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J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (JBHT)

Industrials | Integrated Freight & Logistics | Lowell, United States | NasdaqGS
245.08 USD +6.76 (2.837%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 245.00 -0.08 (-0.080%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 7:50 p.m. EDT)
Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ★★☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 3:28 p.m. EDT

JBHT has shown strong recent performance, with a price increase over the past few weeks and a strong analyst recommendation. However, the stock's high overall risk and recent revenue decline may make it a risky short-term play. The dividend yield is modest, and while the dividend history is consistent, it is not particularly high. The options market shows mixed signals, with both bullish and bearish positioning, suggesting a cautious approach. Long-term investors might consider the stock if they are willing to tolerate the risk and are looking for growth potential.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.058545
MSTL0.069473
AutoETS0.074606
AutoARIMA0.074607

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 80%
H-stat 0.61
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.170
Excess Kurtosis -1.37
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-02-05
Last Dividend Date 2026-02-05
Debt to Equity Ratio 36.247
Revenue per Share 126.703
Market Cap 23,185,567,744
Trailing P/E 38.12
Forward P/E 27.16
Beta 1.22
Profit Margins 5.13%
Website https://www.jbhunt.com

As of April 11, 2026, 3:28 p.m. EDT: Options activity suggests a mixed sentiment. The calls show a concentration around the 220-230 strike prices with high open interest and implied volatility, indicating potential bullish sentiment. However, the puts show significant open interest at lower strikes, suggesting some bearish positioning. The overall volatility levels are moderate, with some spikes in IV, which could indicate uncertainty or speculative activity.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.20% 1.10% 1.01% 0.94%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-02-06 0.450000 0.197446
2025-11-07 0.440000 0.257885
2025-08-08 0.440000 0.317005
2025-05-09 0.440000 0.327176
2025-02-07 0.440000 0.267737
2024-11-08 0.430000 0.226862
2024-08-02 0.430000 0.267050
2024-05-09 0.430000 0.257622
2024-02-08 0.430000 0.205787
2023-11-09 0.420000 0.250209
2023-08-03 0.420000 0.206873
2023-05-11 0.420000 0.244798
2023-02-09 0.420000 0.226181
2022-11-03 0.400000 0.244743
2022-08-04 0.400000 0.228471
2022-05-12 0.400000 0.240338
2022-02-03 0.400000 0.215135
2021-11-04 0.300000 0.158436
2021-08-05 0.300000 0.187587
2021-05-06 0.300000 0.179296
2021-02-04 0.280000 0.206369
2020-11-05 0.270000 0.224903
2020-08-06 0.270000 0.212037
2020-05-07 0.270000 0.284195
2020-02-06 0.270000 0.254620
2019-11-07 0.260000 0.228297
2019-08-01 0.260000 0.272621
2019-05-02 0.260000 0.292813
2019-02-07 0.260000 0.254832
2018-11-08 0.240000 0.234974
2018-08-02 0.240000 0.210167
2018-05-03 0.240000 0.221102
2018-02-08 0.240000 0.224994
2017-11-02 0.230000 0.231009
2017-08-03 0.230000 0.278414
2017-05-03 0.230000 0.279192
2017-02-08 0.230000 0.254482
2016-11-02 0.220000 0.293628
2016-08-03 0.220000 0.293878
