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Hunt J B Transport Services

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Hunt J B Transport Services has retired 42.0% of its shares since 2004, from 162,059,642 to 93,914,939.

42.0%retired since 2004
10.6%last 5 years
1.4%last 12 months
94Mshares today

At $228.78 a share, a market value of $21.5B. FCF yield 5.1%, P/E 31.9, trailing twelve months to June 2026.

Shares outstanding, 2004 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 2009162M shares, 200494M20052010201520202025
2004, 162,059,6422026-06-30, 93,914,939
A share bought in 2004
1.7× more of Hunt J B Transport Services today, without buying another share. It was one of 162,059,642 shares then. It is one of 93,914,939 now.
Every filing we read22 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
20042005-01-31162,059,64210-Kcover page
20052006-02-28154,244,99410-Kcover page
20062007-02-23142,889,13810-Kcover page
20072008-02-26124,715,40110-Kcover page
20082009-02-20126,091,81510-Kcover page
20092009-12-31127,241,96810-K
20102011-02-15121,349,24510-K
20112012-02-14117,045,04810-K
20122013-02-14117,549,81010-K
20132014-02-18117,247,54410-K
20142015-02-17116,515,42310-K
20152016-02-16112,774,24410-K
20162017-02-14111,310,85310-K
20172018-02-13109,754,49210-K
20182019-02-12108,738,78810-K
20192020-02-18106,258,96110-K
20202021-02-1683,657,09610-K
20212022-02-15104,850,00210-K
20222023-02-21103,770,36610-K
20232024-02-20103,298,46210-K
20242025-02-18100,008,20910-K
20252026-02-1794,604,08310-K

Source: all 10-K filings of Hunt J B Transport Services on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.

What the buybacks cost, fiscal 2010 to 2025cash flow statement against share count
$4Bspent on buybacks
33Mfewer shares outstanding
4.3%buyback yield, last fiscal year’s spend on today’s market value

Cash spent comes from the cash flow statement. Shares outstanding fell by less than the company bought, because part of every buyback only replaces shares handed to employees. Today’s price is $228.78.

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Hunt J B Transport Services buybacks, answered

Is Hunt J B Transport Services buying back its stock?

Yes. Hunt J B Transport Services has 1.4% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 93,914,939 as of June 30, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 10.6%.

How many shares has Hunt J B Transport Services bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Hunt J B Transport Services has 68.1 million fewer shares than at its 2004 peak. That is 42.0% of the company. Since fiscal 2010 alone it bought back about 29.9 million shares, while the count fell by 27.4 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.

How many shares does Hunt J B Transport Services have outstanding?

93,914,939 shares, as of June 30, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2004 peak it had 162,059,642.

What do Hunt J B Transport Services' buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Hunt J B Transport Services stock in 2004 owns 1.7 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.

How does Hunt J B Transport Services compare with other cannibal stocks?

Hunt J B Transport Services ranks No. 159 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Cintas (42.1%), Deckers Outdoor (42.1%), Rockwell Automation (41.6%), TE Connectivity (41.4%).

Every answer is computed from Hunt J B Transport Services' own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.

Insider buying, last 12 months

Frazier SpencerEVP of Sales and Marketing2025-11-21, 13 shares at $161.69 $2K total

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