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

22 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, 7 hold ratings and 14 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" JBHT shares.
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22 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for J.B. Hunt Transport Services' shares. Their JBHT share price forecasts range from $162.00 to $231.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $196.39 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.8%.
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J.B. Hunt Transport Services' stock was trading at $174.36 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, JBHT shares have increased by 13.5% and is now trading at $197.89.
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J.B. Hunt Transport Services saw a drop in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,300,000 shares, a drop of 10.5% from the December 31st total of 2,570,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 729,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.2 days. Currently, 2.8% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 17th 2023.
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J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:JBHT) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January, 18th. The transportation company reported $1.92 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.45 by $0.53. The transportation company earned $3.65 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.79 billion. J.B. Hunt Transport Services had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 28.20% and a net margin of 6.54%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 4.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $2.28 earnings per share.
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J.B. Hunt Transport Services announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 19th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.42 per share on Friday, February 24th. This represents a $1.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.85%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 9th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.40.
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J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ:JBHT) pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.81%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 20 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 18.26%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, JBHT will have a dividend payout ratio of 16.75% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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756 employees have rated J.B. Hunt Transport Services Chief Executive Officer John N. Roberts III on Glassdoor.com. John N. Roberts III has an approval rating of 86% among the company's employees.

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

J.B. Hunt Transport Services' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.64%), Hexagon Capital Partners LLC (0.36%), Villere ST Denis J & Co. LLC (0.29%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.24%), Stephens Investment Management Group LLC (0.15%) and Ardevora Asset Management LLP (0.13%). Insiders that own company stock include Bradley W Hicks, Darren P Field, Darren P Field, David G Mee, Earl Wayne Garrison, Eric Mcgee, Gary Charles George, James K Thompson, Jennifer Boattini, Joe Bob Perkins, John Kuhlow, John N Roberts, Kevin Bracy, Sharilyn S Gasaway, Shelley Simpson, Spencer Frazier, Stuart Lockard Scott and Terrence D Matthews.
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One share of JBHT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $197.89.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ:JBHT) has a market capitalization of $20.49 billion and generates $14.81 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $969.35 million in net income (profit) each year or $9.20 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 33,045 workers across the globe.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services' mailing address is 615 JB HUNT CORPORATE DR, LOWELL AR, 72745. The official website for the company is www.jbhunt.com. The transportation company can be reached via phone at (479) 820-0000 or via fax at 479-820-8397.