JB Hunt Transport ServicesJBHT
JBHT
About: 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%).
Employees: 33,646
0
Funds holding %
of 7,363 funds
0
Analysts bullish %
of 11 analysts
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
72% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $84.2M | Put options by funds: $48.9M
22% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 9 [Q3] → 11 (+2) [Q4]
12% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 77 | Existing positions closed: 69
1.34% more ownership
Funds ownership: 73.94% [Q3] → 75.28% (+1.34%) [Q4]
6% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 217 | Existing positions reduced: 205
1% less funds holding
Funds holding: 608 [Q3] → 603 (-5) [Q4]
1% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $13B [Q3] → $12.9B (-$130M) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
11 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$174
14%
upside
Avg. target
$194
27%
upside
High target
$205
34%
upside
11 analyst ratings
10 positive
91%
1 neutral
9%
0 negative
0%
Raymond James Patrick Tyler Brown 33% 1-year accuracy 13 / 40 met price target | 24%upside $190 | Outperform Maintained | 21 Jan 2025 |
Benchmark Christopher Kuhn 42% 1-year accuracy 25 / 59 met price target | 28%upside $195 | Buy Maintained | 21 Jan 2025 |
UBS Thomas Wadewitz 30% 1-year accuracy 9 / 30 met price target | 28%upside $196 | Buy Maintained | 17 Jan 2025 |
Citigroup Ariel Rosa 15% 1-year accuracy 5 / 33 met price target | 26%upside $193 | Buy Maintained | 17 Jan 2025 |
B of A Securities Ken Hoexter 27% 1-year accuracy 15 / 56 met price target | 24%upside $189 | Buy Maintained | 17 Jan 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 3 articles about JBHT published over the past 30 days
Negative
Zacks Investment Research
23 hours ago
J. B. Hunt Hurt by Segmental Weakness, Higher Interest Expenses
Higher interest expenses, lower segmental revenues and high debt weigh on JBHT's bottom line.
Neutral
24/7 Wall Street
2 weeks ago
Biotechs Highlight 6 Stocks Insiders Are Buying Now
Biotech companies saw the most notable insider purchases of the past week, including at the latest of the recent handful of biotech initial public offerings.
Neutral
Zacks Investment Research
2 weeks ago
Here's Why Investors Should Give J.B. Hunt Stock a Miss Now
Higher interest expense, lower segmental revenues and high debt weigh on JBHT's bottom line.
Neutral
Business Wire
1 month ago
J.B. Hunt Celebrates 35 Years of Intermodal Service
LOWELL, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT), one of the largest supply chain solutions providers in North America, recently achieved a major company milestone as its intermodal service surpassed 35 years of operations. On a February morning in 1990, the first J.B. Hunt intermodal load departed Chicago via the industry's first collaboration between trucking and railroad companies, bringing to life the vision of company founder Johnnie Bryan Hunt and Santa Fe R.
Neutral
Business Wire
1 month ago
J.B. Hunt Earns Addition to Dow Jones Industrial Sustainability North America Index
LOWELL, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT), one of the largest supply chain solutions providers in North America, announced today it has been named to the North American Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI North America) for 2024, earning a spot among sustainability leaders identified by S&P Global through the Corporate Sustainability Assessment. “The DJSI North America is one of the highest standards for evaluating companies' sustainability efforts. Be.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 month ago
16 Upcoming Dividend Increases
Sixteen companies are boosting their dividends, with an average increase of 8.2%, signaling financial health and stability, particularly among regional banks. My investment strategy focuses on companies with consistently rising dividends and outperforming benchmarks, aiming for long-term wealth accumulation. I use data from the "U.S. Dividend Champions" spreadsheet and NASDAQ to identify companies with at least five years of dividend growth.
Neutral
Business Wire
1 month ago
J.B. Hunt Launches Solar Facility in Gentry to Offset as Much as 80% of Main Corporate Campus Building Power Usage
LOWELL, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT), one of the largest supply chain solutions providers in North America, announced today the launching of its solar facility in Gentry, Arkansas, that will generate enough electricity to offset up to 80% of the power used by its three main corporate campus buildings in Lowell. The 40-acre solar facility includes nearly 18,000 solar panels and 10,000-plus bi-facial solar modules to capture sunlight, which is then conve.
Neutral
Business Wire
1 month ago
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. Announces Participation in Upcoming Investor Conferences
LOWELL, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT) will host 1x1 Investor Meetings at the 3rd Annual Evercore ISI Travel & Transport Conference in New York, New York on Wednesday, February 5, 2025. Executive Vice President and President of Dedicated Contract Services Brad Hicks and Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Finance John Kuhlow will address the Barclays 42nd Annual Industrial Select Conference at 11:00am EST on Wednesday, February 1.
Neutral
Business Wire
1 month ago
J. B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend
LOWELL, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:JBHT) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly dividend on its common stock of $ 0.44 (forty four cents) per common share, which is a 2.3% increase over the previous quarterly dividend. The dividend is payable to stockholders of record on February 7, 2025 and will be paid on February 21, 2025. About J.B. Hunt J.B. Hunt's vision is to create the most efficient transportation network in N.
Neutral
Zacks Investment Research
1 month ago
How Should Investors Approach J.B. Hunt Post Mixed Q4 Earnings?
We assess the investment worthiness of JBHT stock after its fourth-quarter 2024 results.
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