NASDAQ:JBHT - J B Hunt Transport Services Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

J B Hunt Transport Services announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 19th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.24 per share on Friday, May 18th. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.74%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 3rd. View J B Hunt Transport Services' Dividend History.

J B Hunt Transport Services announced that its board has approved a share buyback program on Monday, April 24th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy up to 51% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

J B Hunt Transport Services Inc (NASDAQ:JBHT) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, April, 16th. The transportation company reported $1.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $1.07. The transportation company earned $1.95 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.88 billion. J B Hunt Transport Services had a return on equity of 25.90% and a net margin of 9.35%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 19.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.92 EPS. View J B Hunt Transport Services' Earnings History.

J B Hunt Transport Services is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July, 16th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for J B Hunt Transport Services.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for J B Hunt Transport Services' shares. Their predictions range from $84.00 to $150.00. On average, they expect J B Hunt Transport Services' stock price to reach $124.2632 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for J B Hunt Transport Services.

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

News coverage about JBHT stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. J B Hunt Transport Services earned a coverage optimism score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the transportation company an impact score of 45.98 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.

J B Hunt Transport Services' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.24%), Foresters Investment Management Company Inc. (0.08%), Azimuth Capital Management LLC (0.05%) and Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd (0.00%). 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, J B Hunt Llc, 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 New York State Common Retirement Fund and Foresters Investment Management Company Inc.. Company insiders that have sold J B Hunt Transport Services company stock in the last year include Bradley W Hicks, Darren P Field, David G Mee, Earl Wayne Garrison, Eric Mcgee, J B Hunt Llc, James K Thompson, John Kuhlow, John N Roberts, Johnnie B Hunt Jr, Nicholas Hobbs, Shelley Simpson and Terrence D Matthews. 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 Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd and Azimuth Capital Management LLC. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of JBHT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $129.29.

J B Hunt Transport Services has a market capitalization of $14.29 billion and generates $7.19 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $686.26 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.74 on an earnings per share basis. J B Hunt Transport Services employs 24,681 workers across the globe.

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.