JB Hunt Transport Services (JB Hunt Transport Services) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities

: $53 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)

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JB Hunt Transport Services's quarterly cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Jun. 2023 ($295.93 Mil) to Sep. 2023 ($75.20 Mil) but then stayed the same from Sep. 2023 ($75.20 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($53.34 Mil).

JB Hunt Transport Services's annual cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Dec. 2021 ($355.55 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($51.93 Mil) but then increased from Dec. 2022 ($51.93 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($53.34 Mil).

JB Hunt Transport Services Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data

The historical data trend for JB Hunt Transport Services's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities can be seen below:

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JB Hunt Transport Services Annual Data

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Dec23

Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities

35.00

313.30

355.55

51.93

53.34

JB Hunt Transport Services Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities																51.93	52.60	295.93	75.20	53.34

JB Hunt Transport Services Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Calculation

Cash and cash equivalents are the most liquid assets on the balance sheet. Cash equivalents are assets that are readily convertible into cash, such as money market holdings, short-term government bonds or Treasury bills, marketable securities and commercial paper.

Marketable Securities are very liquid securities that can be converted into cash quickly at a reasonable price.

JB Hunt Transport Services (NAS:JBHT) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Explanation

Marketable securities are very liquid as they tend to have maturities of less than one year. Furthermore, the rate at which these securities can be bought or sold has little effect on their prices.

A high number means either:

1) The company has competitive advantage generating lots of cash

2) Just sold a business or bonds (not necessarily good)

A low stockpile of cash usually means poor to mediocre economics.

There are 3 ways to create large cash reserve.

1) Sell new bonds or equity to public

2) Sell business or asset

3) It has an ongoing business generating more cash than it burns (usually means durable competitive advantage)

When a company is suffering a short term problem, Buffett looks at cash or marketable securities to see whether it has the financial strength to ride it out.

Important: Lots of cash and marketable securities + little debt = good chance that the business will sail on through tough times.

Test to see what is creating cash by looking at past 7 yrs of balance sheets. This will reveal how the cash was created.

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JB Hunt Transport Services (JB Hunt Transport Services) Business Description

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Address

615 J.B. Hunt Corporate Drive, P.O. Box 130, Lowell, AR, USA, 72745-0130

Website

https://www.jbhunt.com

J.B. Hunt Transport Services ranks among the top surface transportation companies in North America by revenue. Its primary operating segments are intermodal delivery, which uses the Class I rail carriers for the underlying line-haul movement of its owned containers (48% of sales in 2023); dedicated trucking services that provide customer-specific fleet needs (28%); for-hire truckload (6%); heavy goods final-mile delivery (7%), and asset-light truck brokerage (11%).

Executives

James K Thompson	director, officer: President and Chief Executive	615 J.B. HUNT CORPORATE DRIVE, LOWELL AR 72745
Shelley Simpson	other: President, ICS	615 JB HUNT CORPORATE DRIVE, LOWELL AR 72745
Spencer Frazier	officer: EVP of Sales and Marketing	615 J.B. HUNT CORPORATE DRIVE, LOWELL AR 72745
Eric Mcgee	officer: EVP Highway Services	615 J.B. HUNT CORPORATE DRIVE, LOWELL AR 72745
Darren P. Field	officer: EVP Intermodal	615 J.B. HUNT CORPORATE DRIVE, LOWELL AR 72745
David Keefauver	officer: EVP of DCS	615 J.B. HUNT CORPORATE DRIVE, LOWELL AR 72745
Bradley W. Hicks	officer: EVP Dedicated	615 J.B. HUNT CORPORATE DRIVE, LOWELL AR 72745
Nicholas Hobbs	officer: EVP/President DCS	PO BOX 130, 615 J.B. HUNT CORPORATE DRIVE, LOWELL AR 72745
Stuart Lockard Scott	other: EVP/CIO	615 J.B. HUNT CORPORATE DRIVE, LOWELL AR 72745
John Kuhlow	other: VP/Controller	615 JB HUNT CORPORATE DRIVE, LOWELL AR 72745
Persio V Lisboa	director	C/O NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, 2701 NAVISTAR DRIVE, LISLE IL 60532
Alfred C Harper	other: EVP and Chief Operations Offic	615 J.B. HUNT CORPORATE DRIVE, LOWELL AR 72745
Sharilyn S Gasaway	director	ONE ALLIED DRIVE, LITTLE ROCK AR 72202
Brian Webb	officer: EVP- Final Mile Services	615 J.B. HUNT CORPORATE DRIVE, LOWELL AR 72745
Jennifer Boattini	officer: See Remarks	615 J.B. HUNT CORPORATE DRIVE, LOWELL AR 72745