Jacobs Solutions (J) Stock Price, News & Analysis

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Jacobs Solutions in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" J shares.
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14 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Jacobs Solutions' shares. Their J share price targets range from $143.00 to $174.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $156.82 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.9% 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 shares have increased by 6.1% and is now trading at $137.71.
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Jacobs Solutions saw a decrease in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,440,000 shares, a decrease of 23.4% from the April 15th total of 1,880,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 599,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.4 days. Approximately 1.2% 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, August 13th 2024.
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Jacobs Solutions Inc. (NYSE:J) released its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 7th. The company reported $1.91 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.84 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $4.27 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.33 billion. Jacobs Solutions had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.59% and a net margin of 3.83%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 4.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.81 EPS.
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Jacobs Solutions declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 2nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 24th will be given a dividend of $0.29 per share on Friday, June 21st. This represents a $1.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.84%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 0.84%. 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 22.39%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, J will have a dividend payout ratio of 13.18% 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), 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), Hilton Small-MidCap Opportunity ETF (SMCO), Neuberger Berman Carbon Transition & Infrastructure ETF (NBCT) and Running Oak Efficient Growth ETF (RUNN).

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

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

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Jacobs Solutions' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.17%), Capital World Investors (4.39%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (2.34%), Epoch Investment Partners Inc. (0.59%), Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. (0.46%) and Baupost Group LLC MA (0.40%). 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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Shares of J stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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