Every material Form 8-K J.B. Hunt filed with the SEC in 2024, read and summarized by AI: what happened, the key figures, whether it reads positive or negative for shareholders, and how big a deal it is (impact 1-5). Newest first; each brief links to its own page and to the filing on SEC.gov.
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.
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.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services disclosed in a July 31, 2024 Form 8-K that director Patrick Ottensmeyer died on July 28, 2024. He had joined the board earlier in 2024 and was serving on the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The filing is a board-composition change rather than a business or financial update.
Director Patrick Ottensmeyer passed away on July 28, 2024.
He joined the board earlier in 2024 after a career in the rail industry.
He was serving on the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services reported second quarter 2024 results on July 16, 2024. Net earnings were $135.9 million, or $1.32 per diluted share, down from $189.6 million, or $1.81 per share, a year earlier, while total operating revenue fell 7% to $2.93 billion. The company attributed the profit decline mainly to lower revenue and higher insurance and claims, equipment-related, and certain personnel-related expenses.
Total operating revenue was $2.93 billion, down 7% from $3.13 billion in the second quarter of 2023.
Operating income was $205.7 million, down 24% from $270.7 million.
Diluted EPS was $1.32 versus $1.81 a year earlier, down 27%.
The company bought back about 1,225,000 shares for about $203 million in the quarter and had about $163 million left under its repurchase authorization.
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