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JB Hunt Transport Services (JB Hunt Transport Services) Current Ratio

: 1.26 (As of Mar. 2024)
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The current ratio is a liquidity ratio that measures a company's ability to pay short-term obligations. It is calculated as a company's Total Current Assets divides by its Total Current Liabilities. JB Hunt Transport Services's current ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.26.

JB Hunt Transport Services has a current ratio of 1.26. It generally indicates good short-term financial strength.

The historical rank and industry rank for JB Hunt Transport Services's Current Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

JBHT' s Current Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.93   Med: 1.4   Max: 1.83
Current: 1.26

During the past 13 years, JB Hunt Transport Services's highest Current Ratio was 1.83. The lowest was 0.93. And the median was 1.40.

JBHT's Current Ratio is ranked worse than
60.53% of 983 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 1.4 vs JBHT: 1.26

JB Hunt Transport Services Current Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for JB Hunt Transport Services's Current Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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JB Hunt Transport Services Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Current Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.43 1.70 1.34 1.41 1.17

JB Hunt Transport Services Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Current Ratio Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.17 1.21 1.11 1.17 1.26

Competitive Comparison

For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, JB Hunt Transport Services's Current Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Current Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


JB Hunt Transport Services Current Ratio Distribution

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, JB Hunt Transport Services's Current Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where JB Hunt Transport Services's Current Ratio falls into.



JB Hunt Transport Services Current Ratio Calculation

The current ratio is mainly used to give an idea of the company's ability to pay back its short-term liabilities with its short-term assets.

JB Hunt Transport Services's Current Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Current Ratio (A: Dec. 2023 )=Total Current Assets (A: Dec. 2023 )/Total Current Liabilities (A: Dec. 2023 )
=2084.912/1779.421
=1.17

JB Hunt Transport Services's Current Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Current Ratio (Q: Mar. 2024 )=Total Current Assets (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Total Current Liabilities (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=1949.56/1543.984
=1.26

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


JB Hunt Transport Services  (NAS:JBHT) Current Ratio Explanation

The current ratio can give a sense of the efficiency of a company's operating cycle or its ability to turn its product into cash. Companies that have trouble getting paid on their receivables or have long inventory turnover can run into liquidity problems because they are unable to alleviate their obligations. Because business operations differ in each industry, it is always more useful to compare companies within the same industry.

Acceptable current ratios vary from industry to industry and are generally between 1 and 3 for healthy businesses.

The higher the current ratio, the more capable the company is of paying its obligations. A ratio under 1 suggests that the company would be unable to pay off its obligations if they came due at that point. While this shows the company is not in good financial health, it does not necessarily mean that it will go bankrupt - as there are many ways to access financing - but it is definitely not a good sign.

If all other things were equal, a creditor, who is expecting to be paid in the next 12 months, would consider a high current ratio to be better than a low current ratio, because a high current ratio means that the company is more likely to meet its liabilities which fall due in the next 12 months.


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

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
615 J.B. Hunt Corporate Drive, P.O. Box 130, Lowell, AR, USA, 72745-0130
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