DJ J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. $(JBHT)$ rallied 1.02% to $225.72 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.28% to 6,861.89 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.54% to 49,395.16.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. closed 3.88% short of its 52-week high of $234.82, which the company achieved on February 11th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. (ODFL) rose 0.70% to $195.17, Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. Cl A $(KNX)$ fell 0.25% to $59.20, and Saia Inc. (SAIA) rose 0.59% to $392.67.
Trading volume (756,600) remained 360,852 below its 50-day average volume of 1.1 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled February 19, 2026.
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February 19, 2026 17:07 ET (22:07 GMT)
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