2016-05-04 0.220000 0.292668
2016-02-10 0.220000 0.329515
2015-11-04 0.210000 0.306511
2015-07-29 0.210000 0.275511
2015-05-06 0.210000 0.266518
2015-02-10 0.210000 0.287254
2014-11-12 0.200000 0.273644
2014-07-30 0.200000 0.284113
2014-05-07 0.200000 0.292097
2014-02-11 0.200000 0.306097
2013-11-13 0.150000 0.231880
2013-07-31 0.150000 0.225468
2013-05-08 0.150000 0.232853
2012-12-13 0.150000 0.299386
2012-11-14 0.140000 0.266116
2012-08-01 0.140000 0.295850
2012-05-09 0.140000 0.287413
2012-02-10 0.140000 0.305701
2011-11-17 0.130000 0.341636
2011-07-27 0.130000 0.330180
2011-05-11 0.130000 0.323466
2011-02-11 0.130000 0.355884
2010-11-10 0.120000 0.376766
2010-07-28 0.120000 0.393028
2010-05-12 0.120000 0.393245
2010-02-10 0.120000 0.446617
2009-11-12 0.110000 0.403690
2009-07-29 0.110000 0.473494
2009-05-13 0.110000 0.507431
2009-02-10 0.110000 0.536039
2008-11-12 0.100000 0.486007
2008-07-30 0.100000 0.323357
2008-05-08 0.100000 0.351848
2008-02-05 0.100000 0.399441
2007-11-13 0.090000 0.405291
2007-07-31 0.090000 0.390978
2007-05-09 0.090000 0.377374
2007-02-05 0.090000 0.444551
2006-11-03 0.080000 0.466834
2006-07-31 0.080000 0.478409
2006-04-27 0.080000 0.414554
2006-01-30 0.080000 0.413859
2005-11-03 0.060000 0.350081
2005-07-29 0.060000 0.381128
2005-04-28 0.060000 0.388914
2005-01-27 0.060000 0.348294
2004-11-03 0.015000 0.091461
2004-08-04 0.015000 0.101329
2004-05-04 0.015000 0.119718
2000-02-01 0.012500 0.506945
1999-10-29 0.012500 0.491665
1999-07-29 0.012500 0.431729
1999-04-29 0.012500 0.293089
1999-02-08 0.012500 0.250638
1998-10-30 0.012500 0.382322
1998-07-30 0.012500 0.215883
1998-04-29 0.012500 0.197959
1998-01-30 0.012500 0.292901
1997-10-30 0.012500 0.413355
1997-07-30 0.012500 0.404942
1997-04-30 0.012500 0.468522
1997-01-30 0.012500 0.470217
1996-10-31 0.012500 0.447660
1996-07-31 0.012500 0.357513
1996-05-01 0.012500 0.315544
1996-01-31 0.012500 0.422604
1995-11-01 0.012500 0.441660
1995-07-31 0.012500 0.385295
1995-04-27 0.012500 0.355510
1995-01-30 0.012500 0.381953
1994-10-31 0.012500 0.400191
1994-07-27 0.012500 0.373511
1994-04-28 0.012500 0.306439
1994-01-28 0.003250 0.070274
1993-10-29 0.012500 0.321931
1993-07-27 0.012500 0.322718
1993-04-28 0.003250 0.090569
1993-04-20 0.012500 0.362525
1993-01-28 0.012500 0.279616
1992-11-02 0.012500 0.300205
1992-07-28 0.012500 0.314711
1992-04-28 0.012500 0.280041
1992-01-29 0.011667 0.305535
1991-11-04 0.011667 0.344538
1991-07-29 0.011667 0.439602
1991-04-29 0.011667 0.504006
1991-01-31 0.011667 0.474990
1990-11-06 0.001167 0.060141
1990-07-30 0.010000 0.429646
1990-04-30 0.001167 0.048731
1990-02-01 0.010000 0.480373
1989-11-03 0.010000 0.482126
1989-07-31 0.010000 0.428649
1989-05-01 0.010000 0.446919
1989-02-02 0.010000 0.337405
1988-10-31 0.008333 0.293451
1988-08-01 0.008333 0.352143
1988-05-02 0.008333 0.439910
1988-02-02 0.008333 0.382414
1987-11-03 0.006667 0.333453
1987-08-04 0.006667 0.240218
1987-05-04 0.006667 0.230995
1987-02-03 0.006667 0.196072
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.8
dividendYield 0.73
exDividendDate 2026-02-06
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.77
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.007426989
lastDividendValue 0.45
lastDividendDate 2026-02-06
dividendDate 2026-02-20

