J.B. Hunt

Name: J.B. Hunt (JBHT) shares outstanding since 2004, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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JBHT

J.B. Hunt 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.

Market cap, balance sheet and cash flow →

Shares outstanding, 2004 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

2004, 162,059,6422026-06-30, 93,914,939

A share bought in 2004

1.7× more of J.B. Hunt 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 year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
2004	2005-01-31	162,059,642	10-K	cover page
2005	2006-02-28	154,244,994	10-K	cover page
2006	2007-02-23	142,889,138	10-K	cover page
2007	2008-02-26	124,715,401	10-K	cover page
2008	2009-02-20	126,091,815	10-K	cover page
2009	2009-12-31	127,241,968	10-K
2010	2011-02-15	121,349,245	10-K
2011	2012-02-14	117,045,048	10-K
2012	2013-02-14	117,549,810	10-K
2013	2014-02-18	117,247,544	10-K
2014	2015-02-17	116,515,423	10-K
2015	2016-02-16	112,774,244	10-K
2016	2017-02-14	111,310,853	10-K
2017	2018-02-13	109,754,492	10-K
2018	2019-02-12	108,738,788	10-K
2019	2020-02-18	106,258,961	10-K
2020	2021-02-16	83,657,096	10-K
2021	2022-02-15	104,850,002	10-K
2022	2023-02-21	103,770,366	10-K
2023	2024-02-20	103,298,462	10-K
2024	2025-02-18	100,008,209	10-K
2025	2026-02-17	94,604,083	10-K

Source: all 10-K filings of J.B. Hunt 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

Buyback effectiveness, fiscal 2016 to 202580% of the shares it bought are gone. 20% replaced new shares. 22,842,503 bought back, 18,170,161 fewer shares outstanding.

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.

J.B. Hunt buybacks, answered

Is J.B. Hunt buying back its stock?

Yes. J.B. Hunt 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 J.B. Hunt bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, J.B. Hunt has 68.1 million fewer shares than at its 2004 peak. That is 42.0% of the company.

How many shares does J.B. Hunt 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 J.B. Hunt's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held J.B. Hunt 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 J.B. Hunt compare with other cannibal stocks?

J.B. Hunt 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 J.B. Hunt's 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