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J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT) Competitors

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$181.58 +1.40 (+0.78%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

JBHT vs. SNDR, ARCB, ODFL, SAIA, UHAL, KNX, R, LSTR, CAR, and WERN

Should you be buying J.B. Hunt Transport Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of J.B. Hunt Transport Services include Schneider National (SNDR), ArcBest (ARCB), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Saia (SAIA), U-Haul (UHAL), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Ryder System (R), Landstar System (LSTR), Avis Budget Group (CAR), and Werner Enterprises (WERN). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services vs.

Schneider National (NYSE:SNDR) and J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ:JBHT) are both transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services has higher revenue and earnings than Schneider National. J.B. Hunt Transport Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schneider National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Schneider National$5.50B0.99$238.50M$0.6250.26
J.B. Hunt Transport Services$12.83B1.43$728.29M$5.5033.01

Schneider National presently has a consensus price target of $28.31, suggesting a potential downside of 9.15%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a consensus price target of $190.11, suggesting a potential upside of 4.70%. Given J.B. Hunt Transport Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe J.B. Hunt Transport Services is more favorable than Schneider National.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Schneider National
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Schneider National pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Schneider National pays out 61.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays out 31.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. J.B. Hunt Transport Services has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years.

Schneider National has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services received 298 more outperform votes than Schneider National when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.65% of users gave Schneider National an outperform vote while only 58.93% of users gave J.B. Hunt Transport Services an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Schneider NationalOutperform Votes
428
64.65%
Underperform Votes
234
35.35%
J.B. Hunt Transport ServicesOutperform Votes
726
58.93%
Underperform Votes
506
41.07%

28.5% of Schneider National shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.0% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.8% of Schneider National shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, J.B. Hunt Transport Services had 4 more articles in the media than Schneider National. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for J.B. Hunt Transport Services and 6 mentions for Schneider National. J.B. Hunt Transport Services' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Schneider National's score of 0.57 indicating that J.B. Hunt Transport Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Schneider National
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a net margin of 4.65% compared to Schneider National's net margin of 2.10%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services' return on equity of 13.92% beat Schneider National's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Schneider National2.10% 3.92% 2.53%
J.B. Hunt Transport Services 4.65%13.92%6.75%

Summary

J.B. Hunt Transport Services beats Schneider National on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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JBHT vs. The Competition

MetricJ.B. Hunt Transport ServicesTrucking, except local IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$18.31B$8.30B$331.28B$8.81B
Dividend Yield0.94%0.92%4.48%4.07%
P/E Ratio33.0143.6217.8217.82
Price / Sales1.431.7255.5774.55
Price / Cash12.8311.189.0732.53
Price / Book4.563.602.214.68
Net Income$728.29M$277.35M$570.30M$226.08M
7 Day Performance-1.59%-4.60%-1.57%-1.04%
1 Month Performance2.25%14.77%-1.14%1.04%
1 Year Performance0.70%7.73%14.02%26.28%

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
4.3494 of 5 stars
$181.58
+0.8%
$190.11
+4.7%
+2.1%$18.17B$12.83B33.018,756Positive News
SNDR
Schneider National
3.6836 of 5 stars
$31.16
+0.9%
$28.31
-9.2%
+37.8%$5.41B$5.50B50.2617,300
ARCB
ArcBest
4.4774 of 5 stars
$106.76
-0.9%
$124.50
+16.6%
-12.1%$2.50B$4.43B13.1815,000
ODFL
Old Dominion Freight Line
3.7288 of 5 stars
$214.33
+1.2%
$200.00
-6.7%
+6.6%$45.22B$5.87B37.4722,902Analyst Revision
SAIA
Saia
2.1245 of 5 stars
$530.00
+2.7%
$506.00
-4.5%
+26.3%$13.72B$2.88B37.8614,000
UHAL
U-Haul
0.5664 of 5 stars
$67.56
-1.0%
N/A+22.0%$13.25B$5.63B29.1234,300
KNX
Knight-Swift Transportation
3.0446 of 5 stars
$56.00
-0.9%
$56.38
+0.7%
+9.7%$9.15B$7.14B243.4934,800
R
Ryder System
3.9364 of 5 stars
$159.92
+0.4%
$140.57
-12.1%
+49.1%$6.74B$11.78B14.9647,500Ex-Dividend
Positive News
LSTR
Landstar System
4.1385 of 5 stars
$179.38
-0.6%
$174.25
-2.9%
+3.5%$6.37B$5.30B30.771,468
CAR
Avis Budget Group
4.7974 of 5 stars
$99.06
-1.0%
$133.13
+34.4%
-47.6%$3.48B$12.01B9.0524,500Analyst Downgrade
WERN
Werner Enterprises
3.2482 of 5 stars
$38.97
-0.7%
$36.57
-6.2%
+1.1%$2.43B$3.28B53.389,929Dividend Announcement

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This page (NASDAQ:JBHT) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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