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J.B. Hunt's (JBHT) first-quarter 2024 earnings and revenues decrease year over year.
J.B. Hunt missed estimates on the top and bottom lines due to falling demand and higher labor and insurance costs. The trucking and logistics specialist had warned of a soft contract renewal pricing season.
J.B. Hunt NASDAQ: JBHT is amid an industry normalization that will reinvigorate its market. However, the normalizing is taking longer than expected, and there are risks to the economy that point to lower price action before the recovery can begin.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT) fell nearly 8% in premarket trade Wednesday morning after the transportation and logistics company posted quarterly results that missed analysts' expectations amid softer demand.
Trucking bellwether J.B. Hunt's first-quarter earnings and sales that both came up short.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:JBHT ) Q1 2024 Earnings Conference Call April 16, 2024 5:00 PM ET Company Participants Brad Delco - Senior Vice President of Finance John Roberts - Chief Executive Officer Shelley Simpson - President John Kuhlow - Chief Financial Officer Nick Hobbs - Chief Operations Officer & President of Contract Services Darren Field - President of Intermodal Brad Hicks - Executive Vice President of People & President of Highway Services Conference Call Participants Jason Seidl - TD Cowen Ken Hoexter - Bank of America Brian Ossenbeck - JPMorgan Ravi Shanker - Morgan Stanley Justin Long - Stephens Tom Wadewitz - UBS Bascome Majors - Susquehanna Scott Group - Wolfe Research Jordan Alliger - Goldman Sachs Amit Mehrotra - Deutsche Bank Jonathan Chappell - Evercore ISI Brandon Oglenski - Barclays David Vernon - Bernstein Jeff Kauffman - Vertical Research Partners Operator Good day and welcome to the J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. First Quarter 2024 Earnings
While the top- and bottom-line numbers for JB Hunt (JBHT) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended March 2024, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.
JB Hunt (JBHT) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.22 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.53 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.89 per share a year ago.
United Airlines (UAL) 1Q adjusted EPS came in at -$0.15 versus an estimated -$0.53 and its revenue came in at $12.50B versus an estimated $12.43B. United Airlines updated its fleet plan and a more consistent delivery schedule.