J.B. Hunt Transport Services

JBHT

Integrated Freight & Logistics · Industrials

Price

$291.41

-7.00 (-2.35%)

Market Cap

$27.48B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is curious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

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, Inc. provides surface transportation, delivery, and logistic services in North America. 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 104,973 pieces of company-owned trailing equipment; owns and maintains its chassis fleet of 85,649 units; and manages a fleet of 5,612 company-o

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+4.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+26.3% 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

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$5M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Growth context

J.B. Hunt Transport Services is growing revenue at 5% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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

28.3%

Modest — 28.3% gross margin

Operating Margin

6.8%

Modest — 6.8% operating margin

ROCE

4.2%

Weak — 4.2% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+0.6%

Nearly flat sales (0.6% YoY)

EPS YoY

+16.0%

Earnings growing fast (16.0% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

262%

Turns 262% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

8.5%

Modest free cash flow (8.5%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.36

Conservative — low debt load (0.36)

Interest Cover

12.72x

Comfortably covers interest (12.7x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

45.2x

Expensive — P/E 45.2

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

P/E vs Forward

+21.0

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (45.2 → 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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