With 1.73 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.33 million shares. The 52-week range on JBHT shows that it touched its highest point at $200.40 and its lowest point at $122.79 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $152.00. With its current market cap of 13.79 billion, JBHT has annualized dividend of $1.74 while the current yield stands at 1.25%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.30.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of JBHT was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -5.97%, but this was up by 6.65% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -17.10% while six-month performance fell -24.44%. The stock lost -15.28% in the past year, while it has lost -18.53% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for JBHT yields 5.51 with Next year EPS estimates of 7.03. For the next quarter, that number is 1.33. This implies an EPS growth rate of 1.68% for this year and 24.42% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 14.68% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 3.11%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 99.19 million JBHT shares are outstanding with a float of 78.63 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for JBHT since 16 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 9 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 7 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $5.69399 being high and $5.59409 being low. For JBHT, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $5.64404.
