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, July 19th. Investors of record on Friday, August 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.24 per share on Friday, August 17th. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.79%. View J B Hunt Transport Services' Dividend History.

J B Hunt Transport Services declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Monday, April 24th 2017, which permits the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 51% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

J B Hunt Transport Services Inc (NASDAQ:JBHT) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July, 16th. The transportation company reported $1.37 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.28 by $0.09. The transportation company earned $2.14 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.05 billion. J B Hunt Transport Services had a return on equity of 26.63% and a net margin of 9.54%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 23.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.88 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 Tuesday, October, 16th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for J B Hunt Transport Services.

18 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for J B Hunt Transport Services' shares. Their predictions range from $102.00 to $151.00. On average, they expect J B Hunt Transport Services' share price to reach $129.4444 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for J B Hunt Transport Services.

18 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, 9 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

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 headlines about JBHT stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. J B Hunt Transport Services earned a news impact score of 0.21 on Accern's scale. They also gave media stories about the transportation company an impact score of 47.13 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

J B Hunt Transport Services' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Bank of Montreal Can (0.07%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.04%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.02%), Amalgamated Bank (0.01%) and Hartford Investment Management Co. (0.01%). 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 Bank of Montreal Can, Hartford Investment Management Co., Retirement Systems of Alabama, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC and CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, New England Research & Management Inc., Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Private Trust Co. NA, Edge Wealth Management LLC and Amalgamated Bank. 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 $121.58.

J B Hunt Transport Services has a market capitalization of $13.33 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.