NYSE:JBL - Jabil Stock Price, Forecast & News

Jabil trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "JBL."

Jabil declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 17th. Investors of record on Friday, November 15th will be given a dividend of $0.08 per share on Monday, December 2nd. This represents a $0.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.74%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 14th. View Jabil's Dividend History.

Jabil announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program on Thursday, June 14th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $350,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy up to 7.2% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Jabil Inc (NYSE:JBL) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, December, 17th. The technology company reported $1.05 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.94 by $0.11. The technology company earned $7.51 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $6.92 billion. Jabil had a net margin of 0.78% and a return on equity of 10.91%. The business's revenue was up 15.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.90 EPS. View Jabil's Earnings History.

Jabil is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 12th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Jabil.

Jabil issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, December, 17th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $3.44. The company issued revenue guidance of $26.7 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $26.08 billion.

8 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Jabil's shares. Their forecasts range from $34.00 to $44.00. On average, they anticipate Jabil's share price to reach $40.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for Jabil.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Jabil in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings, 3 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Jabil.

News headlines about JBL stock have trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Jabil earned a coverage optimism score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Jabil.

Jabil saw a decline in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,950,000 shares, a decline of 7.0% from the December 15th total of 5,320,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,340,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.7 days. Currently, 3.4% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Jabil's Current Options Chain.

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Jabil's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.21%), PGGM Investments (0.11%), Sciencast Management LP (0.03%), Cozad Asset Management Inc. (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%) and Polianta Ltd (0.02%). Company insiders that own Jabil stock include Alessandro Parimbelli, Bruce Allan Johnson, Courtney J Ryan, Daryn G Smith, Erich Hoch, Kenneth S Wilson, Mark T Mondello, Martha Brooks, Michael Dastoor, Michael J Loparco, Robert L Katz, Sergio Cadavid, Steven D Borges, Thomas A Sansone, Timothy L Main and William E Peters. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Jabil.

JBL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Sciencast Management LP and IFP Advisors Inc. Company insiders that have sold Jabil company stock in the last year include Alessandro Parimbelli, Bruce Allan Johnson, Courtney J Ryan, Daryn G Smith, Kenneth S Wilson, Mark T Mondello, Martha Brooks, Michael Dastoor, Michael J Loparco, Robert L Katz, Sergio Cadavid, Steven D Borges, Thomas A Sansone and Timothy L Main. View Insider Buying and Selling for Jabil.

JBL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hennessy Advisors Inc., Polianta Ltd, Hexavest Inc., Winslow Evans & Crocker Inc., Cozad Asset Management Inc., Flaharty Asset Management LLC, Taylor Cottrill Erickson & Associates Inc. and Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Jabil.

Shares of JBL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of JBL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $43.22.

Jabil has a market capitalization of $6.57 billion and generates $25.28 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $287.11 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.81 on an earnings per share basis. Jabil employs 200,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Jabil.

The official website for Jabil is http://www.jabil.com/.

Jabil's mailing address is 10560 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. ST. N., ST PETERSBURG FL, 33716. The technology company can be reached via phone at 727-577-9749 or via email at [email protected]