J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc (JBHT) 20 Days SMA touch -0.40%: Odds are Looking very much in favour

Witnessing the stock’s movement on the chart, on Wednesday, J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc (NASDAQ: JBHT) had a quiet start as it plunged -2.88% to $169.25, before settling in for the price of $174.26 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, JBHT posted a 52-week range of $153.12-$214.39.

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The company of the Industrials sector’s yearbook sales growth during the past 5- year span was recorded 6.79%. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 3.11%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 13.62%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $100.56 million, simultaneously with a float of $80.17 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $17.07 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $173.85, while the 200-day Moving Average is $170.87.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc (JBHT) Ownership Facts and Figures

Nothing is more important than checking the behaviour of major investors towards the stock of the Integrated Freight & Logistics industry. J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc’s current insider ownership accounts for 20.49%, in contrast to 75.44% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Feb 14 ’25, this organization’s Director bought 59,447 shares at the rate of 168.21, making the entire transaction reach 9,999,474 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 88,763.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc (JBHT) Earnings and Revenue Records

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 13.62% and is forecasted to reach 8.03 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 19.08% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 3.11% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc (NASDAQ: JBHT) Trading Performance Indicators

Let’s observe the current performance indicators for J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc (JBHT). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 0.94. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 4.31. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $30.44, and its Beta score is 1.15. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 1.41. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 39.18.

In the same vein, JBHT’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 5.56, a figure that is expected to reach 1.18 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 8.03 at the market close of one year from today.

Technical Analysis of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc (JBHT)

Going through the that latest performance of [J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc, JBHT]. Its last 5-days volume of 0.85 million was inferior to the volume of 0.95 million it revealed a year ago. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 71.03% While, its Average True Range was 4.38.

Raw Stochastic average of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc (JBHT) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 18.88%, which indicates a major fall in contrast to 49.96% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 26.30% that was lower than 27.71% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.