Benzinga | Oct 15, 2020 10:14AM EDT

Earnings Preview for JB Hunt Transport Servs

JB Hunt Transport Servs (NASDAQ: JBHT) unveils its next round of earnings this Friday, October 16. Get prepared with Benzinga's ultimate preview for JB Hunt Transport Servs's Q3 earnings.

Earnings and Revenue

Wall Street expects EPS of $1.27 and sales around $2.36 billion. In the same quarter last year, JB Hunt Transport Servs reported EPS of $1.4 on revenue of $2.36 billion. The Wall Street consensus estimate for earnings would represent a 9.29% decrease for the company. Sales would be down 0.17% from the same quarter last year. Here is how the company's reported EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past:

Quarter Q2 2020 Q1 2020 Q4 2020 Q3 2019EPS Estimate 0.83 1.01 1.52 1.45EPS Actual 1.14 0.98 1.35 1.40Revenue Estimate 2.01 B 2.20 B 2.46 B 2.35 BRevenue Actual 2.15 B 2.28 B 2.45 B 2.36 B

Stock Performance

Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 21.2%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders can be content going into this earnings release.

Do not be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. JB Hunt Transport Servs is scheduled to hold the call at 10:00:00 ET and can be accessed here: https://www.jbhunt.com/company/investor_relations