Forensic Analysis · Trucking & Courier · as of Nov 9, 2026

Hunt J B Transport Services Inc (JBHT)

A forensic read on Hunt J B Transport Services Inc built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

B · Sound & dependable

Forensic grade

Safe

Financial health

4.5

Distress distance

Clean

Earnings quality

Forensic signals

15.8%

ROE

-0.7%

Revenue growth

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Hunt J B Transport Services Inc earns a B (Sound & dependable) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads 4.5, placing it in the Safe zone. 2 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.

What the filings flag

9.5%

FY2025

Return on invested capital. Return on invested capital is 9.5% in the latest fiscal year, against 10.6% in FY2023, having run between 8.7% and 10.6% across FY2023–FY2025 with no direction held. After-tax operating profit was $774M in FY2023 and $652M in FY2025, with operating income at 7.7% of revenue in FY2023, 6.9% in FY2024 and 7.2% in FY2025. The capital base behind it went from $7.3B in FY2023 to $6.9B in FY2025 (-6%), while the revenue it carried went from $12.8B to $12.0B.

115% of FCF

FY2025

Shareholder returns. Returned $1.1B to shareholders (buybacks + dividends) in FY2025 — 115% of free cash flow, but 65% of operating cash flow. Returns run ahead of free cash flow, with the gap funded by debt or cash reserves rather than the cash the business itself throws off; the payout itself is still covered by operating cash. Counting the $72M of stock-based comp paid out in shares on top of that, the combined claim on free cash flow is 123%.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$12.00B

Revenue Growth YoY-0.7%

Revenue CAGR (2yr)-3.3%

Net Margin5.0%

Free Cash Flow$947.6M

Return on Equity15.8%

Debt / Equity0.41x

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