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JB Hunt Transport Services Inc

United States · Large Cap · listed since 1990 · Revenue 12 mo. $13.3B

Price as of 11/06/2026

StockScorer score
2.7
of 10 3 of 11 points Low Match To the score
Price
$217.55
1 Y +19.1%
Market cap
$21.2B
Phase
Payout
core business profitable, at least half of operating cash flow goes to shareholders
Revenue −6.8% a year (3 years)EBIT margin 7.2%Payout 69.5% of operating cash flow

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. provides surface transportation, delivery, and logistic services in the United States.

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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.

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Summary

JB Hunt Transport Services Inc is around the middle of the Industrials sector overall

45.8 of 100

Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.

Analysis

What the price requires

The price requires 9.8% FCF growth a year: more than over the last 10 years, less than over the last 5 years.

If free cash flow stays at €850.4M (2025), it supports €9.4B. The remaining €9.6B of the market value assume it grows 9.8% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.

Required FCF growth per year

9.8%

no growth afterwards

Market value breakdown€19B market value, price as of 11/06/2026

€9.4B without growth
€9.6B priced-in growth
  • 5 yrs achieved 17.3%
  • 10 yrs achieved 9.7%
  • priced in 9.8%

Valuation against its own history

Price to operating cash flow 13.8×, above its usual range.

Middle half of 20 quarters: 10.2× to 12.5×, median 11.5×.

Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.

What supports it

with respect to the priced-in expectation

No indication in the stored figures.

What speaks against it

with respect to the priced-in expectation

No anomaly in the stored figures.

Since the last quarter

Q2 → Q3 2026

Mostly worse than the previous quarter: 3 of 3 changes for the worse.

  • FCF, 12 mo.$1.1B → $966.5M−12.1%worse
  • Gross margin16.3% → 15.0%−1.3 ppworse
  • FCF margin8.7% → 7.3%−1.4 ppworse

5 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., EBIT margin, Net debt, Shares outstanding, Return on equity

Derivation

How the sector comparison is derived

Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.

Price as of 11/06/2026.

Profitability37.3below the middleEarns less than the sector: Gross margin 13.31%, sector 28.98%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Return on equity16.78%13.10%Rank 62
Return on capital (Greenblatt)14.95%19.33%Rank 37
EBIT margin7.21%11.28%Rank 26
FCF margin7.90%8.50%Rank 49
Gross margin13.31%28.98%Rank 13
Growth30.2below the middleGrows more slowly than the sector: Earnings growth, 3 years per year −12.71%, sector 8.01%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Revenue growth, 1 year−0.73%5.15%Rank 19
Earnings growth, 3 years per year−12.71%8.01%Rank 12
Earnings growth, 5 years per year5.26%12.89%Rank 25
Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings)6.09%4.02%Rank 66
Valuation39.7below the middleValued higher than the sector: Earnings yield 2.82%, sector 4.42%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Earnings yield2.82%4.42%Rank 20
FCF yield4.47%3.98%Rank 58
EV/saleslower is better1.922.08Rank 55
EV/EBITlower is better26.6519.47Rank 26
Momentum39.7below the middleShare price doing worse than the sector: Share price, 3 months −13.85%, sector 0.53%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Share price, 1 year19.10%−0.01%Rank 81
Share price, 6 months−10.87%−1.43%Rank 32
Share price, 3 months−13.85%0.53%Rank 18
Distance from 52-week high−27.10%−16.36%Rank 28
Quality74.3above the middleQuality above the sector: Accruals (Sloan) −6.06%, sector 1.39%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Accruals (Sloan)lower is better−6.06%1.39%Rank 96
Change in share countlower is better−4.93%−0.44%Rank 93
Dividend streak in years135Rank 84
Price reaction to results, market-adjusted−1.92%0.27%Rank 24
Balance sheet & risk53.7around the middleRisk about like the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Equity ratio43.79%39.65%Rank 59
Net debt/EBITDAlower is better1.181.38Rank 55
Debt to equitylower is better0.530.61Rank 58
Volatility, 1 yearlower is better34.45%32.95%Rank 43

Ten years in figures

Revenue from $6.6B (2016) to $12.0B (2025), 6.9% a year.

Fiscal years, amounts in USD
YearRevenue, $BEBIT marginFCF, $MSharesNet debt
20166.611.0%215.7113M$979.9M
20177.28.7%328.2111M$1.1B
20188.67.9%92.2110M$1.1B
20199.28.0%244.2108M$1.3B
20209.67.4%384.3107M$992.1M
202112.28.6%276.3107M$1.1B
202214.89.0%236.1105M$1.2B
202312.87.7%−117.8104M$1.9B
202412.16.9%617.8103M$1.7B
202512.07.2%947.697.7M$1.9B
2.7 / 10Low MatchStockScorer score3 of 11 points

2 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built

JB Hunt Transport Services Inc mainly meets criteria in the Valuation category. Result from 18 strategies checked.

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How JB Hunt Transport Services Inc's score is built

JB Hunt Transport Services Inc is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.

2 of 7 rules met

3 of 11 points

  1. Free cash flow yield above the sector medianmet2 of 2 points
  2. Return on capital (Greenblatt ROC) above the sector mediannot met0 of 2 points
  3. Return on equity above the sector medianmet1 of 1 point
  4. Free cash flow margin above the sector mediannot met0 of 2 points
  5. Revenue growth above 15%not met0 of 2 points
  6. 3-year earnings growth above 12% p.a.not met0 of 1 point
  7. 12-month share price more than 20 percentage points ahead of the marketnot met0 of 1 point
  8. Exclusion: financial and real estate stocksdoes not apply

Detail data

How does JB Hunt Transport Services Inc stock perform across 18 strategies?

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  • High-Growth / Rule of 40
  • Levermann Strategy (13 Criteria)
  • Magic Formula: Value + Quality
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JB Hunt Transport Services Inc key metrics: P/E, P/B and equity ratio

Selected fundamental metrics for JB Hunt Transport Services Inc.

MetricStockSector
P/E ratio35.522.5
P/B ratio6.02.9
Return on equity (ROE)16.8%13.1%
Equity ratio43.8%39.7%
Debt-to-equity (D/E)0.530.61
Dividend yield1.0%2.0%

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Frequently asked questions about JB Hunt Transport Services Inc stock

How does JB Hunt Transport Services Inc stock (JBHT) score in the StockScorer model?
JB Hunt Transport Services Inc stock reaches a StockScorer score of 2.7 out of 10, which is a low match with the rule-based strategies. 2 out of 7 flagship profile rules are met.
What is JB Hunt Transport Services Inc's P/E ratio?
JB Hunt Transport Services Inc's P/E ratio is 35.5. The Industrials sector median is 22.5.
What sector is JB Hunt Transport Services Inc in?
JB Hunt Transport Services Inc is assigned to the Industrials sector. Its rank within the sector is 45.8 out of 100: 100 means the stock leads its peer group of large and mid-cap sector stocks in every measured area.

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