼ Decreased = Unchanged

Fund Report Date % Shares No. Shares Value (USD) Change %

Recent Insider Trades

Executive / Insider Title Date Action Shares

Options Chain

CALLS

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PUTS

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J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (JBHT) SEC filings: 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K

Direct links to financial reports filed with the SEC.

Type Date Official link
10-Q2026-10-23View filing ↗
8-K2026-10-15View filing ↗
10-Q2026-07-24View filing ↗
8-K2026-07-15View filing ↗
11-K2026-06-26View filing ↗
10-Q2026-04-24View filing ↗
8-K2026-04-15View filing ↗
ARS2026-03-11View filing ↗
8-K2026-03-05View filing ↗
10-K2026-02-24View filing ↗

Company and Executive Profile

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.

General Information

Headquarters:United States
City:Lowell
Employees:31,750
Sector:Industrials
Industry:Integrated Freight & Logistics
Website:-

Key Executives

NameTitleAgeTotal pay
Mr. John N. Roberts IIIExecutive Chairman611.52M
Ms. Shelley SimpsonPresident, CEO & Director532.08M
Mr. A. Brad DelcoEVP of Finance & Chief Financial Officer41560,267
Mr. Nicholas HobbsCOO, President of Highway & Final Mile Services and Executive VP621.33M
Mr. John Kuhlow CPASenior VP of Finance & Chief Accounting Officer541.03M
Mr. Darren P. FieldExecutive VP & President of Intermodal541.14M
Mr. Stuart L. Scott Jr.Executive VP & Chief Information Officer58-
Ms. Jennifer R. BoattiniSenior VP of Legal & Litigation, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary52-

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J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (JBHT): Quantitative Analysis

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (JBHT) — Industrials — Integrated Freight & Logistics. JBHT is in the S&P 500 today. Model factor scores and market data, recalculated every trading day.

So far in 2026, JBHT has returned +16.3% against +11.4% for the S&P 500 (SPY): total return, dividends included on both sides, from Dec 31, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026.

JBHT ranks 172 of 461 on today's multifactor score, and 21 of the 69 Industrials companies that score. Its strongest factor is momentum (Z 0.75, ranked 93 of 494); its weakest is growth (Z -0.25, ranked 298 of 489). Each factor ranks only the companies with data for it, and the multifactor score only those with all four: that is why the totals differ.

Factor scores

The Z-Score is how many standard deviations the company sits from the index average: 0 is average, positive is better than average, negative is worse.

FactorZ-ScoreRank
Multifactor0.050172 of 461
Momentum0.75393 of 494 ↓18
Value-0.237273 of 489
Quality-0.069234 of 468 ↓1
Growth-0.247298 of 489

Market data

MetricValue
Price$224.64
Market Cap21.10B
P/E31.64
Revenue (last 12 months)13.33B
Price / book5.76
Book value per share$38.98
52-week range$157.82 – $299.76
Dividend yield0.80%
Beta1.26
Average volume971,837
Shares outstanding93.91M
Short interest (% of float)3.98% (as of Oct 15, 2026)

When does JBHT report earnings? 12 of its last 12, after the close →

What are JBHT insiders doing? 124 transactions filed with the SEC, of them 15 buys and 24 sells, the last one on Oct 31, 2026 →

JBHT latest SEC filings

Filing dates on EDGAR, the SEC's public registry. All JBHT filings on EDGAR.

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Frequently asked questions about J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT)

When does J.B. Hunt Transport Services report earnings?

J.B. Hunt Transport Services has no announced date in the Nasdaq public calendar checked (Nov 3, 2026 to Dec 7, 2026). Of its last 12 earnings announcements: 12 after the close (SEC filings through Oct 15, 2026). JBHT earnings dates and times, quarter by quarter →

What is J.B. Hunt Transport Services's P/E ratio?

J.B. Hunt Transport Services's P/E (price over earnings per share for the last twelve months) is 31.6 at the Nov 3, 2026 close. That EPS is the 12-month diluted figure from the SEC, the four quarters ended Sep 30, 2026. The median of the 74 Industrials companies with a P/E is 26.4, and the S&P 500's, 23.5: J.B. Hunt Transport Services is above its sector median. Industrials stocks, company by company →

Where does J.B. Hunt Transport Services rank on Quant500?

In the Nov 3, 2026 multi-factor ranking, J.B. Hunt Transport Services ranks 172 of 461, and 21 of the 69 Industrials companies that score. The ranking orders S&P 500 companies by the average of four factors (momentum, value, quality and growth) and is recalculated every trading day. It is a model output, not investment advice. The full ranking → How it is calculated →

Have J.B. Hunt Transport Services insiders bought or sold shares?

The latest open-market purchase of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares filed with the SEC (Form 4) was on Nov 21, 2025, by an officer, for $2k. The latest sale was on Jun 5, 2026, by an officer, for $426k. In total, from August 2025 through Nov 3, 2026: 15 purchases and 24 sales by directors, officers and large shareholders. All JBHT insider trades →

Does J.B. Hunt Transport Services pay a dividend?

Yes. Its dividend yield is 0.80% at the Nov 3, 2026 close (annual dividend of $1.80 per share). The next announced ex-dividend date is Nov 6, 2026.

What sector is J.B. Hunt Transport Services in, and which index?

J.B. Hunt Transport Services is classified in the Industrials sector (industry: Integrated Freight & Logistics), per the data provider's classification (similar to GICS, not identical). It is in the S&P 500 today. It is one of the 76 S&P 500 companies in that sector. Industrials stocks →

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