Jacobs Solutions (J) Stock Price, News & Analysis

12 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Jacobs Solutions in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" J shares.
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12 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Jacobs Solutions' shares. Their J share price targets range from $143.00 to $174.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $154.08 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.1% from the stock's current price.
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Jacobs Solutions' stock was trading at $129.80 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, J stock has increased by 10.8% and is now trading at $143.83.
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Jacobs Solutions saw a increase in short interest during the month of 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 volume of 691,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.4 days. Currently, 1.3% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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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) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 6th. The company reported $2.02 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.56 by $0.46. The firm earned $4.20 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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 company's revenue for the quarter was up 10.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.67 earnings per share.
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Jacobs Solutions announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 25th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 23rd will be paid 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 0.81%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 0.81%. 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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Jacobs Solutions declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan 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 purchase up to 6.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Jacobs Solutions updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Monday, April, 1st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) 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 retail and institutional 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%), Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC (0.09%) and Everett Harris & Co. CA (0.08%). 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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