JB Hunt Transport Services Inc (JBHT)

Pretax margin

		Dec 31, 2024	Sep 30, 2024	Jun 30, 2024	Mar 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2023	Sep 30, 2023	Jun 30, 2023	Mar 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2022	Sep 30, 2022	Jun 30, 2022	Mar 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2021	Sep 30, 2021	Jun 30, 2021	Mar 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2020	Sep 30, 2020	Jun 30, 2020	Mar 31, 2020
Earnings before tax but after interest (EBT) (ttm)	US$ in thousands	759,516	754,537	780,310	850,907	934,887	1,018,697	1,138,233	1,222,366	1,281,374	1,323,421	1,236,607	1,125,853	999,773	884,314	786,070	718,948	666,025	660,976	697,086	713,051
Revenue (ttm)	US$ in thousands	12,087,200	12,244,550	12,340,130	12,544,070	12,829,660	13,175,580	13,850,090	14,555,000	14,814,000	14,661,350	13,967,900	13,038,740	12,168,300	11,408,980	10,736,690	9,973,890	9,636,570	9,349,240	9,240,380	9,356,460
Pretax margin		6.28%	6.16%	6.32%	6.78%	7.29%	7.73%	8.22%	8.40%	8.65%	9.03%	8.85%	8.63%	8.22%	7.75%	7.32%	7.21%	6.91%	7.07%	7.54%	7.62%

December 31, 2024 calculation

Pretax margin = EBT (ttm) ÷ Revenue (ttm)
= $759,516K ÷ $12,087,200K
= 6.28%

JB Hunt Transport Services Inc's pretax margin has shown some fluctuations over the period from March 31, 2020, to December 31, 2024. It started at 7.62% in March 2020 and experienced a slight decline to 6.91% by December 2020. However, from March 2021 to June 2022, the pretax margin steadily increased, reaching its highest point of 9.03% in September 2022.

After September 2022, there was a slight decrease in the pretax margin, with fluctuations between 6.78% and 8.65% from March 2023 to December 2023. The pretax margin then saw a more significant decline to 6.16% by September 30, 2024, before showing a slight increase to 6.28% by December 31, 2024.

Overall, despite fluctuations, JB Hunt Transport Services Inc has generally maintained a pretax margin above 7% throughout the period under review, indicating a reasonable level of profitability before taxes relative to its total revenue.