J.B. HUNT TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC. vs WERNER ENTERPRISES, INC., two Trucking stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where JBHT and WERN diverge most: on net margin, JBHT reads 5.1% and WERN reads -0.3%; on return on equity, JBHT reads 17.3% and WERN reads -0.6%. 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 WERN'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 | WERN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $279.81 | $43.80 |
| Market cap | $26.6B | $2.6B |
| Sector | Trucking | Trucking |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | -3.1% |
| P/E | 43.5 | — |
| P/B | 7.41 | 1.94 |
| P/S | 2.20 | 0.85 |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.4 | 160.6 |
| Revenue growth | +0.6% | +3.4% |
| Operating margin | 6.8% | 0.5% |
| Net margin | 5.1% | -0.3% |
| Return on equity | 17.3% | -0.6% |
| Return on assets | 7.8% | -0.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 13.7% | 0.8% |
| FCF yield | 3.9% | -1.7% |
| Dividend yield | 0.6% | 1.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.36 | 0.66 |
| Current ratio | 1.26 | 1.46 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.67 | 2.68 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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