JB Hunt (JBHT) reported $2.93 billion in revenue for the quarter ended June 2025, representing no change year over year. EPS of $1.31 for the same period compares to $1.32 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.94 billion, representing a surprise of -0.54%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of -2.24%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $1.34.
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.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
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:
- Dedicated - Average trucks during the period: 12,689 versus the three-analyst average estimate of 12,624.
- Integrated Capacity Solutions - Revenue per load: $1,967.00 compared to the $1,949.26 average estimate based on three analysts.
- Intermodal - Revenue per load: $2,738.00 versus the three-analyst average estimate of $2,797.39.
- Intermodal - Trailing equipment (end of period): 125,265 versus 125,792 estimated by three analysts on average.
- Revenue- Truckload: $176.97 million versus $163.94 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +5.3% change.
- Revenue- Dedicated: $846.76 million compared to the $849.27 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of -0.5% year over year.
- Revenue- Final Mile Services: $210.63 million versus $219.08 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -10.5% change.
- Revenue- Integrated Capacity Solutions: $260.24 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $272.18 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -3.8%.
- Revenue- Intermodal: $1.44 billion compared to the $1.45 billion average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +2.2% year over year.
- Revenue- Fuel surcharge revenues: $351.86 million versus $357.33 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -8.3% change.
- Revenue- Operating revenues, excluding fuel surcharge revenues: $2.58 billion compared to the $2.62 billion average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +1.2% year over year.
- Revenue- Intersegment eliminations: $-4.3 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $-4.54 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +19.9%.
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Shares of JB Hunt have returned +6.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +5% 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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