J B Hunt Transport Services Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:JBHT)

J B Hunt Transport Services trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "JBHT."

J B Hunt Transport Services announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, October 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.26 per share on Friday, November 22nd. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.90%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 7th. View J B Hunt Transport Services' Dividend History.

J B Hunt Transport Services Inc (NASDAQ:JBHT) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 15th. The transportation company reported $1.40 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.45 by $0.05. The transportation company earned $2.36 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.34 billion. J B Hunt Transport Services had a net margin of 5.46% and a return on equity of 28.34%. J B Hunt Transport Services's revenue for the quarter was up 6.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.47 earnings per share. View J B Hunt Transport Services' Earnings History.

J B Hunt Transport Services is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 16th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for J B Hunt Transport Services.

17 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for J B Hunt Transport Services' shares. Their forecasts range from $82.00 to $133.00. On average, they expect J B Hunt Transport Services' stock price to reach $111.19 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for J B Hunt Transport Services.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for J B Hunt Transport Services in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 13 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for J B Hunt Transport Services.

News stories about JBHT stock have been trending somewhat positive on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. J B Hunt Transport Services earned a coverage optimism score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for J B Hunt Transport Services.

J B Hunt Transport Services saw a decline in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 5,420,000 shares, a decline of 13.4% from the August 30th total of 6,260,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,100,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.9 days. Approximately 6.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View J B Hunt Transport Services' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to J B Hunt Transport Services include Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Landstar System (LSTR), Schneider National (SNDR), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Saia (SAIA), Heartland Express (HTLD), Marten Transport (MRTN), ArcBest (ARCB), Universal Logistics (ULH), P.A.M. Transportation Services (PTSI), Covenant Transportation Group (CVTI), US Xpress Enterprises (USX), YRC Worldwide (YRCW) and USA Truck (USAK).

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J B Hunt Transport Services' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.21%), Stephens Investment Management Group LLC (0.19%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%), Stephens Inc. AR (0.04%), Winmill & CO. Inc. (0.02%) and Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.02%). Company insiders that own J B Hunt Transport Services stock include Alfred C Harper, Bradley W Hicks, Darren P Field, David G Mee, Earl Wayne Garrison, Eric Mcgee, Gary Charles George, James K Thompson, John Kuhlow, John N Roberts, Johnnie B Hunt Jr, Nicholas Hobbs, Shelley Simpson, Stuart Lockard Scott and Terrence D Matthews. View Institutional Ownership Trends for J B Hunt Transport Services.

JBHT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Oakbrook Investments LLC, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Private Trust Co. NA, Country Club Trust Company n.a., Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. and Stephens Inc. AR. Company insiders that have sold J B Hunt Transport Services company stock in the last year include Alfred C Harper, Darren P Field, David G Mee, Earl Wayne Garrison, James K Thompson, Nicholas Hobbs, Shelley Simpson and Stuart Lockard Scott. View Insider Buying and Selling for J B Hunt Transport Services.

JBHT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Manning & Napier Group LLC, Stephens Investment Management Group LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Winmill & CO. Inc., Advisor Partners LLC, Wealthfront Advisers LLC, Enlightenment Research LLC and DNB Asset Management AS. Company insiders that have bought J B Hunt Transport Services stock in the last two years include Gary Charles George and John N Roberts. View Insider Buying and Selling for J B Hunt Transport Services.

Shares of JBHT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of JBHT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $115.58.

J B Hunt Transport Services has a market capitalization of $12.34 billion and generates $8.61 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $489.58 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.67 on an earnings per share basis. J B Hunt Transport Services employs 23,410 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About J B Hunt Transport Services.

The official website for J B Hunt Transport Services is http://www.jbhunt.com/.

J B Hunt Transport Services' mailing address is 615 JB HUNT CORPORATE DR, LOWELL AR, 72745. The transportation company can be reached via phone at 479-820-0000.