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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · J.B. Hunt (JBHT)

J.B. Hunt Q3 EPS falls 17% to $1.49 as revenue slips 3% to $3.07 billion

Negative Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

J.B. Hunt Transport Services reported third quarter 2024 results on October 15, 2024, with revenue of $3.07 billion, down 3% from a year earlier, and operating income of $224.1 million, down 7%. Diluted earnings per share fell 17% to $1.49 from $1.80, as higher personnel, insurance and equipment costs weighed on profit, and the company bought back about $200 million of its stock in the quarter.

Key points

  • Q3 2024 revenue was $3.07 billion, down 3% from $3.16 billion in Q3 2023.
  • Q3 2024 net earnings were $152.1 million, or $1.49 per diluted share, versus $187.4 million, or $1.80, a year earlier.
  • Operating income was $224.1 million, down 7%; the effective tax rate rose to 25.2% from 18.2%.
  • The company repurchased about 1.2 million shares for about $200 million in Q3 and had about $967 million left under its repurchase authorization.

The filing

CompanyJ.B. Hunt (JBHT)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECOct 15, 2024, 4:13 PM ET
Accession number0001437749-24-031253

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 12:42 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on October 15, 2024.

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