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 7.1 times as much as ArcBest ($21.7B against $3.1B).
On earnings, Hunt J B Transport Services is cheaper: it trades at 32.7× trailing earnings, against 108× for ArcBest.
Hunt J B Transport Services grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (10.6% versus 8.1% for ArcBest).
Hunt J B Transport Services keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 5.1% compared with 0.66% at ArcBest.
Both pay dividends: ArcBest yields 0.44% and Hunt J B Transport Services 0.77%.
Hunt J B Transport Services scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 9 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 | $3.1B | $21.7B |
| Share price | $136.62 | $232.85 |
| Change, 1 year | 109% | 37.6% |
| Change, 5 years | 24.2% | 19.9% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.31 | 0.91 |
| Employees | 14K | 8,704 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 9 | 17 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 4 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 | 4 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 108× | 32.7× (better) |
| P/S | 0.7× (better) | 1.6× |
| P/B | 2.4× (better) | 6.0× |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.5× (better) | 13.6× |
| P/FCF | 11.9× (better) | 22.5× |
| FCF yield | 8.4% (better) | 4.5% |
| Fair value | $63.77 | $184.94 |
| Margin of safety | −114% | −25.9% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 8.1% | 10.6% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.4% (better) | 4.5% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −70.5% | 18.1% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −69.8% | 23.4% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −0.53% | 5.2% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 1.1% | 7.2% (better) |
| Net margin | 0.66% | 5.1% (better) |
| FCF margin | 5.9% | 7.3% (better) |
| Return on equity | 2.2% | 18.8% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 2.7% | 14.7% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.15 (better) | 0.31 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.06 | 0.67 (better) |
| Interest coverage | – | 14.2× |
| Current ratio | 1.00 | 1.23 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 4.24 | 5.02 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 7 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.44% | 0.77% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 37.5% | 25.0% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 12 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 10.3% |
| Buyback yield | 1.7% | 2.3% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 2.1% | 3.0% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 103% | 77.8% |
| Held by insiders | 1.8% | 22.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$4.0M (better) | −$12.7M |
| Short interest, % of float | 6.8% | 4.1% |
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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