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

NASDAQ: JBHT · USD

$223

-8.98 (-3.9%)· Recorded snapshot

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StockMarketAgent Research · Analyzed 2026-10-07

Our latest published analysis: JBHT rated Sell

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.'s published Sell conclusion compares the analysis-date price with fair value and potential value. Read the full report for assumptions, evidence, and material risks.

Fair value

$125 / share

Potential value

$154 / share

Upside to FV

-44.3%

from $223

Moat

7/10

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9-phase methodology · same model in each published edition

Market cap	$21.0B
Revenue (ttm)	13.3B
Net income (ttm)	676.1M
EPS (ttm)	$7.10
Shares out	93.2M
P/E (trailing)	31.4x
P/E (forward)	23.9x
Dividend	$1.80 (0.81%)
Volume	894,295
Beta	1.31

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 13.3B
Net income (ttm): 676.1M
EPS (ttm): $7.10
P/E (trailing): 31.4x
P/E (forward): 23.9x
Market cap: $21.0B

Item	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	Trend
Period	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31	Trend
Revenue	$12.17B	$14.81B	$12.83B	$12.09B	$12.00B	-0.3%
Gross profit	$1.87B	$2.47B	$2.21B	$2.06B	$1.60B	-3.9%
Operating income	$1.05B	$1.33B	$993.2M	$831.2M	$865.1M	-4.6%
Net income	$760.8M	$969.4M	$728.3M	$570.9M	$598.3M	-5.8%
EPS (diluted)	$7.14	$9.21	$6.97	$5.56	$6.12	-3.8%
EBITDA	$1.60B	$1.98B	$1.74B	$1.60B	$1.58B	-0.4%
R&D	—	—	—	—	—	—
SG&A	$395.5M	$570.2M	$632.6M	$664.0M	$660.0M	+13.7%

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Base and Bull scenarios

Base55%

Price target

$124.63

-44.3% from spot

In the base scenario, freight volumes experience a gradual cyclical recovery, enabling JBI to deploy excess container capacity without heavy capital additions. Consolidated operating margins expand from 7.21% in FY2025 to normalized mid-cycle levels of 8.48% by FY2030, anchored by resilient 11.17% margins in DCS. Free cash flow conversion remains healthy as reinvestment settles between 20% and 28% of NOPAT.

Revenue growth recovers at 14.09% in FY2026 and moderates to 4.0% by FY2030.
Operating margin improves from 7.65% in FY2026 to normalized 8.48% by FY2030.
Diluted EPS tracks consensus targets of $7.29 in FY2026 and $9.99 in FY2027,.

Bull20%

Price target

$154.36

-31.0% from spot

In the upside scenario, rapid freight market tightening accelerates customer mini-bids and peak surcharges, driving JBI intermodal yields higher and enabling swift absorption of excess container capacity,. Operating leverage expands consolidated operating margins toward 9.0%, matching prior cyclical peaks, while disciplined capex boosts free cash flow and drives diluted EPS toward the top end of consensus expectations ($11.00 in FY2027),.

Rapid freight tightening drives customer mini-bids and peak surcharges.
JBI absorbs thousands of idle containers, expanding operating margins toward 9.0%.
Diluted EPS reaches the top of consensus expectations ($11.00 in FY2027).

Sensitivity: Ke × terminal growth

The highlighted cell is Fair value when every assumption sits at its base level ($124.63). Each row and column shows what Fair value becomes when one assumption moves.

Ke ↓ / g →	2.0%	2.3%	2.5%	2.8%	3.0%
9.3%	$131	$132	$134	$135	$137
9.8%	$126	$128	$129	$130	$132
10.3%	$122	$123	$125	$126	$127
10.8%	$119	$120	$121	$122	$123
11.3%	$116	$116	$117	$118	$119

Scorecard

Published factor rows and weighted composite

Calendar

Next earnings

Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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EPS estimate—

