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$152.02 +3.47 (+2.34%)
Closing price 03/24/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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JBHT vs. ODFL, UHAL, SAIA, KNX, R, LSTR, CAR, WERN, HTZ, and MRTN

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 Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), U-Haul (UHAL), Saia (SAIA), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Ryder System (R), Landstar System (LSTR), Avis Budget Group (CAR), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Hertz Global (HTZ), and Marten Transport (MRTN). These companies are all part of the "trucking" industry.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services vs.

Old Dominion Freight Line (NASDAQ:ODFL) and J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ:JBHT) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services received 182 more outperform votes than Old Dominion Freight Line when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.17% of users gave J.B. Hunt Transport Services an outperform vote while only 53.25% of users gave Old Dominion Freight Line an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Old Dominion Freight LineOutperform Votes
557
53.25%
Underperform Votes
489
46.75%
J.B. Hunt Transport ServicesOutperform Votes
739
59.17%
Underperform Votes
510
40.83%

Old Dominion Freight Line currently has a consensus target price of $202.65, indicating a potential upside of 19.17%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a consensus target price of $186.80, indicating a potential upside of 22.88%. 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 Old Dominion Freight Line.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Old Dominion Freight Line
1 Sell rating(s)
15 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.30
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.65

Old Dominion Freight Line pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Old Dominion Freight Line pays out 19.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays out 31.7% 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 raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years. J.B. Hunt Transport Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Old Dominion Freight Line has a net margin of 20.40% compared to J.B. Hunt Transport Services' net margin of 4.72%. Old Dominion Freight Line's return on equity of 28.02% beat J.B. Hunt Transport Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Old Dominion Freight Line20.40% 28.02% 21.65%
J.B. Hunt Transport Services 4.72%14.05%6.83%

Old Dominion Freight Line has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Old Dominion Freight Line had 12 more articles in the media than J.B. Hunt Transport Services. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Old Dominion Freight Line and 13 mentions for J.B. Hunt Transport Services. Old Dominion Freight Line's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat J.B. Hunt Transport Services' score of 0.87 indicating that Old Dominion Freight Line is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Old Dominion Freight Line
23 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

77.8% of Old Dominion Freight Line shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.9% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.9% of Old Dominion Freight Line 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Old Dominion Freight Line has higher earnings, but lower revenue than J.B. Hunt Transport Services. J.B. Hunt Transport Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Old Dominion Freight Line, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Old Dominion Freight Line$5.81B6.22$1.19B$5.4831.03
J.B. Hunt Transport Services$12.09B1.26$570.89M$5.5627.34

Summary

Old Dominion Freight Line beats J.B. Hunt Transport Services on 12 of the 22 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$15.20B$6.10B$287.41B$8.28B
Dividend Yield1.19%1.28%3.93%4.02%
P/E Ratio27.3426.2513.8519.36
Price / Sales1.261.27225.5593.27
Price / Cash12.7610.0711.6934.64
Price / Book3.822.571.934.51
Net Income$570.89M$207.92M$547.22M$247.14M
7 Day Performance3.32%-0.47%0.65%3.64%
1 Month Performance-5.36%-9.12%-3.70%-2.30%
1 Year Performance-20.82%-24.63%-3.04%4.93%

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
4.6401 of 5 stars
$152.02
+2.3%
$186.80
+22.9%
-22.0%$15.20B$12.09B27.3437,200
ODFL
Old Dominion Freight Line
3.7136 of 5 stars
$166.84
+2.7%
$202.65
+21.5%
-22.9%$35.36B$5.81B30.3623,500Positive News
UHAL
U-Haul
0.4854 of 5 stars
$64.28
+2.2%
N/A-3.8%$12.57B$5.69B29.6934,300
SAIA
Saia
3.3916 of 5 stars
$359.23
+1.6%
$526.39
+46.5%
-34.9%$9.52B$3.21B26.4614,000
KNX
Knight-Swift Transportation
4.4001 of 5 stars
$47.33
+1.7%
$59.41
+25.5%
-14.4%$7.66B$7.41B64.8228,500Positive News
R
Ryder System
3.4342 of 5 stars
$142.57
+1.4%
$157.00
+10.1%
+26.5%$6.00B$12.71B12.8650,700Positive News
LSTR
Landstar System
3.6668 of 5 stars
$150.74
+0.2%
$169.45
+12.4%
-19.1%$5.31B$4.82B27.251,468
CAR
Avis Budget Group
4.0785 of 5 stars
$59.79
-3.5%
$133.75
+123.7%
-46.5%$2.12B$11.62B-1.1624,500
WERN
Werner Enterprises
3.5259 of 5 stars
$30.27
+1.2%
$37.00
+22.2%
-21.2%$1.87B$3.03B54.959,929
HTZ
Hertz Global
1.548 of 5 stars
$3.80
-0.5%
$4.36
+14.7%
-52.9%$1.17B$9.05B-0.4127,000
MRTN
Marten Transport
3.8698 of 5 stars
$13.92
+2.1%
$19.33
+38.9%
-23.2%$1.13B$963.71M40.924,213
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This page (NASDAQ:JBHT) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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