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JB Hunt Transport Services (JB Hunt Transport Services) Financial Strength

: 7 (As of Mar. 2024)
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JB Hunt Transport Services has the Financial Strength Rank of 7.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

JB Hunt Transport Services's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 12.42. JB Hunt Transport Services's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.12. As of today, JB Hunt Transport Services's Altman Z-Score is 4.34.


Competitive Comparison

For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, JB Hunt Transport Services's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength 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 Financial Strength Distribution

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

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



JB Hunt Transport Services Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

JB Hunt Transport Services's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-16 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $194 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $1,367 Mil.

JB Hunt Transport Services's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*194.369/-15.649
=12.42

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

JB Hunt Transport Services's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(0 + 1366.506) / 11776.004
=0.12

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

JB Hunt Transport Services has a Z-score of 4.34, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 4.34 is strong.

* 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) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

JB Hunt Transport Services has the Financial Strength Rank of 7.


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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
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