J.B. Hunt Transport Services, I — Earnings Quality Grade F
JBHT · Industrials
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 35 days, change -2 days YoY
AR growth -5.2% vs revenue growth -0.7%
Revenue -0.7%, CFFO 13.2%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
Inventory 1.3% vs COGS -1.1%. Normal
CapEx growth -15.6% vs revenue -0.7%. Normal
SG&A/Gross Profit = 41.3%. Normal
Gross margin 13.3%, change +0.3pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 2.81. Profits backed by cash
FCF $0.9B, FCF/NI = 1.58
Accruals ratio = -13.6%. Low accruals
Cash $0.0B covers only 1% of debt $1.5B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $0.2B = 6% of equity. Manageable
Debt/EBITDA = 0.9x. Healthy
Other assets -1.0% vs revenue -0.7%. Normal
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change -9% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -3.19 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator
Beneish M-Score
Altman Z-Score
Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-09