J.B. HUNT TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC. vs United Parcel Service, Inc, two Trucking stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where JBHT and UPS diverge most: on revenue growth, JBHT reads +0.6% and UPS reads -2.8%; on dividend yield, JBHT reads 0.6% and UPS reads 5.8%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What JBHT's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). What UPS'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 | UPS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $279.81 | $112.60 |
| Market cap | $26.6B | $95.7B |
| Sector | Trucking | Trucking |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +4.0% |
| P/E | 43.5 | 18.2 |
| P/B | 7.41 | 6.06 |
| P/S | 2.20 | 1.08 |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.4 | 8.0 |
| Revenue growth | +0.6% | -2.8% |
| Operating margin | 6.8% | 6.0% |
| Net margin | 5.1% | 5.9% |
| Return on equity | 17.3% | 33.2% |
| Return on assets | 7.8% | 7.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 13.7% | 34.9% |
| FCF yield | 3.9% | 4.7% |
| Dividend yield | 0.6% | 5.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.36 | 0.04 |
| Current ratio | 1.26 | 1.21 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.67 | 7.72 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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