Was Yitro a prophet?

Reviewing Parashat Yitro with a group, I asked a question. Bamidbar Rabbah 20:1 (carried by both Rashi on Numbers 22:5 and Ramban on Numbers 24:1) says that the reason for Balaam’s prophecy is that Hashem didn’t want the idolatrous nations to have an excuse for not serving Him. My question was “if that’s the reason, why give the wicked Balaam prophecy rather than the wise and good Jethro?” The only response I got was that I was basically asking the question “why do good things happen to bad people,” but it goes deeper than that. This is not a good thing happening to a bad person. This is the King of Kings choosing representatives on Earth, and Yitro seems like a good one. (Before someone points this out: Yitro (under a different name) is considered a prophet in both Islam and the Druze religion). The discussion also eventually meandered to him being descended from Abraham as well, so he would know the G-d of Abraham, even if the tradition had decayed in Midian.

So, I thought about it a bit, and Yitro knew to bring burnt offerings for G-d. Pharaoh also sees him as an equal to both Balaam and Job in an aggadah in Sotah. It’s also possible that Hashem sent different prophets to different lands before the prophecy became centralized in Israel. So, was he a prophet? Or am I just seeing connections where there are none?