Why is JBHT down?
Down 17% in 3 months while the S&P 500 was flat.
- Its Oct 15 results:
JBHT's Quality Score rose 1 point on Fri, Oct 30, to 5. Had its narrowest day in a week.
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Down 17% in 3 months while the S&P 500 was flat.
| Long-term trend | −1 |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Oct 15 |
Fri Nov 6: Ex-dividend, $0.45 a shareAt the open. Pays Nov 20.
After its last 4 reports it closed +2.6% on average, higher 2 of 4 times.
JBHT is #4 of 10 by Quality Score.
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Net income over four quarters: JBHT $675M, SAIA $278M, SNDR $112M, ARCB $16.3M.
Reports Fri Jan 15, after the close (in 74 days). Confirmed.
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
Sales of $3.7B; a profit of $1.82 a share.
“The increase in revenue, excluding fuel surcharge revenue, was primarily driven by an 8% increase in Intermodal (JBI) loads, a 27% increase in Integrated Capacity Solutions (ICS) revenue per load, excluding fuel surcharge revenue, and a 29% increase in Truckload (JBT) revenue per load, excluding fuel surcharge revenue, partially offset by a 10% decline in Final Mile Services (FMS) stops.”
JBHT's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
No outlook figures read from this release.
“The increase in operating income was primarily driven by higher revenue, improved productivity across the organization and lower equipment storage and facility rental expenses.”
From its results filing (SEC filing · Oct 15)
Sales grew 4.5% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Pays $1.80 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 sessions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | -3.1% | -2.8% | -2.0% |
| Jul 15, 2026 | +7.1% | +8.0% | +5.8% |
| Apr 15, 2026 | +4.0% | +6.3% | +10.2% |
Sales grew in four of the last seven years, to $12B in 2025. It made a profit in each of the eight years.
5 insiders sold $4.2M across 5 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: JBHT is under 0.1% of VIG, under 0.1% of VOO, and under 0.1% of IVV, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Jul 31, 2026.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services ranks among the top surface transportation companies in North America by revenue. Its primary operating segments are intermodal delivery, which uses the Class I railroads for the underlying line-haul movement of its owned containers (48% of sales), dedicated trucking services that provide customer-specific fleet needs (27%), for-hire truckload (6%), heavy goods final-mile delivery (7%), and asset-light truck brokerage (12%).
“The freight transportation markets in which we operate are frequently referred to as highly fragmented and competitive.”
JBHT scores 5 today, which Breakaway calls Below Average. It is #4 of 10 in Trucking by Quality Score, with 3 of 14 chart checks firing. Down 17% in 3 months while the S&P 500 was flat. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
JBHT scores 5 today, which Breakaway calls Below Average (0 to 5). That is #4 of 10 in Trucking by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind JBHT's 5.
5 insiders sold $4.2M across 5 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest is Brian Webb, EVP- Final Mile Services, who sold $426K on Jun 5. Every filing, with the scored weight, for Pro members.
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