PDS Planning Inc Buys New Holdings in Jabil, Inc. $JBL

PDS Planning Inc bought a new stake in Jabil, Inc. (NYSE:JBL - Free Report) during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 1,408 shares of the technology company's stock, valued at approximately $307,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in JBL. GFG Capital LLC acquired a new stake in Jabil during the second quarter worth approximately $26,000. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV acquired a new stake in Jabil during the first quarter worth approximately $27,000. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in Jabil by 110.5% during the first quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 221 shares of the technology company's stock worth $30,000 after purchasing an additional 116 shares in the last quarter. Groupe la Francaise raised its holdings in Jabil by 35.2% during the first quarter. Groupe la Francaise now owns 246 shares of the technology company's stock worth $34,000 after purchasing an additional 64 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Golden State Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in Jabil by 2,400.0% during the first quarter. Golden State Wealth Management LLC now owns 275 shares of the technology company's stock worth $37,000 after purchasing an additional 264 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.39% of the company's stock.

Insider Transactions at Jabil

In other news, EVP Andrew Priestley sold 3,782 shares of Jabil stock in a transaction on Monday, July 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $225.00, for a total transaction of $850,950.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 48,535 shares of the company's stock, valued at $10,920,375. The trade was a 7.23% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Steven A. Raymund sold 13,432 shares of Jabil stock in a transaction on Monday, July 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $223.11, for a total value of $2,996,813.52. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 86,396 shares of the company's stock, valued at $19,275,811.56. This trade represents a 13.46% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 85,416 shares of company stock worth $18,367,889. Corporate insiders own 1.73% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have weighed in on JBL. Stifel Nicolaus began coverage on shares of Jabil in a report on Wednesday, July 2nd. They set a "buy" rating and a $245.00 price objective on the stock. Weiss Ratings reissued a "hold (c+)" rating on shares of Jabil in a report on Saturday, September 27th. Bank of America raised their price objective on shares of Jabil from $245.00 to $255.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, September 26th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Jabil from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Friday, October 3rd. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price on shares of Jabil from $188.00 to $215.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 18th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have assigned a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $248.43.

Jabil Stock Performance

NYSE:JBL opened at $194.00 on Monday. The firm's fifty day moving average price is $213.34 and its 200 day moving average price is $189.44. Jabil, Inc. has a 1-year low of $108.66 and a 1-year high of $237.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.57, a current ratio of 1.00 and a quick ratio of 0.66. The firm has a market cap of $20.82 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.55, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.38 and a beta of 1.26.

Jabil (NYSE:JBL - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, September 25th. The technology company reported $1.99 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.92 by ($0.93). Jabil had a net margin of 2.20% and a return on equity of 68.63%. The firm had revenue of $8.30 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $7.63 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $2.30 earnings per share. The business's quarterly revenue was up 18.5% on a year-over-year basis. Jabil has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 2.470-2.870 EPS. FY 2026 guidance at 11.000-11.000 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Jabil, Inc. will post 8.05 EPS for the current year.

Jabil Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, September 3rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 15th were paid a dividend of $0.08 per share. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, August 15th. Jabil's payout ratio is 5.37%.

About Jabil

Jabil Inc provides manufacturing services and solutions worldwide. It operates in two segments, Electronics Manufacturing Services and Diversified Manufacturing Services. The company offers electronics design, production, and product management services; electronic circuit design services, such as application-specific integrated circuit design, firmware development, and rapid prototyping services; and designs plastic and metal enclosures that include the electro-mechanics, such as the printed circuit board assemblies (PCBA).

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