NASDAQ:JBHT - J B Hunt Transport Services Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

J B Hunt Transport Services declared 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 0.89%. 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) issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, January, 17th. The transportation company reported $1.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.52 by $0.17. The transportation company earned $2.45 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.46 billion. J B Hunt Transport Services had a net margin of 5.99% and a return on equity of 25.65%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.81 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, April 20th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for J B Hunt Transport Services.

19 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for J B Hunt Transport Services' stock. Their forecasts range from $82.00 to $133.00. On average, they expect J B Hunt Transport Services' share price to reach $114.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.0%. View Analyst Price Targets for J B Hunt Transport Services.

19 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, 15 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 coverage about JBHT stock has trended very positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. J B Hunt Transport Services earned a media sentiment score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for J B Hunt Transport Services.

J B Hunt Transport Services saw a decline in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,370,000 shares, a decline of 8.4% from the December 15th total of 4,770,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 806,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.4 days. Currently, 5.2% of the company's 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), AMERCO (UHAL), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Landstar System (LSTR), Ryder System (R), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Avis Budget Group (CAR), Saia (SAIA), Hertz Global (HTZ), Heartland Express (HTLD), Marten Transport (MRTN), FRP (FRPH) and Roadrunner Transportation Systems (RRTS).

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J B Hunt Transport Services' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.20%), Horrell Capital Management Inc. (0.05%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.04%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.02%) and DNB Asset Management AS (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 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 Manning & Napier Group LLC, Sciencast Management LP, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Uncommon Cents Investing LLC and IFM Investors Pty Ltd. Company insiders that have sold J B Hunt Transport Services company stock in the last year include Alfred C Harper, Bradley W Hicks, 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 Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Contravisory Investment Management Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, Raymond James Trust N.A. and Horrell Capital Management Inc.. 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 $116.81.

J B Hunt Transport Services has a market capitalization of $12.45 billion and generates $9.17 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $516.32 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.89 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.