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JBHT · NasdaqGS

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

Integrated Freight & Logistics · United States

USD 226.27-1.5% daily changeQuote 2026-10-06 · USD
Market cap (USD)
US$21.25B
Trailing P/E
32.79x
Forward P/E
22.65x
Quarterly revenue growth
19.4%
Trailing net margin
5.3%
Indicated dividend yield
0.8%

Snapshot 2026-10-06 · Latest financial period 2026-06-30 · Yahoo Finance. Quotes may be delayed; reporting periods can differ.

Next earnings: 2026-10-15 (provider estimate, not issuer-confirmed).

Company background

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.

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Q2 2026

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MetricJBHTJ.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.Snapshot 2026-10-06Financial period: 2026-06-30EXPDExpeditors International of Washington, Inc.Snapshot 2026-10-06Financial period: 2026-06-30CHRWC.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.Snapshot 2026-10-06Financial period: 2026-06-30Peer medianSimilar-size peers only
Market capMarket value, converted to USDUS$21.25BUS$25.06BUS$15.80BUS$20.43Bn=2
Forward P/EProvider forward earnings estimate22.65x23.99x18.04x21.01xn=2
EV / EBITDAEnterprise value / trailing EBITDA13.72x19.60x19.57x19.58xn=2
Revenue growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter19.4%32.1%19.3%25.7%n=2
Operating marginLatest reported quarter7.4%10.7%5.3%8.0%n=2
Free cash flow yieldTrailing cash flow / market cap4.2%3.2%3.0%3.1%n=2
Net debt / EBITDANet debt / trailing EBITDA0.84x-0.37x1.95x0.79xn=2
Debt / equityTotal debt / positive book equity0.38x0.27x1.21x0.74xn=2
Trailing P/ETrailing twelve-month earnings32.79x28.06x25.85x26.95xn=2
Price / bookPrice / positive book equity per share5.81x11.83x9.75x10.79xn=2
EV / salesEnterprise value / trailing revenue1.81x2.06x1.07x1.57xn=2
Earnings growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter45.8%51.5%23.8%37.6%n=2
Gross marginTrailing twelve months18.5%13.5%8.4%11.0%n=2
Net marginTrailing twelve months5.3%7.6%3.7%5.7%n=2
Return on equityProvider trailing return; positive equity only18.4%42.7%37.1%39.9%n=2
Free cash flow marginTrailing free cash flow / revenue7.1%6.6%2.8%4.7%n=2
Dividend yieldIndicated annual dividend / price0.8%0.8%1.9%1.4%n=2
Earnings payoutProvider trailing dividend payout25.3%23.0%47.9%35.5%n=2
Current ratioCurrent assets / current liabilities1.25x1.57x1.58x1.57xn=2
BetaProvider historical market sensitivity1.311.060.951.01n=2

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Q2 20262026-07-17
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