J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:JBHT) Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call January 18, 2024 5:00 PM ET
Company Participants
Brad Delco - Senior Vice President, Finance
John Roberts - Chief Executive Officer
Shelley Simpson - President
John Kuhlow - Chief Financial Officer
Nick Hobbs - Chief Operations Officer and President, Contract Services
Darren Field - President, Intermodal
Brad Hicks - Executive Vice President, People and President, Highway Services
Conference Call Participants
Brandon Oglenski - Barclays
Ken Hoexter - Bank of America
Bascome Majors - Susquehanna
Scott Group - Wolfe Research
Jonathan Chappell - Evercore ISI
Justin Long - Stephens
Amit Mehrotra - Deutsche Bank
Chris Wetherbee - Citigroup
Allison Poliniak - Wells Fargo
Ravi Shanker - Morgan Stanley
Jordan Alliger - Goldman Sachs
Jason Seidl - TD Cowen
Tom Wadewitz - UBS
Brian Ossenbeck - JPMorgan
Bruce Chan - Stifel
David Vernon - Bernstein
Operator
Good afternoon. My name is Krista, and I'll be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the J.B. Hunt Fourth Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers' remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] Thank you.
I would now like to turn the conference over to Brad Delco, Senior Vice President of Finance. Brad, you may begin your conference.
Brad Delco
Good afternoon. Before I introduce the speakers, I would like to provide some disclosures regarding forward-looking statements. This call may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as expects, anticipates, intends, estimates, or similar expressions are intended to identify these forward-looking statements. These statements are based on J.B. Hunt's current plans and expectations and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause future activities and results to be materially different from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. For more information regarding risk factors, please refer to J.B. Hunt's Annual Report on Form 10-K and other reports and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Now, I would like to introduce the speakers on today's call. This afternoon, I'm joined by our CEO, John Roberts; our President, Shelley Simpson; our CFO, John Kuhlow; Nick Hobbs, our COO and President of Contract Services; Darren Field, President of Intermodal; and Brad Hicks, President of Highway Services and EVP of People.
I'd now like to turn the call over to our CEO, Mr. John Roberts, for some opening comments. John?