Chairman of the Board of J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. (JBHT) James K Thompson sells 27,321 shares of JBHT on 07/19/2011 at an average price of $48.01 a share.

J.b. Hunt Transport Services Inc. has a market cap of $5.67 billion; its shares were traded at around $47.16 with a P/E ratio of 26.2 and P/S ratio of 1.5. The dividend yield of J.b. Hunt Transport Services Inc. stocks is 1.1%. J.b. Hunt Transport Services Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 13.2% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated J.b. Hunt Transport Services Inc. the business predictability rank of 3-star.

CFO Recent Trades:

• EVP/CFO David G Mee sold 13,966 shares of JBHT stock on 06/02/2011 at the average price of 44.62. David G Mee owns at least 6,181 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 5.69% since.

This is the insider trade history vs. stock price of JBHT. For the complete insider trading history of JBHT, click here.

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

• President, ICS Shelley Simpson sold 40,000 shares of JBHT stock on 06/09/2011 at the average price of 43.08. Shelley Simpson owns at least 49,077 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 9.47% since.
• Chairman of the Board James K Thompson sold 67,776 shares of JBHT stock on 06/01/2011 at the average price of 44.98. James K Thompson owns at least 14,020 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 4.85% since.
• EVP and Chief Operations Offic Alfred C Harper sold 32,200 shares of JBHT stock on 06/01/2011 at the average price of 45.11. Alfred C Harper owns at least 13,843 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 4.54% since.
• EVP, Chief Information Officer Kay J Palmer sold 1,000 shares of JBHT stock on 05/05/2011 at the average price of 47.54. Kay J Palmer owns at least 12,922 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 0.8% since.
• Sr VP, Controller/Chief Accoun Donald G Cope sold 34,000 shares of JBHT stock on 04/27/2011 at the average price of 47.87. Donald G Cope owns at least 86 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 1.48% since.

For the complete insider trading history of JBHT, click here.

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