Hub Group, Inc. (HUBG) Key Metrics
HUBG valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $1.62B
- Enterprise value
- $2.29B
- P/E (TTM)
- 15.2 10-yr median 16.7
- Forward P/E
- 15.2
- PEG ratio
- 1.92
- Price / sales
- 0.4 10-yr median 0.5
- Price / book
- 1.1 10-yr median 1.7
- EV / EBITDA
- 6.8 10-yr median 8.4
- Dividend yield
- 1.87% $0.50 a year
- Beta
- 1.24
HUBG key metrics, 2015–2024
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 · U.S. dollarsHUBG valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
HUBG returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
HUBG per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
HUBG financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
HUBG efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
HUBG valuation history
HUBG returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
HUBG debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
HUBG cash returned to shareholders
HUBG price vs earnings per share
HUBG key metrics
2015–2024| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $2.72B | $2.94B | $2.67B | $2.86B | $1.91B | $1.72B | $1.24B | $1.60B | $1.49B | $1.19B |
| Enterprise value | $3.13B | $3.33B | $2.83B | $3.03B | $2.12B | $1.88B | $1.52B | $1.87B | $1.53B | $1.13B |
| P/E ratio | 26.2 | 17.5 | 7.5 | 16.7 | 26.0 | 16.0 | 6.2 | 11.8 | 19.9 | 16.7 |
| Price / sales | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Price / book | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| Price / free cash flow | 19.0 | 10.4 | 11.2 | 23.8 | 32.1 | 10.8 | 112.6 | 31.5 | — | 13.4 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 14.0 | 7.0 | 5.8 | 11.3 | 10.9 | 6.7 | 5.9 | 12.8 | 14.5 | 6.9 |
| EV / sales | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.2 | 8.2 | 4.5 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 13.9 | 10.8 | 7.4 |
| EV / free cash flow | 21.8 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 25.3 | 35.5 | 11.8 | 137.7 | 36.9 | — | 12.7 |
| Earnings yield | 3.8% | 5.7% | 13.4% | 6.0% | 3.8% | 6.2% | 16.2% | 8.5% | 5.0% | 6.0% |
| Free cash flow yield | 5.3% | 9.6% | 9.0% | 4.2% | 3.1% | 9.3% | 0.9% | 3.2% | −0.3% | 7.5% |
| Dividend yield | 1.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 4.0% | 5.2% | 4.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 1.7% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 6.9% | 2.7% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $44.56 | $45.97 | $39.74 | $42.12 | $28.50 | $25.64 | $18.54 | $23.95 | $21.88 | $16.48 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $64.58 | $65.71 | $79.57 | $62.44 | $52.11 | $54.78 | $54.88 | $60.49 | $52.62 | $49.01 |
| Earnings per share | $1.70 | $2.62 | $5.32 | $2.53 | $1.10 | $1.60 | $3.01 | $2.03 | $1.10 | $0.99 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $3.18 | $6.60 | $6.83 | $3.73 | $2.61 | $3.80 | $3.14 | $1.88 | $1.51 | $2.39 |
| Free cash flow per share | $2.35 | $4.41 | $3.56 | $1.77 | $0.89 | $2.38 | $0.16 | $0.76 | −$0.07 | $1.23 |
| Cash per share | $1.61 | $2.93 | $4.27 | $2.36 | $1.86 | $2.52 | $0.92 | $0.43 | $1.88 | $2.89 |
| Book value per share | $26.92 | $25.56 | $23.83 | $19.77 | $17.26 | $16.06 | $14.61 | $11.54 | $9.25 | $9.01 |
| Tangible book value per share | $9.22 | $9.32 | $11.51 | $8.36 | $7.24 | $7.02 | $5.40 | $5.20 | $5.21 | $5.17 |
| Dividends per share | $0.49 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | — | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Capex per share | $0.83 | $2.19 | $3.26 | $1.96 | $1.72 | $1.42 | $2.98 | $1.12 | $1.58 | $1.15 |
| Debt per share | $8.32 | $9.00 | $6.73 | $4.94 | $4.93 | $5.01 | $5.04 | $4.55 | $2.56 | $2.07 |
