Stocks · Industrials · Integrated Freight & Logistics
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. JBHT
$234.20 +3.08% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $21.99B
High quality
Next earnings report: Oct 15, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 6 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +9.7%).
- The shares trade at 33.2× trailing earnings, higher than 86% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Over the past year the stock returned +76.5%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 61.4 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth63Neutral
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 40%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 30%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 17%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 12%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 21%
Quality87Strong
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 23%
- Gross marginBottom 23%
- Operating marginTop 48%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 23%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 14%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 30%
- Interest coverTop 17%
Value57Neutral
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 43%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 31%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 39%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 44%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 21%
Momentum72Positive
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 4%
- 6-month returnTop 43%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 8%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 43%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 40%
Revisions69Positive
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 38%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 20%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 49%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 41%
Stability70Positive
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 49%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 36%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 30%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 30%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 0.6% | 5.3% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 17.2% | 28.4% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 15.0% | 16.3% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 6.7% | 7.5% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 5.0% | 8.7% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 5.3% | 0.6% | ↑ | Bottom 40% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 28.4% | 17.2% | ↑ | Top 30% |
| Gross margin | 16.3% | 15.0% | ↑ | Bottom 23% |
| Operating margin | 7.5% | 6.7% | ↑ | Top 48% |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 4.6% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 8.7% | 5.0% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 11.1% | — | Top 23% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -6.8% | — | Bottom 12% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.37×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -11.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +18.3 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.70×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 14.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.77%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 2.61%
- Shareholder yield
- 3.38%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -4.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -3.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 24, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 6
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +9.7%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $291.87
- Target vs current price
- +24.6%
- Analysts with a rating
- 46
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 59%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2026 | +9.8% | -1.6% | +4.4% | -5.5% | — |
| Apr 15, 2026 | +3.5% | -2.4% | +9.4% | +3.1% | +21.9% |
| Jan 15, 2026 | +5.0% | +0.3% | +2.4% | +6.3% | +10.6% |
| Oct 15, 2025 | +20.5% | -0.4% | +21.2% | +20.6% | +48.4% |
| Jul 15, 2025 | +0.8% | -2.2% | -3.0% | -9.5% | -8.0% |
| Apr 15, 2025 | +1.7% | -2.0% | -6.7% | +6.9% | +11.4% |
| Jan 16, 2025 | -6.7% | -0.2% | -8.7% | -11.3% | -28.8% |
| Oct 15, 2024 | +5.7% | -0.5% | +1.2% | +12.4% | -0.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2026 | $1.91 | $1.74 | +9.8% | $3.50B |
| Apr 15, 2026 | $1.49 | $1.44 | +3.5% | $3.06B |
| Jan 15, 2026 | $1.90 | $1.81 | +5.0% | $3.10B |
| Oct 15, 2025 | $1.76 | $1.46 | +20.5% | $3.05B |
| Jul 15, 2025 | $1.31 | $1.30 | +0.8% | $2.93B |
| Apr 15, 2025 | $1.17 | $1.15 | +1.7% | $2.92B |
| Jan 16, 2025 | $1.53 | $1.64 | -6.7% | $3.15B |
| Oct 15, 2024 | $1.49 | $1.41 | +5.7% | $3.07B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 33.2× | 27.5× | 86th | Top 43% |
| P/E (forward) | 31.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 14.1× | — | — | Top 39% |
| EV / Sales | 1.82× | — | — | Top 44% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 5.00% | — | — | Top 31% |
| Earnings yield | 3.01% | — | — | Top 43% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 18.1× – 40.8× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +76.5%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +28.4%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +50.0%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -5.7%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -10.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -3.8%
- RSI (14)
- 40.2
- Relative volume
- 0.81×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 43.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 91th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.83
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.38
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -21.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -43.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 2024 | Apr 16, 2025 | -43.0% | 292 days | 200 days (Feb 3, 2026) |
| Mar 16, 2022 | Jun 17, 2022 | -29.0% | 65 days | 417 days (Feb 15, 2024) |
| Jul 16, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | -24.9% | 53 days | Not yet recovered |
| Mar 4, 2026 | Mar 18, 2026 | -15.9% | 10 days | 20 days (Apr 16, 2026) |
| Oct 15, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -14.2% | 11 days | 45 days (Jan 6, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $21.99B
- P/E (TTM)
- 33.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $7.06
- Revenue (TTM)
- $12.70B
- Dividend yield
- 0.76%
- 52-week range
- $132.15 – $299.76
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $12.17B | $14.81B | $12.83B | $12.09B | $12.00B |
| Gross profit | $1.87B | $2.47B | $2.21B | $2.06B | $1.60B |
| Operating income | $1.05B | $1.33B | $993.2M | $831.2M | $865.1M |
| Net income | $760.8M | $969.4M | $728.3M | $570.9M | $598.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $7.14 | $9.21 | $6.97 | $5.56 | $6.12 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.07B | $3.15B | $2.92B | $2.93B | $3.05B | $3.10B | $3.06B | $3.50B |
| Net income | $152.1M | $155.5M | $117.7M | $128.6M | $170.8M | $181.1M | $141.6M | $181.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.49 | $1.53 | $1.17 | $1.31 | $1.76 | $1.90 | $1.49 | $1.91 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $1.22B | $1.78B | $1.74B | $1.48B | $1.68B |
| Capital expenditure | -$947.6M | -$1.54B | -$1.86B | -$865.4M | -$730.7M |
| Free cash flow | $276.3M | $236.1M | -$117.8M | $617.8M | $947.6M |
| Dividends paid | -$124.4M | -$166.7M | -$173.9M | -$175.5M | -$171.0M |
| Net share buybacks | -$180.2M | -$331.2M | -$196.6M | -$550.3M | -$948.4M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $4.2M
- Total assets
- $7.94B
- Total liabilities
- $4.29B
- Total debt
- $1.15B
- Net debt
- $1.14B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $3.66B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 24, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2026 | $0.45 | Aug 21, 2026 |
| May 8, 2026 | $0.45 | May 22, 2026 |
| Feb 6, 2026 | $0.45 | Feb 20, 2026 |
| Nov 7, 2025 | $0.44 | Nov 21, 2025 |
| Aug 8, 2025 | $0.44 | Aug 22, 2025 |
| May 9, 2025 | $0.44 | May 23, 2025 |
| Feb 7, 2025 | $0.44 | Feb 21, 2025 |
| Nov 8, 2024 | $0.43 | Nov 22, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,036,176
- Days to cover
- 2.44
- Change vs previous report
- -21.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- May 24, 2005
- 2-for-1
- Sep 2, 2003
- 2-for-1
- Mar 16, 1992
- 3-for-2
- Jul 8, 1986
- 2-for-1