Jacobs Solutions (J) Stock Price, News & Analysis

12 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Jacobs Solutions in the last twelve months. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" J shares.
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12 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Jacobs Solutions' stock. Their J share price targets range from $143.00 to $174.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $155.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.6% from the stock's current price.
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Jacobs Solutions' stock was trading at $129.80 at the beginning of the year. Since then, J stock has increased by 9.2% and is now trading at $141.70.
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Jacobs Solutions Inc. (NYSE:J) released its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 6th. The company reported $2.02 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.56 by $0.46. The company earned $4.20 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.02 billion. Jacobs Solutions had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.57% and a net margin of 4.20%. The firm's revenue was up 10.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.67 EPS.
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Jacobs Solutions declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 2nd. Investors of record on Friday, May 24th will be paid a dividend of $0.29 per share on Friday, June 21st. This represents a $1.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.82%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 23rd.
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Jacobs Solutions (NYSE:J) pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.78%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 20.71%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, J will have a dividend payout ratio of 12.98% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Jacobs Solutions declared that its board has authorized a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, January 25th 2023, which permits the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy up to 6.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Jacobs Solutions updated its FY24 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 7th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $7.80-8.10 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.02.

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Jacobs Solutions' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (2.34%), Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. (0.46%), Swiss National Bank (0.30%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.30%), ZWJ Investment Counsel Inc. (0.26%) and Williams Jones Wealth Management LLC. (0.21%). Insiders that own company stock include Christopher MT Thompson, Kevin C Berryman, Patrick Hill, Ralph E Eberhart, Shelette M Gustafson, Steven J Demetriou and William B Allen Jr.
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