NYSE:JBL - Jabil Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Jabil declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 18th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.08 per share on Monday, December 3rd. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.47%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 14th. View Jabil's Dividend History.

Jabil declared that its board has approved a stock buyback plan on Thursday, June 14th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $350,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 7.2% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Jabil Inc (NYSE:JBL) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, September, 25th. The technology company reported $0.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.68 by $0.02. The technology company had revenue of $5.77 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.41 billion. Jabil had a net margin of 0.39% and a return on equity of 16.56%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 14.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.64 earnings per share. View Jabil's Earnings History.

Jabil is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, December 18th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Jabil.

Jabil will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, December 18th at 4:30 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 8774076184.

Jabil updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, September, 25th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.00 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.96. The company issued revenue guidance of $24.5 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $22.63 billion.Jabil also updated its Q1 guidance to $0.79-0.99 EPS.

6 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Jabil's stock. Their predictions range from $24.00 to $36.00. On average, they expect Jabil's stock price to reach $29.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 36.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Jabil.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Jabil in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Jabil.

News headlines about JBL stock have been trending positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Jabil earned a news sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the technology company a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is very likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

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Jabil's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.03%), Vanguard Group Inc (9.25%), BlackRock Inc. (8.89%), Texas Yale Capital Corp. (5.91%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.66%) and FMR LLC (3.41%). Company insiders that own Jabil stock include Alessandro Parimbelli, Courtney J Ryan, Erich Hoch, Forbes I J Alexander, Frank A Newman, Joseph A Mcgee, Mark T Mondello, Michael Dastoor, Michael J Loparco, Sergio Cadavid, Thomas A Sansone, William D Muir Jr 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 FMR LLC, BlackRock Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Teachers Advisors LLC, First Quadrant L P CA, Vanguard Group Inc. and Vanguard Group Inc. Company insiders that have sold Jabil company stock in the last year include Alessandro Parimbelli, Erich Hoch, Mark T Mondello, Sergio Cadavid, Thomas A Sansone and William E Peters. View Insider Buying and Selling for Jabil.

JBL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bessemer Group Inc., Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC, Primecap Management Co. CA, Strs Ohio, LSV Asset Management, Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd. and Paloma Partners Management Co. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of JBL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $21.84.

Jabil has a market capitalization of $3.45 billion and generates $22.10 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $86.33 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.17 on an earnings per share basis. Jabil employs 199,000 workers across the globe.

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]