J.B. Hunt Transport Services is part of the industrials sector and transportation and logistics industry. The company CEO is John N. Roberts. JB Hunt Transport Services Inc, together with its wholly owned subsidiaries provides surface transportation and delivery services to a group of customers and consumers throughout the continental United States, Canada and Mexico.
Previous Intraday Trading Performance:
The JBHT stock showed a previous change of -1.94% with an open at 91.38 and a close of 89.26. It reached an intraday high of 91.57 and a low of 88.71.
Business Wire: J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. Named to Fortune 500 List for Seventh Consecutive Year
Liquidity:
The stock has a market cap of $9.7b with 108.7m shares outstanding, of which the float is 106.1m shares. Trading volume reached 1,463,281 shares compared to its average volume of 1,454,570 shares. Based on the current average volume and close price, the trading liquidity is good.
Historical Trading Performance:
Over the last five trading days, J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares returned -8.43% and in the past 30 trading days it returned -16.09%. Over three months, it changed -16.65%. In one year it has changed -29.12% and within that year its 52-week high was 131.74 and its 52-week low was 88.38. JBHT stock is 1.00% above its 52 Week Low.
Our calculations show a 200 day moving average of 106.45 and a 50 day moving average of 98.36. Currently JBHT stock is trading -16.15% below its 200 day moving average and may not be a good opportunity to buy as it may continue to trend down.
Business Wire: J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. Named to Fortune 500 List for Seventh Consecutive Year
Earnings:
The last annual fiscal EPS for the company was reported at 4.43 that ended on 31st of December 2018, which according to the previous close, that is a PE of 20.15. Based on 8 analyst estimates, the consensus EPS for the next quarter is 1.29. The TTM EPS is 5.68, which comes to a TTM PE of 15.71. Historically, the PE high was 30.70 and the PE low was 14.30. If the stock reached its PE low, that would represent a price of 81.25, which is a decrease of -8.98%.
Below was the last reported quarterly diluted earnings per share:
| 1st | Qtr of 2019 | 1.09 |
|---|---|---|
| 4th | Qtr of 2018 | 0.80 |
| 3rd | Qtr of 2018 | 1.19 |
| 2nd | Qtr of 2018 | 1.37 |
| 1st | Qtr of 2018 | 1.07 |
The dividend per share is currently 1.04, which is a dividend yield of 1.17%. Also, the payout ratio is 18.31%, therefore the dividend is safe according to our calculations.
Base on our calculations, the intrinsic value per share is 87.43, which means it may be overvalued by -2.09%.
Indicators to Watch:
The current calculated beta is 1.08.
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Fundamental Indicators:
Based on last reported financials, the company’s return on equity is 23.68%, return on assets is 10.07%, profit margin is 5.61%, price-to-sales is 1.13 and price-to-book is 4.40.
Company Scores:
All scores are out of six:
0 :Valuation Score
3 :Past Performance Score
4 :Financial Strength Score
3 :Future Growth Score
4 :Dividend Score
2 :Overall Score
