Company Analysis

Hub Group, Inc. (HUBG)

Nasdaq: HUBG · Arrangement of Transportation of Freight & Cargo · Oak Brook, IL · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade5.3
◀ Past 3.2● Present 7.1▶ Future 4.2

The grade of Hub Group, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.3/10
◀ Past3.225% of the headline
● Present7.145% of the headline
▶ Future4.230% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.2/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
0.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

10 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-11-10.

weight 45% of this tense · 3rd percentile among 17 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Hub Group, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 10 warning events of 3 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 4 times, the latest 2026-09-17); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, 2 times, the latest 2026-05-12); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 4 times, the latest 2026-11-10) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+4.6% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 9 of 9.

weight 33% of this tense · 60th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Hub Group, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $2.8 billion in fiscal 2016 to $3.9 billion in fiscal 2024, up 4.6% a year; it rose in 4 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 26% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 9 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span4.6%top 38% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 44% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 15% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak26.1%top 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 3.4% a year. 30% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 1 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 51st percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2024-12-31, Hub Group, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 3.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 30% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 1 sale (1 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-27, buying about $200 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 21% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

7.1/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 6%: 6¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 43%: owes 43¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 77th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31, Hub Group, Inc. earned about 6 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 43 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 4.5% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 26% of its family
  • return on equitytop 34% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 9% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 25% of 17 in its family; net margin 2.6%.

weight 45% of this tense · 75th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Hub Group, Inc.'s standing among 17 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $3.9 billion in fiscal 2024 ranks in the top 23% by size; a net margin of 2.6% ranks in the top 26%; revenue growth of -2.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 26% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$3.95Btop 23% of its family
  • net margin2.6%top 26% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-2.3%top 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.7/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 43% of 7 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2023.

weight 22% of this tense · 57th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Hub Group, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Yeager, Phillip D (President, CEO & Vice Chairman, as filed), filing under that title since 2023-11-14, 3 years (top 50% of its family); the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.8 years (top 36%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (top 44%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge8 in three years among 16 peopletop 44% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.8 yearstop 36% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record3.0 yearstop 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.2/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 46% of 17 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 54th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Hub Group, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2024): cash of $98 million against debt of $264 million leaves -5.8% of its assets as net cash, bottom 28% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 3.6% of revenue (top 21%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-5.8%bottom 28% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue3.6%top 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 40% of 17 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 40th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Hub Group, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2024: revenue grew -2.3% a year over the last three filed years against 4.6% over all 9, slowing (bottom 44% of its family); the newest year grew -6.1% (bottom 38%); capital spending grew -27.4% a year (bottom 38%) (its annual reports). Hub Group, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-6.9 points a yearbottom 44% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-6.1%bottom 38% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-27.4%bottom 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
3.2/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 32% of 15 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 32nd percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Hub Group, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $3.9 billion in fiscal 2024 came in 5.8% below the $4.2 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 17% of its family); net income of $104 million against a prior three-year average of $232 million (bottom 30%); a net margin of 2.6% against 4.9% before (top 50%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-5.8%bottom 17% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-55%bottom 30% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-2.3 pointstop 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton HUBG · research, not advice