TTM
7.4%
YoY change
+0.33pp
Trough year (1995)
1.6%
Peak year (1986)
39.3%
Latest annual
7.2%
Operating Margin history chart for J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: 7.2%
Operating Margin change chart for J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: +0.33pp
Operating Margin history table for J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT) from 1985 to 2025
| 2025 | 7.2% | +0.33pp | ||
| 2024 | 6.9% | -0.86pp | ||
| 2023 | 7.7% | -1.25pp | ||
| 2022 | 9.0% | +0.40pp | ||
| 2021 | 8.6% | +1.19pp | ||
| 2020 | 7.4% | -0.61pp | ||
| 2019 | 8.0% | +0.10pp | ||
| 2018 | 7.9% | -0.77pp | ||
| 2017 | 8.7% | -2.32pp | ||
| 2016 | 11.0% | -0.57pp | ||
| 2015 | 11.6% | +1.32pp | ||
| 2014 | 10.2% | -0.08pp | ||
| 2013 | 10.3% | -0.16pp | ||
| 2012 | 10.5% | +0.68pp | ||
| 2011 | 9.8% | +0.65pp | ||
| 2010 | 9.2% | +1.42pp | ||
| 2009 | 7.7% | -1.86pp | ||
| 2008 | 9.6% | -0.96pp | ||
| 2007 | 10.6% | -0.63pp | ||
| 2006 | 11.2% | +0.20pp | ||
| 2005 | 11.0% | -0.13pp | ||
| 2004 | 11.1% | +3.48pp | ||
| 2003 | 7.6% | +3.15pp | ||
| 2002 | 4.5% | +1.06pp | ||
| 2001 | 3.4% | +0.50pp | ||
| 2000 | 2.9% | -0.70pp | ||
| 1999 | 3.6% | -1.88pp | ||
| 1998 | 5.5% | +2.75pp | ||
| 1997 | 2.8% | -1.30pp | ||
| 1996 | 4.1% | +2.48pp | ||
| 1995 | 1.6% | -5.45pp | ||
| 1994 | 7.0% | -6.33pp | ||
| 1993 | 13.4% | +0.14pp | ||
| 1992 | 13.2% | -0.84pp | ||
| 1991 | 14.1% | -2.14pp | ||
| 1990 | 16.2% | -2.95pp | ||
| 1989 | 19.1% | -2.86pp | ||
| 1988 | 22.0% | -0.37pp | ||
| 1987 | 22.4% | -16.87pp | ||
| 1986 | 39.3% | +3.28pp | ||
| 1985 | 36.0% | — |
- 20257.2%+0.33pp
- 20246.9%-0.86pp
- 20237.7%-1.25pp
- 20229.0%+0.40pp
- 20218.6%+1.19pp
- 20207.4%-0.61pp
- 20198.0%+0.10pp
- 20187.9%-0.77pp
- 20178.7%-2.32pp
- 201611.0%-0.57pp
- 201511.6%+1.32pp
- 201410.2%-0.08pp
- 201310.3%-0.16pp
- 201210.5%+0.68pp
- 20119.8%+0.65pp
- 20109.2%+1.42pp
- 20097.7%-1.86pp
- 20089.6%-0.96pp
- 200710.6%-0.63pp
- 200611.2%+0.20pp
- 200511.0%-0.13pp
- 200411.1%+3.48pp
- 20037.6%+3.15pp
- 20024.5%+1.06pp
- 20013.4%+0.50pp
- 20002.9%-0.70pp
- 19993.6%-1.88pp
- 19985.5%+2.75pp
- 19972.8%-1.30pp
- 19964.1%+2.48pp
- 19951.6%-5.45pp
- 19947.0%-6.33pp
- 199313.4%+0.14pp
- 199213.2%-0.84pp
- 199114.1%-2.14pp
- 199016.2%-2.95pp
- 198919.1%-2.86pp
- 198822.0%-0.37pp
- 198722.4%-16.87pp
- 198639.3%+3.28pp
- 198536.0%—
Operating Margin values are taken from J.B. Hunt Transport Services's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Operating Margin at J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT)
According to J.B. Hunt Transport Services's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 7.4%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
The 2025 reading of J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT) operating margin is 7.21% – expanded 0.3 percentage points year-over-year.
39.25% stands as the all-time-high annual operating margin, posted in 1986, against a low of 1.58% during 1995.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Operating Margin by Year
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Operating Margin 2025: 7.2%
In 2025, J.B. Hunt Transport Services reported operating margin of 7.21%, expanded 0.3 percentage points from 2024.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Operating Margin 2024: 6.9%
J.B. Hunt Transport Services operating margin in 2024 was 6.88%, contracted 0.9 percentage points from 2023.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Operating Margin 2023: 7.7%
2023's operating margin for J.B. Hunt Transport Services came in at 7.74%, contracted 1.2 percentage points from 2022.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Operating Margin 2022: 9.0%
J.B. Hunt Transport Services posted operating margin of 8.99% in 2022, expanded 0.4 percentage points from 2021.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Operating Margin 2021: 8.6%
J.B. Hunt Transport Services operating margin in 2021 was 8.59%.
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Sector peers by Operating Margin
Industrials peers of J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), ranked by their latest operating margin
| 40.1% | |
| 18.5% | |
| 18.1% | |
| 17.9% | |
| 16.6% | |
| 14.9% | |
| 10.9% | |
| -5.9% |
- 40.1%
- 18.5%
- 17.9%
- 16.6%
- 10.9%
- -5.9%
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