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JB Hunt (JBHT) Reports Q3 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say
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For the quarter ended September 2025, JB Hunt (JBHT - Free Report) reported revenue of $3.05 billion, down 0.5% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $1.76, compared to $1.49 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.02 billion, representing a surprise of +1.02%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +19.73%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $1.47.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how JB Hunt performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
Final Mile Services - Average trucks during the period: 1,296 versus 1,317 estimated by three analysts on average.
Intermodal - Revenue per load: $2,816.00 versus the three-analyst average estimate of $2,788.87.
Integrated Capacity Solutions - Revenue per load: $2,042.00 versus $1,941.63 estimated by three analysts on average.
Integrated Capacity Solutions - Loads: 135,309 versus the three-analyst average estimate of 139,186.
Revenue- Truckload: $189.74 million versus $174.68 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +9.5% change.
Revenue- Dedicated: $864.11 million versus $858.25 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +2.2% change.
Revenue- Final Mile Services: $206.48 million versus $207.83 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -5.4% change.
Revenue- Integrated Capacity Solutions: $276.34 million compared to the $270.83 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of -0.7% year over year.
Revenue- Intermodal: $1.52 billion versus the four-analyst average estimate of $1.51 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -2.3%.
Revenue- Fuel surcharge revenues: $385.62 million versus $375.49 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -1% change.
Revenue- Operating revenues, excluding fuel surcharge revenues: $2.67 billion versus the three-analyst average estimate of $2.64 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -0.4%.
Revenue- Intersegment eliminations: $-4.16 million versus $-4.89 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -3% change.
Shares of JB Hunt have returned +1.1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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JB Hunt (JBHT) Reports Q3 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say
For the quarter ended September 2025, JB Hunt (JBHT - Free Report) reported revenue of $3.05 billion, down 0.5% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $1.76, compared to $1.49 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.02 billion, representing a surprise of +1.02%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +19.73%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $1.47.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how JB Hunt performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:View all Key Company Metrics for JB Hunt here>>>
Shares of JB Hunt have returned +1.1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.