Comment / On the wires: One from 'stay-fluid' JB Hunt – watch your bad debts!

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To set the mood for the opening of earnings season in transport and logistics stateside, the conference call with JB Hunt management didn’t produce any particularly good vibes, but rather pointed to a transition period for the $17bn-market-cap trucking and intermodal player.

Nonetheless…

Some worthy nuggets* deserve a mention – concerning bad debt claims, in particular, in my view – alongside its solid financial delivery at group level. Talking of which, the highlights contained in the snapshot below should be helpful…

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