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.87476397
Address1 615 J.B. Hunt Corporate Drive
All Time High 247.95
All Time Low 1.375
Ask 246.47
Ask Size 4
Audit Risk 10
Average Analyst Rating 2.0 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,010,720
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,034,898
Average Volume 1,034,898
Average Volume10Days 1,010,720
Beta 1.221
Bid 243.7
Bid Size 4
Board Risk 9
Book Value 38.117
City Lowell
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 3
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 245.08
Current Ratio 1.258
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 247.95
Day Low 238.7
Debt To Equity 36.247
Display Name J.B. Hunt Transport Services
Dividend Date 1,771,545,600
Dividend Rate 1.8
Dividend Yield 0.73
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,776,286,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,776,286,800
Earnings Growth 0.271
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.202
Earnings Timestamp 1,776,283,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,784,059,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,784,059,200
Ebitda 1,607,442,304
Ebitda Margins 0.13247
Enterprise To Ebitda 15.185
Enterprise To Revenue 2.012
Enterprise Value 24,409,073,664
Eps Current Year 7.3165
Eps Forward 9.02193
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 6.43
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,770,336,000
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 218.5004
Fifty Day Average Change 26.579605
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.12164557
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 87.476395
Fifty Two Week High 247.95
Fifty Two Week High Change -2.869995
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.011574895
Fifty Two Week Low 123.16
Fifty Two Week Low Change 121.92
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.98993176
Fifty Two Week Range 123.16 - 247.95
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 438,359,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 0.9
Float Shares 74,786,651
Forward Eps 9.02193
Forward P E 27.16492
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 31,750
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.18861
Gross Profits 2,288,591,104
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.20345
Held Percent Institutions 0.77472
Implied Shares Outstanding 94,604,084
Industry Integrated Freight & Logistics
Industry Disp Integrated Freight & Logistics
Industry Key integrated-freight-logistics
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,770,336,000
Last Dividend Value 0.45
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,116,892,800
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary 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.
Long Name J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 23,185,567,744
Market State POSTPOST
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_278576
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common 622,094,976
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 22,473,337,680
Number Of Analyst Opinions 23
Open 239.45
Operating Margins 0.06774
Overall Risk 7
Payout Ratio 0.2748
Peg Ratio 2.4
Phone 479 820 0000
Post Market Change -0.08000183
Post Market Change Percent -0.03264315
Post Market Price 245.0
Post Market Time 1,776,469,838
Previous Close 238.32
Price Eps Current Year 33.49689
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 6.429677
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.9107627
Profit Margins 0.051269997
Quick Ratio 0.976
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.04
Region US
Regular Market Change 6.75999
Regular Market Change Percent 2.83652
Regular Market Day High 247.95
Regular Market Day Low 238.7
Regular Market Day Range 238.7 - 247.95
Regular Market Open 239.45
Regular Market Previous Close 238.32
Regular Market Price 245.08
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,001
Regular Market Volume 1,235,938
Return On Assets 0.069
Return On Equity 0.16676001
Revenue Growth 0.046
Revenue Per Share 126.703
Sand P52 Week Change 0.36506534
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 4
Shares Outstanding 94,299,000
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.027999999
Shares Short 2,638,682
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 2,276,492
Short Name J.B. Hunt Transport Services, I
Short Percent Of Float 0.0414
Short Ratio 2.93
Source Interval 15
State AR
Symbol JBHT
Target High Price 260.0
Target Low Price 161.0
Target Mean Price 230.3913
Target Median Price 235.0
Total Cash 4,563,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.048
Total Debt 1,302,838,016
Total Revenue 12,134,195,200
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.77
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.007426989
Trailing Eps 6.43
Trailing P E 38.115086
Trailing Peg Ratio 2.3995
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 178.239
Two Hundred Day Average Change 66.841
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.37500775
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,235,938
Website https://www.jbhunt.com
Zip 72,745-0130