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 Tuesday, January 21st. Investors of record on Friday, February 7th will be given a dividend of $0.27 per share on Friday, February 21st. This represents a $1.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.98%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 6th. This is a positive change from J B Hunt Transport Services's previous quarterly dividend of $0.26. 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 for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.52 by $0.17. The transportation company earned $2.45 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.46 billion. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $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 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for J B Hunt Transport Services' shares. Their forecasts range from $82.00 to $133.00. On average, they expect J B Hunt Transport Services' share price to reach $115.11 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.6% from the stock's current price. 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 articles about JBHT stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. J B Hunt Transport Services earned a media sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for J B Hunt Transport Services.

J B Hunt Transport Services saw a decline in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 4,370,000 shares, a decline of 8.4% from the December 31st total of 4,770,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 792,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.5 days. Approximately 5.2% of the company's shares are short sold. View J B Hunt Transport Services' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to J B Hunt Transport Services include AMERCO (UHAL), Avis Budget Group (CAR), FRP (FRPH), Heartland Express (HTLD), Hertz Global (HTZ), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Landstar System (LSTR), Marten Transport (MRTN), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Roadrunner Transportation Systems (RRTS), Ryder System (R), Saia (SAIA) and Werner Enterprises (WERN).

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J B Hunt Transport Services' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (3.38%), FMR LLC (2.51%), Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (2.41%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.58%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.48%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.32%). 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 Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, FMR LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, First Trust Advisors LP, California Public Employees Retirement System, ProShare Advisors LLC, New York State Common Retirement Fund and Nuance Investments LLC. 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, Stuart Lockard Scott 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 Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Scopus Asset Management L.P., Renaissance Technologies LLC, UBS Group AG, Jennison Associates LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and Stifel Financial Corp. 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 $110.07.