Revenue estimate—

Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E23.9

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

Trailing P/E32.1

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

ROE18.8

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

ROIC14.3

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

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Market & fundamental data

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0000728535
Company name	J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	445658107
Earnings date	2026-10-15
Earnings time	amc
Employees	31,750
Employees change	-1,896
Employees growth	-5.64%
Enterprise value	$22.2B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-09-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1961
In index	SP500
Industry	Integrated Freight & Logistics
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US4456581077
Last 10-K release date	2026-02-24
Last earnings date	2026-10-15
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	2005-05-24
Last stock split type	Forward
Market cap	$20.8B
Market cap category	Large-Cap
Next earnings date	2027-01-14
Options	Yes
Price	$222.97
Price currency	USD
Sector	Industrials
SIC code	4213
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	JBHT
U.S. state	Arkansas
Website	https://www.jbhunt.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	31.32x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	25.09x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	29.79x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	26.46x
Earnings yield	3.18%
EV/Earnings	33.1x
EV/EBIT	23.31x
EV/EBITDA	13.3x
EV/FCF	23.16x
EV/Sales	1.68x
FCF / EV yield	4.32%
FCF yield	4.62%
Forward EV/Sales	1.49x
Forward P/E	25.01x
Forward P/S	1.39x
Graham number	78.92021
Graham upside	-64.87%
Industry forward P/E	15.56x
Industry P/E	20.08x
Lynch fair value	$35.51
Lynch upside	-84.19%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	23.42x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	14.73x
P/B ratio	5.95x
P/E ratio	31.4x
P/FCF ratio	21.66x
P/OCF ratio	14.02x
P/S ratio	1.57x
PEG ratio	1.19x
Price / tangible book value	6.09x
Price/EBITDA ratio	12.44x
Sector forward P/E	26.03x
Sector P/E	40.37x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	7.2%
EBITDA margin	12.63%
Effective tax rate	24.59%
FCF margin	7.25%
Gross margin	17.88%
Operating margin	7.2%
Pretax margin	6.73%
Profit margin	5.07%
Profit per employee	$21,294
Profitable quarters	123
Profitable years	30
Revenue per employee	$419,692
ROA	7.41%
ROA (5Y)	8.42%
ROCE	14.75%
ROE	18.77%
ROE (5Y)	20.76%
ROIC	14.29%
ROIC (5Y)	15.53%
SBC / revenue	0.54%
Tax / revenue	1.65%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	22.97%
EPS growth (Q)	3.41%
EPS growth (QoQ)	-4.71%
EPS growth 10Y	6.5%
EPS growth 3Y	-1.49%
EPS growth 5Y	2.42%
EPS growth quarters	5
EPS growth years	1
FCF growth	22.39%
FCF growth (Q)	-37.81%
FCF growth (QoQ)	-13.5%
FCF growth 5Y	17.57%
Gross profit growth	4.65%
Gross profit growth (Q)	5.54%
Gross profit growth 3Y	-0.65%
Gross profit growth 5Y	4.86%
Net income growth	18.06%
Net income growth (Q)	0.92%
Net income growth (QoQ)	-4.76%
Net income growth 3Y	-4.49%
Net income growth 5Y	0.1%
Net income growth quarters	5
Net income growth years	1
OCF growth	-7.22%
OCF growth (Q)	-20.82%
OCF growth (QoQ)	4.03%
OCF growth 10Y	5.67%
OCF growth 3Y	-8.51%
OCF growth 5Y	4.8%
Operating income growth	16.28%
Operating income growth (Q)	1.83%
Operating income growth 3Y	-3.61%
Operating income growth 5Y	0.62%
Revenue growth	10.59%
Revenue growth (Q)	20.44%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	5.19%
Revenue growth 10Y	7.52%
Revenue growth 3Y	0.38%
Revenue growth 5Y	3.15%
Revenue growth quarters	3
Revenue growth years	0

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-527.5M
Depreciation and amortization	$722.8M
EBIT	$960.1M
EBITDA	$1.7B
EPS	$7.10
FCF per share	$10.37
Financing cash flow	$-1.2B
Free cash flow	$966.5M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$893.9M
Gross profit	$2.4B
Income taxes	$220.4M
Investing cash flow	$-375M
Net borrowing	$-480.7M
Net cash flow	$-48.5M
Net income	$676.1M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$1.4B
Operating income	$960.1M
Revenue	$13.3B
Stock-based compensation	$72.6M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	6.4
Book value per share	$38.98
Debt / EBITDA	0.53
Debt / equity	0.4
Debt / FCF	1.5
Interest coverage	14.16
Long-term assets	$6.1B
Long-term liabilities	$2.9B
Net cash (debt)	$-1.4B
Net cash / market cap	-6.89%
Net debt / EBITDA	0.86
Net debt / equity	0.4
Net debt / FCF	1.49
Piotroski F-Score	6
Property, plant and equipment	$5.4B
Shareholders' equity	$3.6B
Tangible book value	$3.4B
Tangible book value per share	$36.88
Total assets	$8.1B
Total cash	$3.8M
Total debt	$1.4B
Total liabilities	$4.5B
WACC	10.95%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	1.65
Current assets	$1.9B
Current liabilities	$1.6B
Current ratio	1.23
Net working capital	$409.1M
Quick ratio	1.02
Working capital	$359.3M
Working capital turnover	259.45

