J.B. Hunt Transport Services, I (JBHT) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $1.82
- Estimate
- $1.81
- Surprise
- +0.6%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 6.1 → 6.1/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, I (JBHT) beat the $1.81 estimate with adjusted EPS of $1.82 — a modest 0.6% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (6.1/10) to Sell at 6.1/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates JBHT Sell at 6.1/10.
3 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +0.6% surprise compares with a +4.4% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (3/4)
- Strong growth profile
What argues against it
- Thin upside margin: 6.5%
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.0)
- Sector modifier (Industrials): -0.7
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $235.31
- Price target
- $250.53
- Stop
- $224.03
- Upside to target
- +6.5%
- Reward-to-risk
- 1.1:1
The stock trades at 33.5× trailing but 23.8× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-16 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
JBHT at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Integrated Freight & Logistics
- Market cap
- $22.10B
- P/E (fwd)
- 23.8
- P/E (ttm)
- 33.5
- 52-week range
- $157.82–$299.76
- Off 52-week high
- 21.5%
- RSI (14)
- 61
- Volume vs avg
- 1.31×
- Score today
- 6.1/10