J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc (NASDAQ: JBHT) is -12.44% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $151.60 and a high of $202.78 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The JBHT stock was last observed hovering at around $154.45 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -5.02%.
Currently trading at $149.43, the stock is -7.72% and -11.39% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.12 million and changing -3.25% at the moment leaves the stock -12.31% off its SMA200. JBHT registered -25.49% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -12.38%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $168.63 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $170.41165.
The stock witnessed a -10.79% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -18.07%, and is -7.91% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.34% over the week and 2.91% over the month.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc (JBHT) has around 33646 employees, a market worth around $14.94B and $12.09B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 26.88 and Fwd P/E is 18.65. Profit margin for the company is 4.72%. Distance from 52-week low is -1.43% and -26.31% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (10.97%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 13.25% this year
917.0 institutions hold shares in J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc (JBHT), with institutional investors hold 96.39% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 100.56M, and float is at 79.47M with Short Float at 3.94%. Institutions hold 76.61% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 9.99 million shares valued at $1.6 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 9.6791 of the JBHT Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 6.39 million shares valued at $1.02 billion to account for 6.185 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. which holds 5.32 million shares representing 5.1544 and valued at over $850.65 million, while JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC holds 3.2499 of the shares totaling 3.35 million with a market value of $536.35 million.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc (JBHT) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Field Darren P., the company’s EVP and President Intermodal. SEC filings show that Field Darren P. sold 1,200 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 07 ’25 at a price of $161.67 per share for a total of $0.19 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 17822.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 14 ’25, ROBO JAMES L (Director) acquired 59,447 shares at an average price of $168.21 for $10.0 million. The insider now directly holds 88,763 shares of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc (JBHT).
