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Matthew Young, CFA
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Truck-to-rail conversions should prove a long-term tailwind for Hunt's core intermodal division.

Digital freight-matching companies, or DFMs, such as Uber Freight have entered the asset-light truck brokerage space over the past few years. It's early in their evolution, but most DFMs hope to reinvent the truckload shipping process via highly automated marketplaces that can match shippers and truckers on demand. At times, this has caused investor trepidation regarding the potential threat to traditional providers, and that is likely to recur, creating buying opportunities for the informed. We...
Underlying
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is a surface transportation, delivery, and logistics company. The company's service offerings include transportation of full-truckload containerized freight, which it directly transports utilizing its equipment and company drivers or independent contractors. The company also provides customized freight movement, revenue equipment, labor, systems, and delivery services. The company's local and home delivery services typically are provided through a network of cross-dock service centers throughout the continental United States. The company's segments include Intermodal, Dedicated Contract Services?, Integrated Capacity Solutions, and Truckload.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

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Matthew Young, CFA

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