J.B. HUNT TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC. vs OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC., two Trucking stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where JBHT and ODFL diverge most: on revenue growth, JBHT reads +5.5% and ODFL reads -4.8%; on debt / equity, JBHT reads 0.31 and ODFL reads 0.01. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What JBHT's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What ODFL's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | JBHT | ODFL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $288.32 | $233.05 |
| Market cap | $27.4B | $48.8B |
| Sector | Trucking | Trucking |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 41.0 | 48.6 |
| P/B | 7.49 | 11.09 |
| P/S | 2.16 | 8.94 |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.0 | 28.4 |
| Revenue growth | +5.5% | -4.8% |
| Operating margin | 7.4% | 23.8% |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 18.5% |
| Return on equity | 18.4% | 22.9% |
| Return on assets | 8.5% | 17.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 14.8% | 22.6% |
| FCF yield | 4.0% | 2.1% |
| Dividend yield | 0.6% | 0.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.31 | 0.01 |
| Current ratio | 1.26 | 1.57 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.76 | 8.25 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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