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. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.24 per share on Friday, August 17th. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.79%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 2nd. View J B Hunt Transport Services' Dividend History.

J B Hunt Transport Services announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Monday, April 24th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 51% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

J B Hunt Transport Services Inc (NASDAQ:JBHT) released its earnings results on Monday, July, 16th. The transportation company reported $1.37 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the 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%. J B Hunt Transport Services's quarterly revenue was up 23.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $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 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for J B Hunt Transport Services' stock. Their predictions range from $102.00 to $151.00. On average, they anticipate J B Hunt Transport Services' share price to reach $129.4444 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.7% 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 coverage about JBHT stock has trended somewhat positive on Monday, according to Accern Sentiment. Accern ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. J B Hunt Transport Services earned a coverage optimism score of 0.15 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the transportation company an impact score of 45.69 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

J B Hunt Transport Services' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include ZWJ Investment Counsel Inc. (0.24%), 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%) and Amalgamated Bank (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, Creative Planning, 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, ZWJ Investment Counsel Inc., IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Private Trust Co. NA and Edge Wealth Management LLC. 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 $121.26.

J B Hunt Transport Services has a market capitalization of $13.31 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.