---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-001629"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JBHT"
cik: "0000728535"
company_name: "HUNT J B TRANSPORT SERVICES INC"
filed_at: "2024-01-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T22:12:47.450449+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# J.B. Hunt Q4 2023 EPS $1.47 (-23% YoY); revenue $3.30B (-9%)

## Summary
- Operating income $203.3M (-28% YoY); segment declines across Intermodal, ICS, JBT.
- Intermodal volume up 6% but revenue per load down 10% (ex-fuel); operating income -28%.
- Dedicated Contract Services revenue -3% but operating income +8% on productivity gains.
- ICS segment operating loss widened to $24.9M vs $3.2M loss; gross profit margins down to 14.0%.
- Net capital expenditures $1.60B in 2023; repurchased ~137K shares for $25M in Q4.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-001629
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JBHT
- cik: 0000728535
- company_name: HUNT J B TRANSPORT SERVICES INC
- filed_at: 2024-01-18T23:59:59+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/728535/000143774924001629/0001437749-24-001629-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728535/000143774924001629/jbht20240117_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-001629.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  HUNT J B TRANSPORT SERVICES INC reported fourth quarter ended December 31, 2023 results: revenue $3.30 billion, net income $153.5 million, EPS $1.47.
  - Period: fourth quarter ended December 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $3.30 billion
  - Net income: $153.5 million
  - EPS: $1.47
  - Result: reported results
  source text: J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT) announced fourth quarter 2023 U.S. GAAP (United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) net income of $153.5 million, or diluted earnings per share of $1.47 versus fourth quarter 2022 net earnings of $201.3 million, or diluted earnings per share of $1.92. Total operating revenue for the current quarter was $3.30 billion, compared with $3.65 billion for the fourth quarter 2022, a decrease of 9%.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728535/000143774924001629/0001437749-24-001629-index.htm

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