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	4.19%
Dividend growth	2.27%
Dividend growth (10Y)	7.42%
Dividend growth (3Y)	2.33%
Dividend growth (5Y)	8.81%
Dividend growth years	12
Dividend payment date	2026-11-20
Dividend payment years	23
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$1.80
Dividend yield	0.81%
Ex-dividend date	2026-11-06
FCF payout ratio	17.36%
Last dividend	$0.45
Payout ratio	25.35%
Shareholder yield	4.99%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	173.79%
10Y return CAGR	11.61%
10Y total return	200.01%
150-day SMA	$256.35
15Y price change	410.94%
15Y return CAGR	12.55%
15Y total return	489.04%
1D price change	-3.87%
1M price change	-1.6%
1M total return	-1.6%
1W price change	-2.01%
1W total return	-2.01%
1Y price change	32.24%
1Y return CAGR	33.34%
1Y total return	33.32%
20-day SMA	$228.21
200-day SMA	$245.97
20Y price change	936.68%
20Y return CAGR	13.59%
20Y total return	1,179.76%
3M price change	-21.04%
3M total return	-20.91%
3Y price change	33.66%
3Y return CAGR	11.22%
3Y total return	37.58%
50-day SMA	$243.95
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
52-week high	$299.76
52-week high date	2026-07-16
52-week low	$157.82
52-week low date	2025-11-18
5Y price change	13.9%
5Y return CAGR	3.59%
5Y total return	19.27%
6M price change	-11.32%
6M total return	-11%
All-time high	$299.76
All-time high date	2026-07-16
All-time low	$1.38
All-time low date	1984-07-26
Average true range (ATR)	$7.07
Average volume	889.3K
Beta (1Y)	0.56
Beta (2Y)	0.81
Beta (5Y)	1.31
Change from 52-week high	-25.62%
Change from 52-week low	41.28%
Change from all-time high	-25.99%
Change from all-time low	16,034.55%
Change from open	-1.76%
Day's gap	-2.15%
Dollar volume	$199.4M
High price	$227.61
Low price	$221.70
Monthly RSI	53.53
Open price	$226.96
Position in 52-week range	21.49%
Premarket change	-0%
Premarket close	$231.95
Premarket price	$231.94
Previous close	$231.95
Price vs 150-day SMA	-13.46%
Price vs 20-day SMA	-2.79%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-9.81%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-9.06%
Relative volume	1.01
RSI	40.55
Sharpe ratio	0.89
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.32
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.15
Sortino ratio	1.44
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.66
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.39
Volume	894.3K
Weekly RSI	39.64
YTD price change	14.16%
YTD total return	14.79%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	72.5M
Float percentage	77.82%
Shares change (QoQ)	-0.31%
Shares change (YoY)	-4.19%
Shares held by insiders	22.09%
Shares held by institutions	78.66%
Shares outstanding	93.2M
Short % of float	3.48%
Short % of shares	2.71%
Short ratio	2.7 days

Deeper analysis on JBHT

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Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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Frequently asked questions

About this JBHT report

What is the latest published JBHT stock rating?

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. is shown with Sell in the latest published report, analyzed 2026-10-07. The hub links directly to the full analysis surface where the dated rating, fair-value bridge, risks, and scorecard are documented together.

Where can I read the full JBHT analysis?

The full latest published report, analyzed 2026-10-07, lives at /stocks/JBHT/analysis. The bare ticker page summarizes that read and links to each analysis tab; earlier editions remain under /analysis/archive.

What fair value is used for JBHT?

The latest published report analyzed 2026-10-07 gives JBHT a fair value of USD 125 and a potential value of USD 154. These are dated research outputs, not live market prices; review the valuation assumptions, sensitivity analysis, and material risks before making a decision.

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SellJBHT · Fair value $125-44.3%

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

Our latest published analysis: JBHT rated Sell

Price

Financial snapshot

Fair-value bridge

Latest news · JBHT

Valuation

Profitability

Balance sheet

Trading

Base and Bull scenarios

Sensitivity: Ke × terminal growth

Scorecard

Next earnings

Sector percentile context

All JBHT indicators

Profile and market data

Valuation

Profitability

Growth

Financial statements

Financial strength

Liquidity

Dividends and buybacks

Performance and technicals

Ownership and float

Deeper analysis on JBHT

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Historique des notations

Category	Score	Reading
Valuation	1.5
Management	8.5
Balance Sheet	6.0
Profitability	6.0
Revenue Growth	7.5
Risk Assessment	6.5
Competitive Moat	7.0
Earnings Quality	9.0
Capital Efficiency	5.5