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. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 7th will be paid 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 1.05%. 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) posted its earnings results 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. J B Hunt Transport Services had a return on equity of 25.65% and a net margin of 5.99%. The business's revenue was up 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last 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 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for J B Hunt Transport Services' shares. Their forecasts range from $82.00 to $133.00. On average, they anticipate J B Hunt Transport Services' share price to reach $115.11 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.0% 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.

Press coverage about JBHT stock has trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. J B Hunt Transport Services earned a coverage optimism score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is very likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for J B Hunt Transport Services.

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

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J B Hunt Transport Services' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 bought 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 $102.81.

J B Hunt Transport Services has a market capitalization of $10.96 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.