On Tuesday, J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT) was 0.31% up from the session before settling in for the closing price of $178.88. A 52-week range for JBHT has been $153.12 – $219.51.
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Annual sales at Industrials sector company grew by 9.23% over the past five years. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at -18.59%. With a float of $80.44 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $103.22 million.
Let’s look at the performance matrix of the company that is accounted for 34718 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 10.22%, operating margin of 6.82%, and the pretax margin is 6.16%.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (JBHT) Insider Updates
Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. stocks. The insider ownership of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. is 20.22%, while institutional ownership is 76.11%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Oct 18 ’24, was worth 30,732. Before that another transaction happened on Oct 18 ’24, when Company’s EVP Highway Services sold 175 for $175.61, making the entire transaction worth $30,732. This insider now owns 945 shares in total.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (JBHT) Performance Highlights and Predictions
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -18.59% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 8.63% during the next five years compared to 9.50% growth over the previous five years of trading.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT) Trading Performance Indicators
You can see what J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (JBHT) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.94. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.48. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 41.53.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 5.51, a number that is poised to hit 1.64 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 7.16 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (JBHT)
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT) saw its 5-day average volume 0.76 million, a negative change from its year-to-date volume of 0.86 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 47.47%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 4.45.
During the past 100 days, J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.’s (JBHT) raw stochastic average was set at 75.43%, which indicates a significant increase from 64.43% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 28.65% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 27.04% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $171.97, while its 200-day Moving Average is $177.57. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $181.06 in the near term. At $182.69, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $184.63. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $177.49, it is likely to go to the next support level at $175.55. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $173.92.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT) Key Stats
There are 101,987K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 18.09 billion. As of now, sales total 12,830 M while income totals 728,290 K. Its latest quarter income was 3,068 M while its last quarter net income were 152,070 K.
