J.B. Hunt Transport Services

JBHT

Integrated Freight & Logistics · Industrials

Also trades as: 0J71.L

Price

$275.77

+10.39 (+3.92%)

Market Cap

$25.90B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is curious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Data as of Aug 12, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

Share count falling — buybacks

−8.4% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 106.6M (2021) → 97.7M (2025)

J.B. Hunt Transport Services is one of the largest trucking and freight companies in the United States. It moves goods for retailers, manufacturers, and other businesses using a mix of trucks, trailers, and railroad partnerships. The company is especially known for its intermodal business, which loads shipping containers onto trains for long-distance hauls and then trucks for the final delivery.

J.B. Hunt makes money by charging customers per load or mile moved, with revenue spread across four main segments: intermodal, dedicated contract trucking, truckload, and a freight brokerage platform called 360. It operates almost entirely in North America and generates roughly $12 billion in annual revenue. Its deep partnership with BNSF Railway gives it a structural edge in intermodal freight that is hard for smaller rivals to replicate. The biggest risk the company faces is a prolonged freight market downturn, where weak shipping demand and excess trucking capacity squeeze pricing and profit margins.

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+19.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+44.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

21.9%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$4M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

J.B. Hunt Transport Services is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 19%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

10.1%

Thin — 10.1% gross margin

Operating Margin

7.4%

Modest — 7.4% operating margin

ROCE

5.4%

Weak — 5.4% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+5.3%

Slow sales growth (+5.3% YoY)

EPS YoY

+26.8%

Earnings growing fast (+26.8% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency

5/8 quarters

Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

241%

Turns 241% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

8.1%

Modest free cash flow (8.1%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.31

Conservative — low debt load (0.31)

Interest Cover

14.54x

Comfortably covers interest (14.5x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

39.2x

Pricey — P/E 39.2

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward

+15.0

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (39.2 → 24.1)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

0.61%

Small dividend — 0.61% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth

+2.3%

Dividend flat

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