** Brokerages lift PT on J.B. Hunt Transport Services JBHT.O after the U.S. trucking firm's Q3 profit rises

** Shares of the company jump 13% to $157 premarket

** TD Cowen says co is seeing near-term pressure or intermodal voulmes due to weak demand and elevated inventories

** Notes that longer-term fundamentals remain intact with expectations of recovery, as destocking trends normalize

** Morgan Stanley says co's earnings beat was driven by early progress on structural cost cuts, but long-term stock performance will depend on how sustainable those savings are and whether revenue growth follows

** 14 of 27 brokerages rate the stock "buy" or higher, 12 "hold" and 1 "sell"; their median PT is $164.50- data compiled by LSEG

** Stock down 18.7% YTD, as of last close

(Reporting by Apratim Sarkar in Bengaluru)

((Apratim.Sarkar@thomsonreuters.com))