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. Investors of record on Friday, May 4th will be given a dividend of $0.24 per share on Friday, May 18th. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.79%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 3rd. View J B Hunt Transport Services' Dividend History.

J B Hunt Transport Services declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program 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 reacquire up to 51% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

J B Hunt Transport Services Inc (NASDAQ:JBHT) announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July, 16th. The transportation company reported $1.37 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.28 by $0.09. The transportation company earned $2.14 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.05 billion. J B Hunt Transport Services had a net margin of 9.35% and a return on equity of 25.90%. J B Hunt Transport Services's quarterly revenue was up 23.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.88 earnings per share. View J B Hunt Transport Services' Earnings History.

19 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for J B Hunt Transport Services' stock. Their predictions range from $84.00 to $150.00. On average, they anticipate J B Hunt Transport Services' stock price to reach $125.1053 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings 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, 9 hold ratings and 9 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).

Media headlines about JBHT stock have been trending positive this week, according to Accern. Accern ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. J B Hunt Transport Services earned a media sentiment score of 0.28 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the transportation company an impact score of 45.15 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

J B Hunt Transport Services' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Bank of Montreal Can (0.07%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), New England Research & Management Inc. (0.01%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.00%), IFM Investors Pty Ltd (0.00%) and CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp (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 Bank of Montreal Can, 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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue, New England Research & Management Inc., IFM Investors Pty Ltd and Private Trust Co. NA. 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 $121.13.

J B Hunt Transport Services has a market capitalization of $13.37 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.