JB Hunt Ownership

JBHT Stock  USD 147.50  0.45  0.31%   
JB Hunt Transport secures a total of 100.01 Million outstanding shares. The majority of JB Hunt Transport outstanding shares are owned by institutions. These other corporate entities are usually referred to as non-private investors looking to purchase positions in JB Hunt Transport to benefit from reduced commissions. Hence, outside corporations are subject to a different set of regulations than regular investors in JB Hunt Transport. Please pay attention to any change in the institutional holdings of JB Hunt as this could imply that something significant has changed or is about to change at the company. Please note that no matter how many assets the company retains, if the real value of the entity is less than the current market value, you may not be able to make money on it.
 
Shares in Circulation  
First Issued
1985-09-30
Previous Quarter
102.1 M
Current Value
102.8 M
Avarage Shares Outstanding
133.3 M
Quarterly Volatility
18.5 M
 
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Dividends Paid is likely to gain to about 184.3 M in 2025. Dividend Yield is likely to gain to 0.01 in 2025. Common Stock Shares Outstanding is likely to gain to about 106.9 M in 2025. Net Income Applicable To Common Shares is likely to gain to about 1.2 B in 2025.
  
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JBHT Stock Ownership Analysis

About 19.0% of the company shares are held by company insiders. The book value of JB Hunt was currently reported as 39.92. The company has Price/Earnings To Growth (PEG) ratio of 2.6. JB Hunt Transport recorded earning per share (EPS) of 5.56. The entity last dividend was issued on the 7th of February 2025. The firm had 2:1 split on the 24th of May 2005. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. provides surface transportation, delivery, and logistic services in North America. The company was incorporated in 1961 and is headquartered in Lowell, Arkansas. J B operates under Integrated Freight Logistics classification in the United States and is traded on NASDAQ Exchange. It employs 33045 people. To learn more about JB Hunt Transport call the company at 479 820 0000 or check out https://www.jbhunt.com.
Besides selling stocks to institutional investors, JB Hunt also allocates a substantial amount of its earnings to a pull of share-based compensation to be paid out to its employees, managers, executives, and members of the board of directors. Share-Based compensation (also sometimes called Stock-Based Compensation) is a way of paying different JB Hunt's stakeholders with equity in the business. It is typically used as a motivation factor for employees to contribute beyond their regular compensation (salary and bonus). It is also used as a tool to align JB Hunt's strategic interests with those of the company's shareholders. Shares issued to employees are usually subject to a vesting period before they are earned and sold.

JB Hunt Quarterly Liabilities And Stockholders Equity

8.31 Billion

JB Hunt Insider Trades History

About 19.0% of JB Hunt Transport are currently held by insiders. Unlike JB Hunt's institutional investors, corporate insiders most likely have a limit on the maximum percentage of share ownership. This is done to align insiders' influence against JB Hunt's private investors even though both sides will benefit from rising prices or experience loss when the share price declines. The good rule to have in mind is that the maximum share ownership percentage of the corporate insiders should not surpass 25%. View all of JB Hunt's insider trades
 
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JBHT Stock Institutional Investors

Have you ever been surprised when a price of an equity instrument such as JB Hunt is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading JB Hunt Transport backward and forwards among themselves. JB Hunt's institutional investor refers to the entity that pools money to purchase JB Hunt's securities or originate loans. Institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds. Operating companies that invest excess capital in these types of assets may also be included in the term and may influence corporate governance by exercising voting rights in their investments.
Shares
Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss Llc2024-12-31
1.6 M
Massachusetts Financial Services Company2024-12-31
1.4 M
Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc.2024-12-31
1.3 M
Wellington Management Company Llp2024-12-31
1.3 M
Franklin Resources Inc2024-12-31
1.2 M
Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc.2024-12-31
1.2 M
Thrivent Financial For Lutherans2024-12-31
956.5 K
Marshall Wace Asset Management Ltd2024-12-31
870.9 K
Norges Bank2024-12-31
859.1 K
Vanguard Group Inc2024-12-31
9.9 M
Blackrock Inc2024-12-31
6.5 M
Note, although JB Hunt's institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

JB Hunt Transport Insider Trading Activities

Some recent studies suggest that insider trading raises the cost of capital for securities issuers and decreases overall economic growth. Trading by specific JB Hunt insiders, such as employees or executives, is commonly permitted as long as it does not rely on JB Hunt's material information that is not in the public domain. Local jurisdictions usually require such trading to be reported in order to monitor insider transactions. In many U.S. states, trading conducted by corporate officers, key employees, directors, or significant shareholders must be reported to the regulator or publicly disclosed, usually within a few business days of the trade. In these cases JB Hunt insiders are required to file a Form 4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) when buying or selling shares of their own companies.

JB Hunt Outstanding Bonds

JB Hunt issues bonds to finance its operations. Corporate bonds make up one of the largest components of the U.S. bond market, which is considered the world's largest securities market. JB Hunt Transport uses the proceeds from bond sales for a wide variety of purposes, including financing ongoing mergers and acquisitions, buying new equipment, investing in research and development, buying back their own stock, paying dividends to shareholders, and even refinancing existing debt. Most JBHT bonds can be classified according to their maturity, which is the date when JB Hunt Transport has to pay back the principal to investors. Maturities can be short-term, medium-term, or long-term (more than ten years). Longer-term bonds usually offer higher interest rates but may entail additional risks.

JB Hunt Corporate Filings

14th of March 2025
Other Reports
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8K
13th of March 2025
Report filed with the SEC to announce major events that shareholders should know about
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12th of March 2025
Prospectus used primarily for registering securities for public sale.
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11th of March 2025
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