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, January 23rd. Investors of record on Friday, February 14th will be given a dividend of $0.08 per share on Wednesday, March 4th. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.77%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 13th. View Jabil's Dividend History.

Jabil announced that its board has approved a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, June 14th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $350,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 7.2% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often 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 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.94 by $0.11. The technology company earned $7.51 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.92 billion. Jabil had a return on equity of 10.91% and a net margin of 0.78%. Jabil's revenue for the quarter was up 15.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $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 updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, December, 17th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share 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 12-month 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 twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.4%. 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.

Media coverage about JBL stock has trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Jabil earned a daily sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Jabil.

Jabil saw a drop in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,950,000 shares, a drop 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 sold short. View Jabil's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Jabil investors own include Micron Technology (MU), Intel (INTC), Cisco Systems (CSCO), AT&T (T), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), NVIDIA (NVDA), Verizon Communications (VZ), Netflix (NFLX), QUALCOMM (QCOM) and Alibaba Group (BABA).

Jabil's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Strs Ohio (0.44%), Braun Stacey Associates Inc. (0.27%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.25%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.21%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.17%) and Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.15%). 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, Strs Ohio, Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Convergence Investment Partners LLC, Arizona State Retirement System and Sciencast Management LP. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Braun Stacey Associates Inc., Hennessy Advisors Inc., W.E. Donoghue & Co. LLC, Polianta Ltd, California Public Employees Retirement System, Hexavest Inc., Toth Financial Advisory Corp and Winslow Evans & Crocker Inc.. 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 $41.40.

Jabil has a market capitalization of $6.30 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]