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Company snapshot — JB Hunt Transport Services Inc

JBHT in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
JB Hunt operates trucking and logistics services in the United States through five segments: intermodal freight, dedicated contract fleets, freight brokerage, final-mile delivery, and dry-van truckload transport. It owns fleets of trailers, chassis, tractors and drivers, and adds capacity through contractor and customer-owned equipment. It also runs an online marketplace that matches shippers with available truck capacity. The company is based in Lowell, Arkansas, and first listed in 1990.
Where it sits in the stack
JB Hunt carries no seat in Rubin, our index that tracks the AI build-out, because it sits in the Industrials sector as an integrated freight and logistics operator rather than a chip, data-centre or software supplier. It belongs to the diary's freight and transportation sleeve, where it is followed for economic demand signals rather than as part of the AI stack.
Who it is priced against
Closelook has not yet built a peer group for JB Hunt. The comparison the market most often draws is with Knight-Swift Transportation, another large intermodal and truckload carrier.
Why Closelook tracks it
JB Hunt sits in the S&P 500, one of Closelook's broad index seats, but holds no place in Rubin and carries no Closelook score yet. It has not appeared in the diary's quotes or editions so far.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether intermodal and dedicated freight volumes recover, given the stock's recent slide well below both its moving averages and its yearly high.

JB Hunt Transport Services Inc (JBHT) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for JBHT, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 9 analyst actions on the wire · latest: initiation by Susquehanna, 2026-09-17

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for JBHT from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Initiation Susquehanna — at Positive Initiated to Positive from Positive 2026-09-17
  • Initiation Morgan Stanley — at Overweight Initiated to Overweight from Underweight 2026-09-17
  • Initiation RBC Capital — at Outperform Initiated to Outperform 2026-09-17

9 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 upgrade, 2 downgrades, 3 initiations, 3 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Integrated Freight & Logistics · United States · 5 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Integrated Freight & Logistics · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against JBHT on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.76%, quarterly · last 0.45 USD on 2026-08-07

Dividends and capital return

What JBHT pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.79 USD per share · a 0.76% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +2.3% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.75 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.45 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-07
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.42 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.72 USD · 2025: 1.76 USD · 2026: 1.35 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-09

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is JB Hunt Transport Services Inc (JBHT)?

JB Hunt Transport Services Inc trades as JBHT on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is JBHT in a Closelook index?

Not currently — JB Hunt Transport Services Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does JBHT trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -13.9% vs the 50-day and -2.9% vs the 200-day average, 21.9% below the 52-week high and +81.2% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does JB Hunt Transport Services Inc do?

JB Hunt operates trucking and logistics services in the United States through five segments: intermodal freight, dedicated contract fleets, freight brokerage, final-mile delivery, and dry-van truckload transport. It owns fleets of trailers, chassis, tractors and drivers, and adds capacity through contractor and customer-owned equipment. It also runs an online marketplace that matches shippers with available truck capacity. Closelook has not yet built a peer group for JB Hunt. The comparison the market most often draws is with Knight-Swift Transportation, another large intermodal and truckload carrier.

Where does JB Hunt Transport Services Inc sit in the AI build-out?

JB Hunt carries no seat in Rubin, our index that tracks the AI build-out, because it sits in the Industrials sector as an integrated freight and logistics operator rather than a chip, data-centre or software supplier. It belongs to the diary's freight and transportation sleeve, where it is followed for economic demand signals rather than as part of the AI stack. JB Hunt sits in the S&P 500, one of Closelook's broad index seats, but holds no place in Rubin and carries no Closelook score yet. It has not appeared in the diary's quotes or editions so far.

Does JB Hunt Transport Services Inc pay a dividend?

JB Hunt Transport Services Inc has paid 1.79 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.76% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.45 USD on 2026-08-07. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on JB Hunt Transport Services Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on JB Hunt Transport Services Inc on the Closelook wire is a initiation by Susquehanna on 2026-09-17 (at Positive). 9 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 upgrade, 2 downgrades, 3 initiations, 3 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for JBHT, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Integrated Freight & Logistics, then Industrials. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.