J.B. HUNT TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC. vs Saia, Inc., two Trucking stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where JBHT and SAIA diverge most: on debt / equity, JBHT reads 0.31 and SAIA reads 0.04; on return on equity, JBHT reads 18.4% and SAIA reads 10.2%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What JBHT's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What SAIA's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | JBHT | SAIA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $229.32 | $336.75 |
| Market cap | $21.8B | $9.0B |
| Sector | Trucking | Trucking |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +24.6% | — |
| P/E | 32.6 | 32.5 |
| P/B | 5.95 | 3.31 |
| P/S | 1.71 | 2.66 |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.7 | 14.4 |
| Revenue growth | +5.5% | +4.8% |
| Operating margin | 7.4% | 13.1% |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 8.2% |
| Return on equity | 18.4% | 10.2% |
| Return on assets | 8.5% | 7.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 14.8% | 10.0% |
| FCF yield | 5.0% | 2.8% |
| Dividend yield | 0.8% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.31 | 0.04 |
| Current ratio | 1.26 | 1.58 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.76 | 8.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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