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JB Hunt Transport Services Inc (JBHT) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for JBHT, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 0.56 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How JBHT has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.56 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), JB Hunt Transport Services Inc moved 0.56% on average · correlation 0.13 · higher than 58% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.09 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.03% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −2.34% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Integrated Freight & Logistics · United States · 5 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Integrated Freight & Logistics · United States

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against JBHT on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — JB Hunt Transport Services Inc

JBHT in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
JB Hunt operates trucking and logistics services in the United States through five segments: intermodal freight, dedicated contract fleets, freight brokerage, final-mile delivery, and dry-van truckload transport. It owns fleets of trailers, chassis, tractors and drivers, and adds capacity through contractor and customer-owned equipment. It also runs an online marketplace that matches shippers with available truck capacity. The company is based in Lowell, Arkansas, and first listed in 1990.
Where it sits in the stack
JB Hunt carries no seat in Rubin, our index that tracks the AI build-out, because it sits in the Industrials sector as an integrated freight and logistics operator rather than a chip, data-centre or software supplier. It belongs to the diary's freight and transportation sleeve, where it is followed for economic demand signals rather than as part of the AI stack.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet has not yet built a peer group for JB Hunt. The comparison the market most often draws is with Knight-Swift Transportation, another large intermodal and truckload carrier.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
JB Hunt sits in the S&P 500, one of Closelooknet's broad index seats, but holds no place in Rubin and carries no Closelooknet score yet. It has not appeared in the diary's quotes or editions so far.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether intermodal and dedicated freight volumes recover, given the stock's recent slide well below both its moving averages and its yearly high.

JB Hunt Transport Services Inc (JBHT) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.79%, quarterly · last 0.45 USD on 2026-08-07

Dividends and capital return

What JBHT pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.79 USD per share · a 0.79% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +2.3% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.75 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.45 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-07
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.42 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.72 USD · 2025: 1.76 USD · 2026: 1.35 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-09

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is JB Hunt Transport Services Inc (JBHT)?

JB Hunt Transport Services Inc trades as JBHT on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is JBHT in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — JB Hunt Transport Services Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does JBHT trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -15.5% vs the 50-day and -7% vs the 200-day average, 24.8% below the 52-week high and +74.4% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does JB Hunt Transport Services Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year JB Hunt Transport Services Inc had a beta of 0.56 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 58% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.03% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does JB Hunt Transport Services Inc do?

JB Hunt operates trucking and logistics services in the United States through five segments: intermodal freight, dedicated contract fleets, freight brokerage, final-mile delivery, and dry-van truckload transport. It owns fleets of trailers, chassis, tractors and drivers, and adds capacity through contractor and customer-owned equipment. It also runs an online marketplace that matches shippers with available truck capacity. Closelooknet has not yet built a peer group for JB Hunt. The comparison the market most often draws is with Knight-Swift Transportation, another large intermodal and truckload carrier.

Where does JB Hunt Transport Services Inc sit in the AI build-out?

JB Hunt carries no seat in Rubin, our index that tracks the AI build-out, because it sits in the Industrials sector as an integrated freight and logistics operator rather than a chip, data-centre or software supplier. It belongs to the diary's freight and transportation sleeve, where it is followed for economic demand signals rather than as part of the AI stack. JB Hunt sits in the S&P 500, one of Closelooknet's broad index seats, but holds no place in Rubin and carries no Closelooknet score yet. It has not appeared in the diary's quotes or editions so far.

Does JB Hunt Transport Services Inc pay a dividend?

JB Hunt Transport Services Inc has paid 1.79 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.79% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.45 USD on 2026-08-07. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for JBHT, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Integrated Freight & Logistics, then Industrials. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.