JB Hunt Transport Services is an integrated freight & logistics business based in the US. JB Hunt Transport Services shares (JBHT) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. JB Hunt Transport Services employs 34,718 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $12.3 billion.
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| Latest market close | $165.13 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $153.12 - $218.94 |
| 50-day moving average | $160.44 |
| 200-day moving average | $182.85 |
| Wall St. target price | $181.53 |
| PE ratio | 28.2582 |
| Dividend yield | $1.7 (1.05%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $5.81 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $165.13 from 2024-07-23
| 1 week (2024-07-17) | 0.75% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-06-24) | 4.53% |
| 3 months (2024-04-24) | 0.30% |
| 6 months (2024-01-24) | -18.94% |
| 1 year (2023-07-24) | -16.74% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2022-07-22) | -4.96% |
| 3 years (2021-07-23) | 166.9507 |
| 5 years (2019-07-24) | 63.89% |
Valuing JB Hunt Transport Services stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of JB Hunt Transport Services's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
JB Hunt Transport Services's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 28x. In other words, JB Hunt Transport Services shares trade at around 28x recent earnings.
That's comparable to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29).
JB Hunt Transport Services's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.0398. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into JB Hunt Transport Services's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
JB Hunt Transport Services's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $1.6 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a JB Hunt Transport Services's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $12.3 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 7.02% |
| Gross profit TTM | $2.6 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 6.34% |
| Return on equity TTM | 15.13% |
| Profit margin | 4.9% |
| Book value | $39.97 |
| Market Capitalization | $16.7 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 22.44% of net profits
Recently JB Hunt Transport Services has paid out, on average, around 22.44% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.05% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), JB Hunt Transport Services shareholders could enjoy a 1.05% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In JB Hunt Transport Services's case, that would currently equate to about $1.7 per share.
While JB Hunt Transport Services's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that JB Hunt Transport Services is investing more in its future growth.
JB Hunt Transport Services's most recent dividend payout was on 23 May 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 1 August 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").
JB Hunt Transport Services's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 23 May 2005. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your JB Hunt Transport Services shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for JB Hunt Transport Services shares which in turn could have impacted JB Hunt Transport Services's share price.
Over the last 12 months, JB Hunt Transport Services's shares have ranged in value from as little as $153.12 up to $218.9423. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while JB Hunt Transport Services's is 1.141. This would suggest that JB Hunt Transport Services's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
J. B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. provides surface transportation, delivery, and logistic services in the United States. It operates through five segments: Intermodal (JBI), Dedicated Contract Services (DCS), Integrated Capacity Solutions (ICS), Final Mile Services (FMS), and Truckload (JBT). The JBI segment offers intermodal freight solutions. It operates 118,171 pieces of company-owned trailing equipment; owns and maintains its chassis fleet of 100,825 units; and manages a fleet of 5,944 company-owned tractors, 436 independent contractor trucks, and 7,567 company drivers.
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