J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc (NASDAQ: JBHT) on Monday, soared 3.26% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $182.40. Within the past 52 weeks, JBHT’s price has moved between $153.12 and $219.51.
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It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Industrials sector saw sales topped by 9.23%. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of -18.59%. With a float of $80.20 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $103.22 million.
The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 34718 workers is very important to gauge. 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 Updates
Observing investor behavior towards Integrated Freight & Logistics industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc is 20.46%, while institutional ownership is 74.47%. 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) 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 9.01% 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
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc (JBHT) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 0.94 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.56. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 43.80.
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 7.17 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc (JBHT)
The latest stats from [J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc, JBHT] show that its last 5-days average volume of 0.87 million was inferior to 0.87 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 37.07%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 5.14.
During the past 100 days, J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc’s (JBHT) raw stochastic average was set at 73.57%, which indicates a significant increase from 45.33% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 33.62% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 29.37% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $177.23, while its 200-day Moving Average is $175.76. Now, the first resistance to watch is $191.40. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $194.44. The third major resistance level sits at $197.79. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $185.01, it is likely to go to the next support level at $181.66. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $178.62.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc (NASDAQ: JBHT) Key Stats
Market capitalization of the company is 19.08 billion based on 100,830K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 12,830 M and income totals 728,290 K. The company made 3,068 M in profit during its latest quarter, and 152,070 K in sales during its previous quarter.
