Hub Group (NASDAQ:HUBG) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Hub Group (NASDAQ:HUBG) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided EPS guidance of 1.900-2.400 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 1.900. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.0 billion-$4.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.0 billion.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have weighed in on the stock. Barclays increased their target price on shares of Hub Group from $42.00 to $52.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 13th. Benchmark boosted their price target on shares of Hub Group from $47.00 to $49.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, January 10th. TD Cowen upped their price objective on Hub Group from $43.00 to $49.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 31st. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price objective on Hub Group from $46.00 to $53.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, January 23rd. Finally, Susquehanna raised shares of Hub Group from a “neutral” rating to a “positive” rating and set a $55.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Friday, January 3rd. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Hub Group presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $48.27.

Hub Group Price Performance

HUBG traded down $0.51 on Thursday, hitting $43.28. 814,290 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 393,859. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $46.21 and a 200-day moving average price of $45.56. Hub Group has a fifty-two week low of $38.07 and a fifty-two week high of $53.21. The company has a current ratio of 1.30, a quick ratio of 1.30 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12. The stock has a market cap of $2.66 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.59 and a beta of 0.94.

Hub Group (NASDAQ:HUBG) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The transportation company reported $0.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.48. Hub Group had a net margin of 2.74% and a return on equity of 7.44%. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Hub Group will post 1.91 earnings per share for the current year.

Hub Group Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Investors of record on Friday, December 6th were paid a $0.125 dividend. This represents a $0.50 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.16%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 6th. Hub Group’s payout ratio is presently 28.41%.

About Hub Group

Hub Group, Inc, a supply chain solutions provider, offers transportation and logistics management services in North America. The company's transportation services include intermodal, truckload, less-than-truckload, flatbed, temperature-controlled, and dedicated and regional trucking, as well as final mile, railcar, small parcel, and international transportation.