Brokers Issue Forecasts for JKHY Q1 Earnings

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ:JKHY) – Research analysts at William Blair issued their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for Jack Henry & Associates in a research note issued on Monday, August 25th. William Blair analyst C. Kennedy anticipates that the technology company will post earnings per share of $1.68 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 $1.50 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.55 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $1.67 EPS.

JKHY has been the topic of a number of other reports. DA Davidson set a $204.00 price target on Jack Henry & Associates in a report on Friday, August 22nd. Robert W. Baird lowered their target price on shares of Jack Henry & Associates from $195.00 to $185.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, August 20th. UBS Group lowered their target price on shares of Jack Henry & Associates from $185.00 to $175.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, August 21st. Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their price objective on shares of Jack Henry & Associates from $203.00 to $185.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, August 21st. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Jack Henry & Associates from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 2nd. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Jack Henry & Associates currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $182.70.

Jack Henry & Associates Price Performance

JKHY opened at $162.82 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $11.86 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.09, a P/E/G ratio of 2.92 and a beta of 0.73. Jack Henry & Associates has a 12 month low of $157.80 and a 12 month high of $196.00. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $172.21 and its 200 day moving average price is $174.92.

Jack Henry & Associates (NASDAQ:JKHY) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, August 19th. The technology company reported $1.75 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate 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 period last year, the firm earned $1.33 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 9.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Jack Henry & Associates has set its FY 2026 guidance at EPS.

Jack Henry & Associates Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 26th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 5th will be paid a $0.58 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 5th. This represents a $2.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.4%. Jack Henry & Associates’s payout ratio is currently 37.18%.

Insider Transactions at Jack Henry & Associates

In other Jack Henry & Associates news, Director David B. Foss sold 5,780 shares of Jack Henry & Associates stock in a transaction that occurred 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 approximately $23,296,249.20. The trade was a 3.98% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 1.37% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in Jack Henry & Associates in the 2nd quarter worth about $382,000. Advisory Services Network LLC increased its position in shares of Jack Henry & Associates by 2.6% in the second quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC now owns 2,745 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $466,000 after acquiring an additional 69 shares in the last quarter. State of Wyoming increased its position in shares of Jack Henry & Associates by 22.4% in the second quarter. State of Wyoming now owns 1,360 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $245,000 after acquiring an additional 249 shares in the last quarter. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC purchased a new position in shares of Jack Henry & Associates in the second quarter worth approximately $35,000. Finally, Goodman Advisory Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of Jack Henry & Associates in the second quarter worth approximately $477,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 98.75% of the company’s stock.

Jack Henry & Associates Company Profile

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.