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J.B. Hunt Transport Services helps businesses move freight, with most revenue coming from rail-linked transportation and dedicated fleet services. Its largest business arranges the rail portion of a shipment and uses mostly company-owned trucks for pickup and delivery at either end. Customers pay J.B. Hunt for the service, and it pays the railroads and other carriers for their portions of the journey.
Its other main business runs transportation networks tailored to individual customers, assigning drivers and equipment to their routes and delivery needs. These services generally operate under multiyear contracts. Pricing usually covers costs plus an additional charge, allowing J.B. Hunt to recover fixed costs even when equipment is not fully used.
The business depends on customers’ shipping needs and on reliable railroad service. Most of its rail-linked freight travels on BNSF Railway and Norfolk Southern, making those relationships especially important. A sizable share of revenue comes from its largest customers, and rail-linked services typically lack long-term customer contracts. Truck operations must also comply with federal and state safety and driver-hours rules; noncompliance can lead to operating restrictions.
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J.B. Hunt’s results hinge on demand for freight moving by truck and rail and reliable service from BNSF Railway and Norfolk Southern, so watch BNSF even though it is absent from this list.
Schneider National competes with J.B. Hunt for customers paying for domestic truck-and-rail freight, dedicated fleets, full-truckload shipments and arranging transport through other carriers.
Knight-Swift competes with J.B. Hunt for North American customers shipping full truckloads, combining truck and rail, or outsourcing freight arrangements. Its Truckload and Intermodal results are the parts to watch for competition facing J.B. Hunt’s corresponding services.
J.B. Hunt’s largest business depends on Norfolk Southern for a major share of the rail journeys, while J.B. Hunt handles most truck pickup and delivery. Watch service disruptions on Norfolk Southern’s eastern U.S. network: unreliable rail service can hurt J.B. Hunt’s intermodal results.
Werner Enterprises competes with J.B. Hunt for customers outsourcing dedicated fleets and shipping full loads in enclosed trailers. Its Dedicated business serving retail distribution centers and manufacturing facilities is the clearest comparison for J.B. Hunt’s customer-specific fleet operations.
Ryder competes with J.B. Hunt for customers paying others to run dedicated fleets, coordinate supply-chain transport and make final deliveries. Watch both Ryder’s Dedicated Transportation Solutions and Supply Chain Solutions, because integrated fleet contracts are mainly reported in the latter.
Landstar competes with J.B. Hunt by arranging full-truckload and truck-and-rail shipments for shippers through outside carriers. Its truck and rail-intermodal logistics business is the relevant comparison for J.B. Hunt’s freight-arranging services, rather than its insurance business.
TFI International competes with J.B. Hunt for North American customers buying dedicated fleet service, dry-van full-truckload transport and help finding carriers. Watch its Truckload and Logistics businesses, which include dedicated transport and freight brokerage.
J.B. Hunt relies on CSX for eastern rail transport within its truck-and-rail freight service; both depend on customers’ demand for freight moving by rail as well as truck.
Covenant Logistics competes with J.B. Hunt for dedicated fleets, full-truckload shipments and customers outsourcing carrier arrangements. Its Managed Freight revenue is the line to watch against J.B. Hunt’s freight brokerage, while Dedicated offers a separate comparison for customer-specific fleets.
Universal Logistics competes with J.B. Hunt for manufacturers and retailers outsourcing dedicated transport and integrated logistics. Its Contract Logistics business serving industrial manufacturers and major retailers is the closest comparison, including dedicated short-haul and round-trip transport.
ArcBest competes with J.B. Hunt for customers paying someone else to find truckload carriers and manage transport, through MoLo and its managed transportation services. Those offerings—not its ABF Freight less-than-truckload network—are the relevant comparison for J.B. Hunt’s outsourced freight logistics.
Marten Transport competes with J.B. Hunt for dedicated fleets, dry-freight truckloads and customers paying it to arrange carriers, although refrigerated freight is its larger specialty. Separate dry freight from temperature-sensitive products when reading its results: dry freight supplied 41% of its Truckload and Dedicated revenue in 2025.
Heartland Express competes with J.B. Hunt’s truckload business for major U.S. shippers paying for nationwide dry-van freight transport. Its results are especially relevant to shorter routes: about 77% of its loads in 2025 traveled less than 500 miles.
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. earningsKNX
Knight-Swift's Truckload and Intermodal businesses compete with J.B. Hunt's truck and rail-linked freight services for shippers, so its report will show demand and competitive conditions in both markets.
Compare Knight-Swift's Truckload and Intermodal volume and revenue trends with J.B. Hunt's JBT and JBI, respectively. Strength in both peers' businesses would point to firm shipper demand and active competition; weakness could signal a softer freight market, but this report alone cannot establish J.B. Hunt's own results.
Norfolk Southern Corp. earningsNSC
Norfolk Southern's report will show whether its eastern rail network is running reliably, a key link in J.B. Hunt's rail journeys and truck pickup and delivery for intermodal freight.
Read Norfolk Southern's account of eastern-network service and disruptions alongside J.B. Hunt's JBI volume and operating income. Reliable rail service with stronger JBI volume and income would show the rail connection is supporting intermodal business; disruptions or unreliable service alongside weaker JBI results would point to strain on J.B. Hunt's freight chain.
Ryder System, Inc. earningsR
Ryder's Dedicated Transportation Solutions and Supply Chain Solutions compete with J.B. Hunt's dedicated fleets and supply-chain transport for customers, so its report will show demand for these outsourced services.
Read Ryder's Dedicated Transportation Solutions and Supply Chain Solutions revenue and income together, noting that integrated fleet contracts are mainly reported in Supply Chain Solutions. Strength in both would show customers still paying for dedicated transport and integrated logistics; weakness would suggest pressure on demand or provider profitability, but would not determine the outcome of J.B. Hunt's contracts.
ArcBest Corporation earningsARCB
ArcBest's MoLo and managed transportation services compete with J.B. Hunt's ICS brokerage for outsourced logistics customers, so its report will show demand for carrier-arranging and transport-management services.
Read ArcBest's MoLo and managed-transportation results alongside the direction of J.B. Hunt ICS revenue and operating income. Strength in ArcBest's relevant services would show shippers still buying help arranging carriers and managing transport; weakness could point to pressure in this outsourced market, but cannot establish J.B. Hunt's own pricing or volume.
