JBHT Stock Outstanding Shares
Making an investment decision in the stock market involves a certain amount of risk, so it's important to thoroughly review a company's stock before making any decisions. Stock float, number of short positions and outstanding shares are among the many factors an investor should take into account.
Market Insider JBHT
Investors cannot turn a blind eye to insiders as well as institutional ownership. They need to follow insider trades to determine the direction the stock is likely to take.
Institutional Ownership
About 73.79% of JBHT shares are held by financial institutions. COMGEST GLOBAL INVESTORS S.A.S. is the top corporate investor, holding 209.51K shares valued at $41.74M. A 0.2% stake in J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. is owned by the company. HEARTLAND ADVISORS INC owns 129.26K shares valued at $25.75M, which translates its holding of 0.13% of the stake in the company.
JBHT Insiders
Among the JBHT insiders holding of 20.05% of the stake in company, GARRISON EARL WAYNE, director, holds the largest shares of 1.18M. ROBERTS JOHN N, CEO, is the second largest JBHT insider with ownership of 313.96K shares. SIMPSON SHELLEY, President and CEO, stands third with possession of 82.26K shares of that stake.
Buying/Selling by Insiders
Insider Transaction Summary (6 Months)
Frequently Asked Questions
A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own JBHT shares is 904, representing 73.79% of the company's common stock.
HEARTLAND ADVISORS INC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in JBHT by -6.98% restricting it's holding to 129.26 thousand shares of worth nearly $25.75M. NATIONAL PENSION SERVICE also lessened -2.14% of the JBHT shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 127.47 thousand shares of worth $25.40M. NORTHERN TRUST CORP also shunned JBHT shares holding by -7.03% last quarter which brought its holding to 767.9 thousand shares worth $153.00M.
As per its latest 13F filing, COMGEST GLOBAL INVESTORS S.A.S. increased its stake in JBHT by 6.32% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 209.51 thousand shares having worth more than $41.74M. FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP also added 6.21% more shares of JBHT to its portfolio, raising its holding to 128.39 thousand shares of worth $25.58M. WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN also increased its JBHT shares holding by 0.14% which brought its holding to 125.19 thousand shares worth $24.94M.
The insider with the most stakes in JBHT is GARRISON EARL WAYNE , director at the company. Additionally, JBHT stock is highly held by CEO ROBERTS JOHN N and President and CEO Simpson Shelley among others.
Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 20.05% percent of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 14 transaction(s) in which JBHT insiders have sold stock, totaling 26.2K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include MCGEE ERIC, THOMPSON JAMES K, and SIMPSON SHELLEY.
There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares
Around 197.07K J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 20.05% of JBHT stock.
JBHT director, GARRISON EARL WAYNE holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. JBHT shares owned by GARRISON total nearly 1.18 million.
COMGEST GLOBAL INVESTORS S.A.S. is the largest institutional owner in JBHT which holds 209.51 thousand shares worth $41.74M or 0.2% of the total JBHT shares outstanding followed by HEARTLAND ADVISORS INC with ownership of 129.26 thousand shares representing 0.13% of the JBHT ownership. FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP is the third largest stakeholder with 128.39 thousand shares or 0.12% of the ownership worth more than $25.58M.
Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the JBHT is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.
Number of JBHT shares short is 2.59M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.
As of today, 100.56M shares of JBHT are outstanding.
Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, JBHT has 79.11M shares in float.
Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for JBHT is 3.97.