NYSE:JBL - Jabil Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

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

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

Jabil Inc (NYSE:JBL) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, December, 17th. The technology company reported $1.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.94 by $0.11. The technology company had revenue of $7.51 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $6.92 billion. Jabil had a return on equity of 10.91% and a net margin of 0.78%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 15.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.90 earnings per share. 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 EPS 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 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Jabil's stock. Their forecasts range from $34.00 to $44.00. On average, they anticipate Jabil's stock price to reach $40.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.3%. 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.

Headlines about JBL stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Jabil earned a news impact score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the technology company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Jabil.

Jabil saw a decline in short interest during 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 presently 3.7 days. Approximately 3.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Jabil's Current Options Chain.

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Jabil's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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, SG Americas Securities LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Convergence Investment Partners LLC and Arizona State Retirement System. 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 $41.36.

Jabil has a market capitalization of $6.29 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]