JBHT vs. ODFL, UHAL, KNX, SAIA, R, LSTR, CAR, HTZ, WERN, and MRTN
Should you be buying J.B. Hunt Transport Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of J.B. Hunt Transport Services include Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), U-Haul (UHAL), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Saia (SAIA), Ryder System (R), Landstar System (LSTR), Avis Budget Group (CAR), Hertz Global (HTZ), Werner Enterprises (WERN), and Marten Transport (MRTN). These companies are all part of the "trucking" industry.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services vs.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ:JBHT) and Old Dominion Freight Line (NASDAQ:ODFL) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services presently has a consensus target price of $161.90, suggesting a potential upside of 11.52%. Old Dominion Freight Line has a consensus target price of $180.42, suggesting a potential upside of 7.46%. Given J.B. Hunt Transport Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe J.B. Hunt Transport Services is more favorable than Old Dominion Freight Line.
Old Dominion Freight Line has a net margin of 20.40% compared to J.B. Hunt Transport Services' net margin of 4.72%. Old Dominion Freight Line's return on equity of 28.02% beat J.B. Hunt Transport Services' return on equity.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services received 186 more outperform votes than Old Dominion Freight Line when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.10% of users gave J.B. Hunt Transport Services an outperform vote while only 52.81% of users gave Old Dominion Freight Line an outperform vote.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Old Dominion Freight Line pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays out 31.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Old Dominion Freight Line pays out 21.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. J.B. Hunt Transport Services has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years and Old Dominion Freight Line has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. J.B. Hunt Transport Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
74.9% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.8% of Old Dominion Freight Line shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of Old Dominion Freight Line shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Old Dominion Freight Line has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Old Dominion Freight Line has lower revenue, but higher earnings than J.B. Hunt Transport Services. J.B. Hunt Transport Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Old Dominion Freight Line, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Old Dominion Freight Line had 12 more articles in the media than J.B. Hunt Transport Services. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Old Dominion Freight Line and 5 mentions for J.B. Hunt Transport Services. J.B. Hunt Transport Services' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Old Dominion Freight Line's score of 0.85 indicating that J.B. Hunt Transport Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
J.B. Hunt Transport Services beats Old Dominion Freight Line on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:JBHT) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
