ArcBest vs Hunt J B Transport Services
ARCB and JBHT side by side, both in trucking and courier services, except air. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ARCB and JBHT compare
Hunt J B Transport Services is the larger company, worth 7.4 times as much as ArcBest ($20.8B against $2.8B).
On earnings, Hunt J B Transport Services is cheaper: it trades at 31.3× trailing earnings, against 182× for ArcBest.
Hunt J B Transport Services grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (5.3% versus 3.7% for ArcBest).
Hunt J B Transport Services keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 5.3% compared with 0.39% at ArcBest.
Both pay dividends: ArcBest yields 0.38% and Hunt J B Transport Services 0.81%.
Hunt J B Transport Services scores higher on the StockData Score (18 against 8 for ArcBest), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ARCB | JBHT |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $2.8B | $20.8B |
| Share price | $125.44 | $221.08 |
| Change, 1 year | 73.5% | 30.9% |
| Change, 5 years | 14.0% | 14.4% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.31 | 0.89 |
| Employees | 14K | 8,704 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 8 | 18 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Growth score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 4 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 | 4 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 182× | 31.3× (better) |
| P/S | 0.7× (better) | 1.6× |
| P/B | 2.2× (better) | 5.7× |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.7× | 13.1× (better) |
| P/FCF | 15.0× (better) | 18.9× |
| FCF yield | 6.7% (better) | 5.3% |
| Fair value | $83.51 | $191.19 |
| Margin of safety | −50.2% | −15.6% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 3.7% | 5.3% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.4% (better) | 4.5% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −89.7% | 21.8% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −89.7% | 28.4% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −0.53% | 5.2% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 0.69% | 7.5% (better) |
| Net margin | 0.39% | 5.3% (better) |
| FCF margin | 4.4% | 8.7% (better) |
| Return on equity | 1.3% | 18.4% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 1.7% | 14.3% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.17 (better) | 0.31 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.23 (better) | 0.68 |
| Interest coverage | – | 13.7× |
| Current ratio | 0.97 | 1.26 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 4.00 | 4.96 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 7 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.38% | 0.81% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 66.2% | 25.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 12 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 10.3% |
| Buyback yield | 1.5% | 2.6% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 1.9% | 3.5% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 103% | 77.2% |
| Held by insiders | 1.9% | 21.8% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$3.2M (better) | −$12.7M |
| Short interest, % of float | 6.8% | 4.4% |
Go deeper
- ARCB stock overview
- ARCB income statement
- ARCB valuation and score
- JBHT stock overview
- JBHT income statement
- JBHT valuation and score
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