Research Analysts Set Expectations for JKHY FY2025 Earnings

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ:JKHY - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Zacks Research increased their FY2025 earnings estimates for Jack Henry & Associates in a research note issued to investors on Monday, May 26th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the technology company will earn $5.85 per share for the year, up from their previous estimate of $5.69. The consensus estimate for Jack Henry & Associates' current full-year earnings is $5.83 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Jack Henry & Associates' Q4 2025 earnings at $1.46 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $5.94 EPS.

JKHY has been the topic of several other reports. UBS Group decreased their price objective on shares of Jack Henry & Associates from $190.00 to $185.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, May 8th. William Blair restated an "outperform" rating on shares of Jack Henry & Associates in a research report on Tuesday, February 18th. Wall Street Zen raised Jack Henry & Associates from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, May 12th. Northcoast Research lowered Jack Henry & Associates from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating in a research note on Monday, March 10th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods cut their target price on Jack Henry & Associates from $190.00 to $183.00 and set a "market perform" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, May 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have assigned a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $184.10.

Jack Henry & Associates Price Performance

Shares of JKHY stock traded up $0.19 during trading on Thursday, hitting $180.27. The company had a trading volume of 875,815 shares, compared to its average volume of 573,729. The company has a quick ratio of 1.17, a current ratio of 1.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03. The stock's 50-day moving average is $176.32 and its two-hundred day moving average is $175.08. The stock has a market capitalization of $13.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.54, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.36 and a beta of 0.75. Jack Henry & Associates has a 52 week low of $157.00 and a 52 week high of $196.00.

Jack Henry & Associates (NASDAQ:JKHY - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 6th. The technology company reported $1.52 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.29 by $0.23. The company had revenue of $585.09 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $585.84 million. Jack Henry & Associates had a net margin of 17.83% and a return on equity of 21.55%. Jack Henry & Associates's revenue for the quarter was up 8.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.19 earnings per share.

Jack Henry & Associates Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, June 18th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.58 per share. This represents a $2.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.29%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 29th. Jack Henry & Associates's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 39.52%.

Institutional Trading of Jack Henry & Associates

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in JKHY. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its stake in shares of Jack Henry & Associates by 7.9% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,791,810 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $316,326,000 after purchasing an additional 131,515 shares during the period. Blue Trust Inc. lifted its stake in Jack Henry & Associates by 57.7% in the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 916 shares of the technology company's stock worth $162,000 after acquiring an additional 335 shares during the period. KBC Group NV lifted its stake in Jack Henry & Associates by 3.4% in the fourth quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 16,765 shares of the technology company's stock worth $2,939,000 after acquiring an additional 554 shares during the period. Pacer Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in Jack Henry & Associates by 129.4% in the fourth quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 15,198 shares of the technology company's stock worth $2,664,000 after purchasing an additional 8,574 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Foundations Investment Advisors LLC bought a new position in Jack Henry & Associates in the fourth quarter worth $229,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 98.75% of the company's stock.

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.