What is William Blair’s Forecast for JKHY Q1 Earnings?

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ:JKHY) – William Blair issued their Q1 2026 earnings estimates for shares of Jack Henry & Associates in a report released on Wednesday, August 20th. William Blair analyst C. Kennedy anticipates that the technology company will post earnings of $1.73 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Jack Henry & Associates’ current full-year earnings is $5.83 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Jack Henry & Associates’ Q2 2026 earnings at $1.47 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.56 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $1.63 EPS.

A number of other analysts have also recently weighed in on the stock. UBS Group decreased their price target on shares of Jack Henry & Associates from $185.00 to $175.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Royal Bank Of Canada decreased their price target on shares of Jack Henry & Associates from $203.00 to $185.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods decreased their price target on shares of Jack Henry & Associates from $183.00 to $178.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Jack Henry & Associates from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 2nd. Finally, DA Davidson reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $212.00 price target on shares of Jack Henry & Associates in a research report on Monday, August 18th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $183.50.

Jack Henry & Associates Price Performance

Shares of Jack Henry & Associates stock opened at $165.56 on Friday. Jack Henry & Associates has a twelve month low of $157.80 and a twelve month high of $196.00. The stock has a market capitalization of $12.06 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.53, a PEG ratio of 2.91 and a beta of 0.73. The company has a current ratio of 1.71, a quick ratio of 1.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $173.70 and its 200 day moving average price is $175.23.

Jack Henry & Associates (NASDAQ:JKHY) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, August 19th. The technology company reported $1.75 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.50 by $0.25. Jack Henry & Associates had a return on equity of 22.60% and a net margin of 19.19%.The firm had revenue of $615.37 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $602.20 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.33 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Jack Henry & Associates has set its FY 2026 guidance at EPS.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Jack Henry & Associates

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Assetmark Inc. raised its stake in shares of Jack Henry & Associates by 147.5% in the 1st quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 250 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $46,000 after purchasing an additional 149 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Jack Henry & Associates by 1.0% in the 1st quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 625,991 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $114,306,000 after purchasing an additional 6,342 shares in the last quarter. Tandem Investment Advisors Inc. raised its stake in shares of Jack Henry & Associates by 14.5% in the 1st quarter. Tandem Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 649,236 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $118,550,000 after purchasing an additional 82,414 shares in the last quarter. Bridges Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Jack Henry & Associates by 82.7% in the 1st quarter. Bridges Investment Management Inc. now owns 6,720 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $1,227,000 after purchasing an additional 3,041 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Penserra Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Jack Henry & Associates by 928.9% in the 1st quarter. Penserra Capital Management LLC now owns 5,340 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $974,000 after purchasing an additional 4,821 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 98.75% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Jack Henry & Associates news, Director David B. Foss sold 5,780 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $167.28, for a total value of $966,878.40. Following the transaction, the director owned 139,265 shares in the company, valued at $23,296,249.20. The trade was a 3.98% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. 1.37% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

About Jack Henry & Associates

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc is a financial technology company, which engages in the provision of technology solutions and payment processing services. It operates through the following segments: Core, Payments, Complementary, and Corporate and Other. The Core segment provides core information processing platforms to banks and credit unions which consist of integrated applications required to process deposit, loan, and general ledger transactions, and maintain centralized customer and member information.