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J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (JBHT) Company Bio

JB Hunt Transportation provides surface transportation and delivery services in the continental United States, Canada, and Mexico, which includes the transportation of freight, such as general merchandise, specialty consumer items, appliances, forest and paper products, food and beverages, building materials, soaps and cosmetics, automotive parts, agricultural products, electronics, and chemicals. The company was founded in 1961 and is based in Lowell, Arkansas.

JBHT Price Forecast Based on DCF Valuation

We started the process of determining a valid price forecast for Hunt J B Transport Services Inc with a discounted cash flow analysis -- the results of which can be found in the table below. To summarize, we found that Hunt J B Transport Services Inc ranked in the 59th percentile in terms of potential gain offered. Moreover, under all the scenarios we modelled, the output consistently forecasted positive returns. The most interesting components of our discounted cash flow analysis for Hunt J B Transport Services Inc ended up being:

• The compound growth rate in the free cash flow of Hunt J B Transport Services Inc over the past 5.34 years is 0.43%; that's better than 85.95% of cash flow producing equities in the Industrials sector, where it is classified.
• The business' balance sheet reveals debt to be 11% of the company's capital (with equity being the remaining amount). Approximately merely 22.3% of US stocks with free cash flow have a lower reliance on debt in their capital structure.
• JBHT's estimated cost of debt, based largely on its market capitalization and its interest coverage ratio, is 2%; for context, that number is higher than 45.89% of tickers in our DCF set.

For other companies in the Industrials that have a similar discounted cashflow valuation profile (and ensuing price forecasts) as JBHT, try WCC, FWRD, AVY, BCO, and OBCI.