J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc (NASDAQ: JBHT) kicked off on Tuesday, down -2.36% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $197.19. Over the past 52 weeks, JBHT has traded in a range of $153.12-$219.51.
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Annual sales at Industrials sector company grew by 9.23% over the past five years. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded -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 11.9%, operating margin of 6.82%, and the pretax margin is 6.16%.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc (JBHT) Insider and Institutional Ownership
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Integrated Freight & Logistics Industry. The insider ownership of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc is 20.23%, while institutional ownership is 76.89%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 07 ’24, was worth 306,449. In this transaction SR VP, Treasurer of this company sold 1,614 shares at a rate of $189.87, taking the stock ownership to the 8,235 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 07 ’24, when Company’s EVP- Final Mile Services sold 530 for $192.83, making the entire transaction worth $102,200. This insider now owns 15,733 shares in total.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc (JBHT) Latest Financial update
In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 9/30/2024, the organization reported 1.47 earnings per share (EPS), lower than consensus estimate (set at 1.75) by -0.28. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.46 per share during the current fiscal year.
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
Take a look at J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc’s (JBHT) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 0.94. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.59. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 44.57.
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 1.24 million, a positive change from its year-to-date volume of 0.87 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 74.91%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 5.24.
During the past 100 days, J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc’s (JBHT) raw stochastic average was set at 82.76%, which indicates a significant increase from 71.59% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 27.13% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 28.45% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $174.68, while its 200-day Moving Average is $176.87. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $196.37 in the near term. At $200.19, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $202.16. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $190.58, it is likely to go to the next support level at $188.61. The third support level lies at $184.79 if the price breaches the second support level.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc (NASDAQ: JBHT) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 19.41 billion has total of 100,830K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 12,830 M in contrast with the sum of 728,290 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 3,068 M and last quarter income was 152,070 K.
