Jacobs Solutions (J) Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Jacobs Solutions in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" J shares.
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7 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for Jacobs Solutions' stock. Their J share price forecasts range from $137.00 to $157.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $149.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.6% from the stock's current price.
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Jacobs Solutions' stock was trading at $120.07 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, J stock has increased by 9.2% and is now trading at $131.12.
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Jacobs Solutions saw a decline in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,030,000 shares, a decline of 15.6% from the August 15th total of 1,220,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 581,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.8 days. Currently, 0.8% 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 Monday, November 20th 2023.
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Jacobs Solutions Inc. (NYSE:J) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August, 8th. The company reported $1.82 EPS for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $1.82. The firm had revenue of $4.19 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.07 billion. Jacobs Solutions had a net margin of 4.65% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.30%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 9.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.86 EPS.
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Jacobs Solutions declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 6th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.26 per share on Friday, August 25th. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.79%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 27th.
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Jacobs Solutions (NYSE:J) pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.79%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 4 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 17.93%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, J will have a dividend payout ratio of 12.59% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Jacobs Solutions announced that its board has approved a share buyback plan on Wednesday, January 25th 2023, which allows the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 6.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Jacobs Solutions issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 8th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $7.25-$7.45 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $7.35. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

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Jacobs Solutions trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "J."

Jacobs Solutions' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.20%), State Street Corp (5.97%), Capital World Investors (5.02%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (2.81%), Ruane Cunniff & Goldfarb L.P. (2.35%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (2.11%). Insiders that own company stock include Christopher MT Thompson, Dawne S Hickton, Kevin C Berryman, Linda Fayne Levinson, Michael R Tyler, Robert V Pragada and Steven J Demetriou.
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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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of J stock can currently be purchased for approximately $131.12.

Jacobs Solutions (NYSE:J) has a market capitalization of $16.51 billion and generates $14.92 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $644.04 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.80 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 60,000 workers across the globe.

Jacobs Solutions' mailing address is 1999 Bryan Street Suite 1200, Dallas TX, 75201. The official website for the company is www.jacobs.com. The company can be reached via phone at (214) 583-8500, via email at investor.relations@jacobs.com, or via fax at 214-638-0447.