| Shares outstanding | 61.1M | 64.0M | 67.1M | 67.8M | 67.1M | 67.0M | 67.1M | 66.7M | 67.9M | 71.9M |
| Change in shares outstanding | −4.5% | −4.7% | −1.0% | +1.0% | +0.2% | −0.2% | +0.6% | −1.8% | −5.6% | −2.1% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 6.3% | 10.4% | 24.3% | 13.7% | 6.6% | 10.4% | 23.0% | 19.3% | 11.7% | 11.4% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 5.4% | 9.0% | 22.1% | 12.3% | 6.2% | 9.1% | 8.1% | 11.2% | 12.1% | 12.5% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 3.6% | 5.7% | 13.4% | 7.5% | 3.6% | 5.5% | 11.2% | 8.9% | 5.6% | 5.6% |
| Return on tangible assets | 5.8% | 8.8% | 17.2% | 10.3% | 5.1% | 7.7% | 15.4% | 10.8% | 6.9% | 6.9% |
| Free cash flow margin | 3.6% | 6.7% | 4.5% | 2.8% | 1.7% | 4.4% | 0.3% | 1.3% | −0.1% | 2.5% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 1.87 | 2.52 | 1.28 | 1.47 | 2.38 | 2.37 | 1.05 | 0.93 | 1.37 | 2.42 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $508.5M | $575.5M | $451.7M | $334.9M | $330.5M | $335.2M | $338.4M | $303.4M | $174.0M | $149.2M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $98.2M | $187.3M | $286.6M | $159.8M | $124.5M | $168.7M | $61.4M | $28.6M | $127.4M | $207.7M |
| Net debt | $410.3M | $388.2M | $165.1M | $175.1M | $206.0M | $166.5M | $276.9M | $274.8M | $46.6M | −$58.5M |
| Debt / equity | 0.31 | 0.35 | 0.28 | 0.25 | 0.29 | 0.31 | 0.34 | 0.39 | 0.28 | 0.23 |
| Debt / assets | 0.18 | 0.20 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.13 | 0.11 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.21 | 0.95 | 0.26 | 0.50 | 0.90 | 0.61 | 1.32 | 2.04 | 0.33 | −0.39 |
| Current ratio | 1.33 | 1.29 | 1.53 | 1.30 | 1.27 | 1.26 | 1.12 | 1.24 | 1.49 | 1.74 |
| Quick ratio | 1.33 | 1.29 | 1.50 | 1.30 | 1.27 | 1.26 | 1.12 | 1.22 | 1.49 | 1.72 |
| Interest coverage | 9.7 | 15.8 | 63.2 | 32.6 | 10.9 | 13.9 | 13.0 | 14.3 | 34.2 | 39.4 |
| Working capital | $188.8M | $191.0M | $364.9M | $207.2M | $143.7M | $132.9M | $61.9M | $127.5M | $204.6M | $265.9M |
| Invested capital | $2.06B | $2.02B | $1.76B | $1.52B | $1.36B | $1.24B | $1.26B | $1.04B | $674.7M | $589.3M |
| Tangible asset value | $610.3M | $596.3M | $772.8M | $566.7M | $485.4M | $469.9M | $362.5M | $346.9M | $354.0M | $372.1M |
| Net current asset value | −$408.1M | −$452.2M | −$241.3M | −$202.7M | −$274.6M | −$276.1M | −$355.4M | −$245.0M | −$109.8M | −$28.7M |
| Graham number | $32.11 | $38.81 | $53.40 | $33.55 | $20.64 | $24.05 | $31.44 | $22.94 | $15.14 | $14.14 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$10.37 | −$10.34 | −$6.90 | −$6.01 | −$6.44 | −$6.16 | −$7.57 | −$6.36 | −$3.62 | −$2.06 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $30.2M | $0 | $0 | — | — | — | — | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Share buybacks (net) | $79.1M | $153.9M | $118.1M | $9.1M | $8.0M | $29.0M | $4.3M | $3.4M | $102.5M | $31.7M |
| Dividend payout ratio | 29.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 76.1% | 54.6% | 49.4% | 7.6% | 13.3% | 18.2% | 38.6% | 6.7% | — | 35.8% |
| Capex / revenue | 1.3% | 3.3% | 4.1% | 3.1% | 3.3% | 2.6% | 5.4% | 1.8% | 3.0% | 2.4% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 26.2% | 33.2% | 47.8% | 52.6% | 65.9% | 37.3% | 94.8% | 59.5% | 104.8% | 48.4% |
| Capex / depreciation | 0.26 | 0.76 | 1.43 | 1.02 | 0.93 | 0.81 | 2.38 | 1.20 | 2.40 | 2.24 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| SG&A / revenue | 2.9% | 3.6% | 6.9% | 7.6% | 8.2% | 9.3% | 8.3% | 6.8% | 7.0% | 8.2% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 55.3 | 57.5 | 48.7 | 52.8 | 50.5 | 47.1 | 53.9 | 48.3 | 44.4 | 42.3 |
