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 announced 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.93%. 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) announced its earnings results on Friday, January, 17th. The transportation company reported $1.35 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.52 by $0.17. The transportation company earned $2.45 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.46 billion. J B Hunt Transport Services had a net margin of 5.99% and a return on equity of 25.65%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $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 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for J B Hunt Transport Services' stock. Their forecasts range from $82.00 to $133.00. On average, they anticipate J B Hunt Transport Services' stock price to reach $115.11 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.2%. 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 coverage about JBHT stock has trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news 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 news sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for J B Hunt Transport Services.

J B Hunt Transport Services saw a drop in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,370,000 shares, a drop of 8.4% from the December 15th total of 4,770,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 806,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.4 days. Approximately 5.2% of the company's stock are short sold. View J B Hunt Transport Services' Current Options Chain.

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J B Hunt Transport Services' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.20%), Sib LLC (0.11%), Horrell Capital Management Inc. (0.05%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.04%) and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.02%). 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 Manning & Napier Group LLC, Sib LLC, Sciencast Management LP, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI and Uncommon Cents Investing 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 and Stuart Lockard Scott. View Insider Buying and Selling for J B Hunt Transport Services.

JBHT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Contravisory Investment Management Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, Raymond James Trust N.A. and Horrell Capital Management Inc.. 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 $116.50.

J B Hunt Transport Services has a market capitalization of $12.42 billion and generates $9.17 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $516.32 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.89 on an earnings per share basis. J B Hunt Transport Services employs 23,410 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About J B Hunt Transport Services.

The official website for J B Hunt Transport Services is http://www.jbhunt.com/.

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.