J.B. Hunt cash flow statement
In fiscal 2025, J.B. Hunt's operations generated $1.68bn of cash; it spent $731m on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $948m. It returned $171m in dividends and $923m through buybacks.
Cash flow statement
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 357 | 428 | 636 | 548 | 574 | 647 | 873 | 854 | 855 | 1,088 | 1,098 | 1,123 | 1,224 | 1,777 | 1,745 | 1,483 | 1,678 | 1,494 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 189 | 197 | 214 | 229 | 253 | 294 | 340 | 362 | 384 | 436 | 499 | 527 | 557 | 645 | 738 | 761 | 715 | 723 |
| Stock-based pay | 18 | 21 | 27 | 30 | 32 | 35 | 37 | 41 | 38 | 47 | 53 | 61 | 62 | 78 | 79 | 66 | 72 | 73 |
| Capital spending | 353 | 262 | 502 | 439 | 493 | 809 | 725 | 638 | 527 | 996 | 854 | 739 | 948 | 1,541 | 1,862 | 865 | 731 | 528 |
| Free cash flow | 4 | 166 | 133 | 109 | 81 | −162 | 148 | 216 | 328 | 92 | 244 | 384 | 276 | 236 | −118 | 618 | 948 | 966 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | −14 | 144 | 107 | 79 | 49 | −197 | 111 | 175 | 290 | 45 | 191 | 324 | 215 | 159 | −197 | 552 | 876 | 894 |
| Dividends paid | 56 | 60 | 62 | 83 | 53 | 94 | 97 | 99 | 101 | 105 | 112 | 114 | 124 | 167 | 174 | 176 | 171 | 169 |
| Share buybacks | — | 251 | 246 | 50 | 115 | 125 | 262 | 250 | 180 | 150 | 276 | 93 | 152 | 300 | 160 | 514 | 923 | 492 |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 318 | 404 | 402 | 486 | 386 | 353 | 370 | 385 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 206 | 179 | 177 | 179 | 179 | 179 | 181 | 184 |
| Stock-based pay | 8 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 18 | 20 | 21 |
| Capital spending | 224 | 246 | 216 | 134 | 134 | 110 | 117 | 166 |
| Free cash flow | 93 | 158 | 186 | 352 | 251 | 243 | 253 | 219 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 85 | 140 | 166 | 332 | 238 | 225 | 233 | 198 |
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