| Days of inventory on hand | — | — | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.7 |
| Days payables outstanding | 198.9 | 34.2 | 31.6 | 35.7 | 32.3 | 30.7 | 34.5 | 30.9 | 29.1 | 28.5 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | -143.6 | 23.2 | 17.9 | 17.3 | 18.4 | 16.4 | 20.2 | 18.0 | 15.8 | 15.4 |
| Receivables turnover | 6.60 | 6.35 | 7.50 | 6.91 | 7.23 | 7.76 | 6.77 | 7.56 | 8.23 | 8.63 |
| Payables turnover | 1.84 | 10.66 | 11.57 | 10.23 | 11.32 | 11.87 | 10.59 | 11.82 | 12.55 | 12.79 |
| Inventory turnover | — | — | 464.18 | 2,059.96 | 3,123.30 | 5,051.44 | 509.76 | 577.84 | 687.69 | 218.24 |
| Asset turnover | 1.36 | 1.44 | 2.00 | 1.86 | 1.71 | 1.87 | 2.05 | 2.66 | 2.68 | 2.81 |
| Average receivables | $598.0M | $661.9M | $712.3M | $612.4M | $483.5M | $472.9M | $544.4M | $533.8M | $434.1M | $408.5M |
| Average payables | $314.7M | $347.1M | $384.8M | $355.1M | $271.3M | $265.1M | $305.9M | $302.7M | $248.5M | $243.4M |
| Average inventory | — | — | $9.6M | $1.8M | $983,000 | $623,000 | $6.4M | $6.2M | $4.5M | $14.3M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 37.7% | 35.4% | 28.5% | 31.7% | 31.9% | 30.4% | 32.1% | 25.3% | 20.2% | 21.2% |
Computed from HUBG's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 25, 2025) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
HUBG valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2024 (December 31, 2024), Hub traded at 26.2 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 16.7. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 15.2 and the forward P/E is 15.2. Hub earned a return on equity of 6.3% and a return on invested capital of 5.4% in fiscal 2024. It ended the year with $508.5 million of debt and $98.2 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $410.3 million. It returned $109.3 million to shareholders: $30.2 million in dividends and $79.1 million in share buybacks, 76% of free cash flow. The share count fell 15.1% from 71.9M to 61.1M over 9 years.
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HUBG key metrics FAQ
What is Hub's P/E ratio?
Hub's trailing P/E ratio is 15.2 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 15.2. At the end of fiscal 2024 it was 26.2, compared with a 10-year median of 16.7.
What is Hub's EV/EBITDA?
Hub's enterprise value was 9.2 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2024 (enterprise value $3.1 billion, EBITDA $339.6 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 6.8.
What is Hub's return on equity?
Hub's return on equity (ROE) was 6.3% in fiscal 2024: net income of $104.0 million on average shareholders' equity of $1.6 billion.
What is Hub's ROIC?
Hub's return on invested capital was 5.4% in fiscal 2024, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Hub have?
Hub had total debt of $508.5 million at the end of fiscal 2024, a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31 and $410.3 million of net debt (1.21 times EBITDA).
What is Hub's dividend yield?
Hub's forward dividend yield is 1.87%. Hub paid $30.2 million in dividends in fiscal 2024 ($0.49 per share), a payout ratio of 29.1%.
Does Hub buy back its shares?
Yes. Hub spent $79.1 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2024 Shares outstanding changed −4.5% over the year, to 61.1M..
What is Hub's free cash flow yield?
Hub generated $143.6 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2024, a free cash flow yield of 5.3% on its market value at year-end ($2.7 billion).
What is Hub's current ratio?
Hub's current ratio was 1.33 at the end of fiscal 2024: current assets were 1.33 times current liabilities.