---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-020156"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JBHT"
cik: "0000728535"
company_name: "HUNT J B TRANSPORT SERVICES INC"
filed_at: "2023-07-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T07:22:01.835536+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# JBHT Q2 EPS $1.81 vs $2.42; revenue $3.13B (-18% YoY); operating income -23%

## Summary
- Revenue $3.13B, down 18% YoY; EPS $1.81 (vs $2.42); operating income $270.7M (-23%).
- Intermodal revenue -19% to $1.49B, volume -7%; ICS revenue -43% to $344M, operating loss $4.4M.
- Dedicated revenue -2% to $888M but operating income +21% to $113.6M; Final Mile revenue -19% to $224M, op income +12%.
- Truckload revenue -16% to $192M, operating income -81% to $3.8M on lower rates and higher costs.
- Net capex H1 $854M (vs $598M), share buyback $53M (315K shares), debt $1.4B; tax rate guide 24-25%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-020156
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JBHT
- cik: 0000728535
- company_name: HUNT J B TRANSPORT SERVICES INC
- filed_at: 2023-07-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728535/000143774923020156/0001437749-23-020156-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728535/000143774923020156/jbht20230717_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-020156
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-020156.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-020156.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  HUNT J B TRANSPORT SERVICES INC reported the second quarter ended June 30, 2023 results: revenue $3.13 billion, net income $189.6 million, EPS $1.81.
  - Period: the second quarter ended June 30, 2023
  - Revenue: $3.13 billion
  - Net income: $189.6 million
  - EPS: $1.81
  - Result: reported results
  source text: IMMEDIATE RELEASE J.B. HUNT TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC. REPORTS U.S. GAAP REVENUES, NET EARNINGS AND EARNINGS PER SHARE FOR THE SECOND QUARTER 2023 ■ Second Quarter 2023 Revenue: $3.13 billion; down 18% ■ Second Quarter 2023 Operating Income: $270.7 million; down 23% ■ Second Quarter 2023 EPS: $1.81 vs. $2.42; down 25% LOWELL, Ark., July 18, 2023 - J.B. Hunt Transport
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728535/000143774923020156/0001437749-23-020156-index.htm

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