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 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Jacobs Solutions' stock. Their J share price targets range from $143.00 to $174.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $155.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.7% from the stock's current price.
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Jacobs Solutions' stock was trading at $129.80 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, J stock has increased by 11.1% and is now trading at $144.18.
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Jacobs Solutions saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,660,000 shares, an increase of 9.2% from the February 29th total of 1,520,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 691,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.4 days. Approximately 1.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 7th 2024.
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Jacobs Solutions will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, May 7th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Jacobs Solutions Inc. (NYSE:J) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 6th. The company reported $2.02 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.56 by $0.46. The business earned $4.20 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.02 billion. Jacobs Solutions had a net margin of 4.20% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.57%. Jacobs Solutions's revenue was up 10.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.67 EPS.
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Jacobs Solutions declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 25th. Investors of record on Friday, February 23rd will be given a dividend of $0.29 per share on Friday, March 22nd. This represents a $1.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.80%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 22nd. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.26.
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Jacobs Solutions (NYSE:J) pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.80%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 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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ETFs with the largest weight of Jacobs Solutions (NYSE:J) stock in their portfolio include Newday Ocean Health ETF (AHOY), Vesper U.S. Large Cap Short-Term Reversal Strategy ETF (UTRN), Kovitz Core Equity ETF (EQTY), 2ndVote Life Neutral Plus ETF (LYFE), American Century Mid Cap Growth Impact (MID), Janus Henderson Net Zero Transition Resources ETF (JZRO), Neuberger Berman Carbon Transition & Infrastructure ETF (NBCT) and Hilton Small-MidCap Opportunity ETF (SMCO).

Jacobs Solutions announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program on Wednesday, January 25th 2023, which authorizes the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 6.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Jacobs Solutions updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Monday, April, 1st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 7.700-8.200 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 7.950. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

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Jacobs Solutions' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (2.34%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.30%), CWM LLC (0.13%), Perpetual Ltd (0.10%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.10%) and Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC (0.09%). 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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