Jack Henry & Associates - JKHY Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Jack Henry & Associates in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" JKHY shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in JKHY, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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6 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Jack Henry & Associates' shares. Their JKHY share price forecasts range from $170.00 to $198.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $186.17 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.8% from the stock's current price.
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Jack Henry & Associates' stock was trading at $175.56 at the beginning of the year. Since then, JKHY stock has increased by 1.2% and is now trading at $177.69.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 7th 2023.
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Jack Henry & Associates will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 8th at 8:45 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 877-344-7529 with passcode "4711955".

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ:JKHY) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 8th. The technology company reported $1.46 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.38 by $0.08. The technology company had revenue of $529.20 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $529.86 million. Jack Henry & Associates had a net margin of 18.51% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 26.99%. Jack Henry & Associates's quarterly revenue was up 8.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.38 earnings per share.
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Jack Henry & Associates declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 16th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.49 per share on Thursday, December 22nd. This represents a $1.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.10%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 30th.
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Jack Henry & Associates (NASDAQ:JKHY) pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.08%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 32 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 39.04%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, JKHY will have a dividend payout ratio of 35.77% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Jack Henry & Associates announced that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Monday, May 17th 2021, which authorizes the company to buyback 5,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Jack Henry & Associates updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, December, 8th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.90-$4.94 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.03. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.04 billion-$2.05 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.08 billion.

208 employees have rated Jack Henry & Associates Chief Executive Officer David Foss on Glassdoor.com. David Foss has an approval rating of 84% among the company's employees.

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Jack Henry & Associates trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "JKHY."

Jack Henry & Associates' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Parnassus Investments LLC (1.33%), Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (0.59%), Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich (0.52%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.46%), Tandem Investment Advisors Inc. (0.35%) and Scout Investments Inc. (0.34%). Insiders that own company stock include David B Foss, Kevin D Williams, Stacey E Zengel, Steven W Tomson, Thomas A Wimsett and Thomas Hampton Jr Wilson.
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Shares of JKHY stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of JKHY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $177.69.

Jack Henry & Associates (NASDAQ:JKHY) has a market capitalization of $12.96 billion and generates $1.94 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $362.92 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.02 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 6,847 workers across the globe.

Jack Henry & Associates' mailing address is PO BOX 807 663 HWY 60, MONETT MO, 65708. The official website for the company is www.jackhenry.com. The technology company can be reached via phone at (417) 235-6652, via email at kwilliams@jackhenry.com, or via fax at 417-235-8406.