JBHT
J.B. Hunt
Industrials · Cargo Ground Transportation · US
$284.95
Data: 2026-05-15
✓ ETHICAL PASS

NARROW MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$24.7B
Total market value of the company
40.62
Expensive — high growth expected
28.87
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+4.6%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
5.1%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
16.7%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$234.68
-18% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
BUY
Consensus view from 22 analysts covering this stock
About J.B. Hunt

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. provides surface transportation, delivery, and logistic services in the United States. It operates through five segments: Intermodal, Dedicated Contract Services, Integrated Capacity Solutions, Final Mile Services, and Truckload. The JBI segment offers intermodal freight solutions. It operates 124,838 pieces of company-owned trailing equipment; owns and maintains its chassis fleet of 104,474 units; and manages a fleet of 5,880 company-owned tractors, 308 independent contractor trucks, and 8,704 company drivers. The DCS segment designs, develops, and executes supply chain solutions that support various transportation networks. As of December 31, 2025, it operated 11,878 company-owned trucks, 761 customer-owned trucks, and a contractor trucks. It operates 26,767 owned pieces of trailing equipment and 5,218 customer-owned trailers. The ICS segment provides freight brokerage and transportation logistics solutions; flatbed, refrigerated, expedited, and less-than-truckload, as well as dry-van and intermodal solutions; online multimodal marketplace; and logistics management services for customers to outsource their transportation functions. The FMS segment delivers services through 1,085 company-owned trucks, 169 customer-owned trucks, and 39 independent contractor trucks; and 1,091 owned pieces of trailing equipment and 98 customer-owned trailers. The JBT segment provides dry-van freight services by utilizing tractors and trailers operating over roads and highways through two company-owned tractors and 12,658 company-owned trailers. It transports or arranges for the transportation of freight, such as general merchandise, specialty consumer items, appliances, home furnishings, forest, paper, rubber, plastic products, food, beverages, building materials, apparel, accessories, soaps, cosmetics, automotive parts, agricultural products, electronics, and chemicals. The company was incorporated in 1961 and is headquartered in Lowell, Arkansas.

https://www.jbhunt.com

Country: United States Employees: 31,750 Industry: Integrated Freight & Logistics
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
18.5% PASS
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
0.0% PASS
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
14.9% PASS
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.0% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Valuation
$108.73
What our model estimates this business is worth per share
-162.1%
Trading above fair value — no margin of safety
Rating
OVERVALUED
Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality
92.1th
Ranks in the top 8% of our 13,571 screened universe
Ethical Score
89.2
Valuation Score
44.5
Quality Score
61.3
Combined
65.7

Trading at $262, 141% above fair value of $109. Passes all ethical screens. Ranks better than 54% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

MARKUP
Price trending up with increasing momentum
0.941
Good returns relative to risk taken
0.0787
Suggested allocation is meaningful — the edge justifies a position
0.864
Acceptable balance between returns and drawdown risk
Annual Return
31.6%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-36.6%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
SIDEWAYS
Price consolidating — no clear directional bias
Days in State
131
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

1.29
Moves slightly more than the broader market
52W High
$263.24
-8% below the year high
52W Low
$130.12
119% above the year low
Avg Volume
928,769
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
3.3
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
4.8%
Low short interest — limited bearish positioning
0.7%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$6.43
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

0.44
Conservative use of debt — low financial risk
1.26
Adequate but worth monitoring
Quick Ratio
0.98
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
18.9%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
6.8%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
$830M
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$12.1B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$622M
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
22
Target High
$290.00
Target Median
$234.68
Target Low
$171.00
Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

Date Insider Title Type Shares Value
2026-05-15 HICKS BRADLEY W Officer 7,644 $2,002,009
2026-05-14 FIELD DARREN P Officer 4,000 $1,017,940
2026-05-05 DELCO ALBERT BRAD Chief Financial Officer 98
2026-04-23 LISBOA PERSIO V Director 1,241 $314,854
2026-04-23 BIGGS M BRETT Director 855 $216,922
2026-04-23 EDWARDSON FRANCESCA MAHER Director 1,241 $314,854
2026-04-23 HILL JOHN B. III Director 1,320 $334,897
2026-04-23 GASAWAY SHARILYN S Director 1,399 $354,940
2026-04-23 ROBO JAMES L Director 1,359 $344,792
2026-04-22 HOBBS NICHOLAS Chief Operating Officer 1,272 $318,953
Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-15

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