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JB Hunt Transport Services (JB Hunt Transport Services) Interest Coverage

: 12.42 (As of Mar. 2024)
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Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. JB Hunt Transport Services's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $194 Mil. JB Hunt Transport Services's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-16 Mil. JB Hunt Transport Services's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 12.42. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for JB Hunt Transport Services's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

JBHT' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 13.42   Med: 22.14   Max: 28.51
Current: 13.63


JBHT's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
73.44% of 817 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 5.6 vs JBHT: 13.63

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


JB Hunt Transport Services Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for JB Hunt Transport Services's Interest Coverage can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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JB Hunt Transport Services Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 13.42 14.99 22.61 25.98 15.06

JB Hunt Transport Services Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 18.76 18.54 19.21 8.49 12.42

Competitive Comparison

For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, JB Hunt Transport Services's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


JB Hunt Transport Services Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, JB Hunt Transport Services's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where JB Hunt Transport Services's Interest Coverage falls into.



JB Hunt Transport Services Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

JB Hunt Transport Services's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, JB Hunt Transport Services's Interest Expense was $-66 Mil. Its Operating Income was $993 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,326 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*993.196/-65.933
=15.06

JB Hunt Transport Services's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, JB Hunt Transport Services's Interest Expense was $-16 Mil. Its Operating Income was $194 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,367 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*194.369/-15.649
=12.42

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


JB Hunt Transport Services  (NAS:JBHT) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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JB Hunt Transport Services (JB Hunt Transport Services) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
615 J.B. Hunt Corporate Drive, P.O. Box 130, Lowell, AR, USA, 72745-0130
J.B. Hunt Transport Services ranks among the top surface transportation companies in North America by revenue. Its primary operating segments are intermodal delivery, which uses the Class I rail carriers for the underlying line-haul movement of its owned containers (48% of sales in 2023); dedicated trucking services that provide customer-specific fleet needs (28%); for-hire truckload (6%); heavy goods final-mile delivery (7%), and asset-light truck brokerage (11%).
Executives
James K Thompson director, officer: President and Chief Executive 615 J.B. HUNT CORPORATE DRIVE, LOWELL AR 72745
Shelley Simpson other: President, ICS 615 JB HUNT CORPORATE DRIVE, LOWELL AR 72745
Spencer Frazier officer: EVP of Sales and Marketing 615 J.B. HUNT CORPORATE DRIVE, LOWELL AR 72745
Eric Mcgee officer: EVP Highway Services 615 J.B. HUNT CORPORATE DRIVE, LOWELL AR 72745
Darren P. Field officer: EVP Intermodal 615 J.B. HUNT CORPORATE DRIVE, LOWELL AR 72745
David Keefauver officer: EVP of DCS 615 J.B. HUNT CORPORATE DRIVE, LOWELL AR 72745
Bradley W. Hicks officer: EVP Dedicated 615 J.B. HUNT CORPORATE DRIVE, LOWELL AR 72745
Nicholas Hobbs officer: EVP/President DCS PO BOX 130, 615 J.B. HUNT CORPORATE DRIVE, LOWELL AR 72745
Stuart Lockard Scott other: EVP/CIO 615 J.B. HUNT CORPORATE DRIVE, LOWELL AR 72745
John Kuhlow other: VP/Controller 615 JB HUNT CORPORATE DRIVE, LOWELL AR 72745
Persio V Lisboa director C/O NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, 2701 NAVISTAR DRIVE, LISLE IL 60532
Alfred C Harper other: EVP and Chief Operations Offic 615 J.B. HUNT CORPORATE DRIVE, LOWELL AR 72745
Sharilyn S Gasaway director ONE ALLIED DRIVE, LITTLE ROCK AR 72202
Brian Webb officer: EVP- Final Mile Services 615 J.B. HUNT CORPORATE DRIVE, LOWELL AR 72745
Jennifer Boattini officer: See Remarks 615 J.B. HUNT CORPORATE DRIVE, LOWELL AR 72745