J. B. Hunt Transport Services Inc (JBHT)

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.

Symbol
JBHT
Exchange
Nasdaq
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Integrated Freight & Logistics
Market cap
$21.99B
52 week range
132.15 - 299.76

Valuation

Share price
$234.20 (close of 2026-10-02)
P/E (TTM)
33.08x
Price to book
6.01x
Price to free cash flow
20.00x
Enterprise value
$23.14B
Book value per share
$38.94

Price performance

PeriodChange
1 day+3.08%
5 days+3.88%
1 month-10.00%
3 months-18.06%
6 months+8.98%
Year to date+20.51%
1 year+74.52%
3 years+24.96%
5 years+40.40%
10 years+188.64%
All time+15107.79%

Profitability and growth

Return on equity
16.78%
Return on invested capital
13.35%
Return on assets
7.55%
Return on capital employed
14.44%
Gross margin
9.56%
Net margin
4.99%
EBITDA margin
13.17%
Revenue growth
-0.73%
Net income growth
4.80%
Free cash flow growth
53.38%

Cash flow and balance sheet

Free cash flow yield (TTM)
5.00%
Current ratio
1.26x
Net debt to EBITDA
0.68x

Latest reported year

Period end
2025-12-31
Fiscal year
2025
Revenue
$12.00B
Cost of revenue
$10.85B
Gross profit
$1.15B
EBITDA
$1.58B
Net income
$598.28M
Earnings per share
$6.16
Shares outstanding
97.09M

Income statement by year

Period endRevenueGross profitNet incomeEPS
2025-12-31$12.00B$1.15B$598.28M$6.16
2024-12-31$12.09B$1.14B$570.89M$5.60
2023-12-31$12.83B$1.27B$728.29M$7.04
2022-12-31$14.81B$1.55B$969.35M$9.31
2021-12-31$12.17B$1.24B$760.81M$7.22
2020-12-31$9.64B$893.20M$506.04M$4.79
2019-12-31$9.17B$925.76M$516.32M$4.81
2018-12-31$8.61B$844.29M$489.58M$4.48
2017-12-31$7.19B$749.67M$686.26M$6.24
2016-12-31$6.56B$808.07M$432.09M$3.84

Margins and returns by year

Period endGross marginNet marginReturn on equityReturn on capital
2025-12-319.56%4.99%16.78%13.35%
2024-12-319.41%4.72%14.22%11.80%
2023-12-319.88%5.68%17.75%13.98%
2022-12-3110.44%6.54%26.44%20.91%
2021-12-3110.20%6.25%24.40%19.85%
2020-12-319.27%5.25%19.46%15.40%
2019-12-3110.10%5.63%22.78%16.14%
2018-12-319.80%5.68%23.30%16.34%
2017-12-3110.43%9.55%37.31%21.43%
2016-12-3112.33%6.59%30.56%19.10%

Cash and debt by year

Period endCashDebt
2025-12-31$17.28M$766.94M
2024-12-31$46.98M$977.70M
2023-12-31$53.34M$1.33B
2022-12-31$51.93M$1.26B
2021-12-31$355.55M$945.26M
2020-12-31$313.30M$1.31B
2019-12-31$35.00M$1.30B
2018-12-31$7.60M$898.40M
2017-12-31$14.61M$1.09B
2016-12-31$6.38M$986.28M

Free cash flow by year

Period endFree cash flowStock-based compensation
2025-12-31$947.59M$71.75M
2024-12-31$617.78M$65.69M
2023-12-31-$117.81M$79.19M
2022-12-31$236.09M$77.53M
2021-12-31$276.33M$61.51M
2020-12-31$384.31M$60.70M
2019-12-31$244.23M$53.32M
2018-12-31$92.19M$47.37M
2017-12-31$328.23M$38.29M
2016-12-31$215.71M$40.63M

Dividend history

Most recent payment
2026-08-07
Paid in the last twelve months
$1.79
Payment dateDividend per share
2026-08-07$0.45
2026-05-08$0.45
2026-02-06$0.45
2025-11-07$0.44
2025-08-08$0.44
2025-05-09$0.44
2025-02-07$0.44
2024-11-08$0.43

Investor relations

Next earnings report

Next confirmed report
2026-10-21
Consensus EPS estimate
$2.00

Past earnings dates

ReportedFiscal periodEPS estimate
2026-07-15Jun/2026$1.71
2026-04-15Mar/2026$1.45
2026-01-15Dec/2025$1.81
2025-10-15Sep/2025$1.47
2025-07-15Jun/2025$1.34
2025-04-15Mar/2025$1.15
2025-01-16Dec/2024$1.62
2024-10-15Sep/2024$1.42

Filings and sources

Company website
jbhunt.com
SEC filings
10-K, 10-Q and 8-K on EDGAR
Earnings calendar
All upcoming reports

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