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JB Hunt Transport Services JBHT Return on invested capital

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$3.1B+4.6%
Operating income$207.0M+15.9%
Net income$141.6M+20.2%
EPS (diluted)$1.49+27.4%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$4.6M-89.5%
Total debt$1.3B-17.5%
Total equity$3.6B-7.0%
Total assets$7.9B-3.9%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$353.0M-12.7%
CapEx$110.3M-55.1%
Free cash flow$242.8M+53.3%

Valuation

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Market cap$25.2B+35.5%
Enterprise value$26.5B+30.7%
P/E40.5×+7.4×
P/S2.1×+0.5×

Profitability

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Operating margin7.4%+0.6pp
Net margin5.1%+0.5pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity16.7%+2.7pp
Debt / equity0.4×0.0×
Current ratio1.3×+0.4×

Where this comes from

Calculated from JB Hunt Transport Services’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: JB Hunt Transport Services’s 10-Q, filed April 24, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is JB Hunt Transport Services's return on invested capital?
JB Hunt Transport Services (JBHT) reported return on invested capital of 13.1% in Q1 2026.
How has JB Hunt Transport Services's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
JB Hunt Transport Services's return on invested capital increased by 15.4% year-over-year, from 11.4% to 13.1%.
What is the long-term trend for JB Hunt Transport Services's return on invested capital?
Over 2 years (2023 to 2025), JB Hunt Transport Services's return on invested capital has grown at a -18.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 70.2% to 46.4%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.