JBT Marel Corporation (NYSE:JBTM) Receives Average Rating of "Moderate Buy" from Analysts

Key Points

• Analysts maintain a “Moderate Buy” consensus on JBT Marel, with three buy ratings and two holds. The average 12-month price target is $174.67, versus the stock’s recent price of $138.61.
• JBT Marel exceeded quarterly earnings expectations, reporting $1.58 in EPS versus the $1.49 consensus estimate and $936 million in revenue, up 9.6% year over year. Management issued fiscal 2026 EPS guidance of $8.00–$8.50.
• The company declared a quarterly dividend of $0.10 per share, equal to a 0.3% annualized yield. Institutional investors hold approximately 98.92% of JBT Marel’s outstanding shares.

Shares of JBT Marel Corporation (NYSE:JBTM - Get Free Report) have been given an average rating of "Moderate Buy" by the five ratings firms that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 1-year price target among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $174.6667.

JBTM has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Zacks Research lowered shares of JBT Marel from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 28th. Seaport Research Partners set a $165.00 price objective on shares of JBT Marel in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of JBT Marel from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Sunday, June 21st. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of JBT Marel from a "hold (c+)" rating to a "hold (c)" rating in a research note on Friday, June 5th. Finally, Oppenheimer initiated coverage on shares of JBT Marel in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. They issued an "outperform" rating and a $175.00 price target for the company.

JBT Marel Trading Down 1.3%

NYSE:JBTM opened at $138.61 on Friday. JBT Marel has a 1 year low of $113.67 and a 1 year high of $170.19. The stock has a market cap of $7.22 billion, a P/E ratio of 43.32, a P/E/G ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 0.94. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32, a quick ratio of 0.61 and a current ratio of 1.01. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $134.78 and a 200-day simple moving average of $139.93.

JBT Marel (NYSE:JBTM - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Monday, May 4th. The company reported $1.58 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.49 by $0.09. The business had revenue of $936.00 million for the quarter. JBT Marel had a return on equity of 8.25% and a net margin of 4.32%.JBT Marel's revenue was up 9.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.97 EPS. JBT Marel has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.000-8.500 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that JBT Marel will post 8.26 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

JBT Marel Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 9th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, May 26th were given a dividend of $0.10 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, May 26th. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.3%. JBT Marel's payout ratio is 12.50%.

Institutional Trading of JBT Marel

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in JBTM. Cooper Financial Group acquired a new stake in shares of JBT Marel in the 2nd quarter valued at about $238,000. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its position in JBT Marel by 14.9% during the second quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,982 shares of the company's stock worth $432,000 after buying an additional 386 shares during the period. Parallel Advisors LLC increased its position in JBT Marel by 1,211.8% during the first quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 223 shares of the company's stock worth $29,000 after buying an additional 206 shares during the period. NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its stake in JBT Marel by 8.2% in the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 2,929 shares of the company's stock valued at $375,000 after buying an additional 223 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cim Investment Management Inc. lifted its stake in JBT Marel by 24.5% in the first quarter. Cim Investment Management Inc. now owns 2,151 shares of the company's stock valued at $275,000 after buying an additional 423 shares during the last quarter. 98.92% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

JBT Marel Company Profile

JBT Marel Corporation provides technology solutions to food and beverage industry in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. It offers value-added processing that includes chilling, mixing/grinding, injecting, blending, marinating, tumbling, flattening, forming, portioning, coating, cooking, frying, freezing, extracting, pasteurizing, sterilizing, concentrating, high pressure processing, weighing, inspecting, filling, closing, sealing, end of line material handling, and packaging solutions to the food, beverage, and health market.

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