J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (JBHT) earnings on July 15, 2026
More J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. earnings
Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Accurate
JB Hunt Transport Services surged nearly 9% after strong earnings, with analysts raising price targets.
JBHT price around the earnings
298.41
Change: +8.0%
2026-07-16, 20:00 UTC
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Prior thesis
Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Accurate
- Thesis published
Strong outlook, the scenario is optimistic
Analysts are optimistic because the company has beaten earnings expectations every time for the last four quarters, and recent price target increases from major firms cite confidence in future performance.
Context analyzed before publication
- Summary
- Strong outlook, the scenario is optimistic
- Playbook
- The stock has risen over the past month, but retail investors are unusually pessimistic, which historically can lead to positive surprises.
- Trend
- Expert confidence rising sharply
Analysts
Drivers
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Analysts
Positive
Most analysts rate the stock a buy, and recent price target increases from Truist and Susquehanna show institutional confidence.
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Buy
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 2.04
- Analysts covering the stock
- 22
- Average price target
- 281
- Lowest price target
- 171
- Highest price target
- 360
- Upside to price target
- 2.8%
- Quarterly earnings growth
- 20.2%
- Revenue growth
- 4.6%
- Forward EPS
- 9.6
- Trailing EPS
- 6.43
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 10
- Strong buy: 2
- Buy: 12
- Hold: 7
- Sell: 2
- Strong sell: 0
- Strong buy
- 2
- Buy
- 12
- Hold
- 7
- Sell
- 2
- Strong sell
- 0
- July 15, 2026 · Truist Securities: Maintains rating (Hold → Hold)
- July 14, 2026 · Susquehanna: Maintains rating (Positive → Positive)
- July 13, 2026 · UBS: Maintains rating (Neutral → Neutral)
- July 13, 2026 · Raymond James: Maintains rating (Outperform → Outperform)
- July 13, 2026 · Stifel: Maintains rating (Hold → Hold)
- July 10, 2026 · JP Morgan: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
- July 10, 2026 · Bernstein: Upgrades rating (Market Perform → Outperform)
- July 9, 2026 · Goldman Sachs: Maintains rating (Neutral → Neutral)
- July 9, 2026 · Citigroup: Maintains rating (Neutral → Neutral)
- July 6, 2026 · Morgan Stanley: Downgrades rating (Equal-Weight → Underweight)
News and sentiment
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Cautious
- Mention volume
- Low
- Normalized volume
- 33%
News
Sources (8)
- Truist Securities Maintains Hold on JB Hunt Transport Servs, Raises Price Target to $280 — Benzinga
- Susquehanna Maintains Positive on JB Hunt Transport Servs, Raises Price Target to $326 — Benzinga
- UBS Maintains Neutral on JB Hunt Transport Servs, Raises Price Target to $286 — Benzinga
- Raymond James Maintains Outperform on JB Hunt Transport Servs, Raises Price Target to $299 — Benzinga
- Stifel Maintains Hold on JB Hunt Transport Servs, Raises Price Target to $261 — Benzinga
- JP Morgan Maintains Overweight on JB Hunt Transport Servs, Raises Price Target to $280 — Benzinga
- This Twilio Analyst Turns Bullish; Here Are Top 5 Upgrades For Friday — Benzinga
- Bernstein Upgrades JB Hunt Transport Servs to Outperform, Raises Price Target to $329 — Benzinga
Technicals
Drivers
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Technical
Neutral
The stock has risen 4.3% in the last two weeks, but the current price is well below recent support and resistance levels, indicating a range-bound pattern.
Evidence
- Average true range (ATR)
- 2.7%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -5.8%
- 14-day change (14d)
- +4.3%
- 30-day change (30d)
- +1.6%
- 30-day relative strength
- +1.6%
- Benchmark change (0d)
- +0.0%
- Nearest support
- 280.46
- Nearest resistance
- 284.15
- Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
- 1.08
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +7.3%
- April 15, 2026: actual EPS 1.49 vs estimate 1.45 (surprise +3.1%)
- January 15, 2026: actual EPS 1.9 vs estimate 1.81 (surprise +4.8%)
- October 15, 2025: actual EPS 1.76 vs estimate 1.46 (surprise +20.7%)
- July 15, 2025: actual EPS 1.31 vs estimate 1.3 (surprise +0.5%)
Expected move
Drivers
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Past earnings
Positive
The company has beaten earnings expectations every quarter for the past year, with an average surprise of 7.3%.
There is no implied-move data available for this event.
Reactions over its last 19 earnings
- Median move
- 3.9%
- 75th percentile move
- 7.5%
- 90th percentile move
- 8.7%
- Up / down moves
- 11 / 8
- Average up move
- +4.8%
- Average down move
- -5.2%
Monitoring and close
What J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. reported
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Pre-market second reading after the results
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How the stock reacted
- Outcome
- Accurate
- Consolidated
- +8.0%
- Max favorable move (MFE)
- 9.7%
- Max adverse move (MAE)
- 1.5%