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, July 18th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 15th will be given a dividend of $0.08 per share on Tuesday, September 3rd. This represents a $0.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.20%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 14th. View Jabil's Dividend History.

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

Jabil Inc (NYSE:JBL) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, June, 18th. The technology company reported $0.57 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.57. The technology company earned $6.14 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.01 billion. Jabil had a return on equity of 18.57% and a net margin of 0.72%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 12.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.46 EPS. View Jabil's Earnings History.

Jabil is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, September 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Jabil.

Jabil issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, June, 18th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.76-0.96 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.87. The company issued revenue guidance of $6.30-6.90 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $6.42 billion.

6 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Jabil's shares. Their forecasts range from $24.00 to $34.00. On average, they anticipate Jabil's share price to reach $29.40 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.3% 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, 3 hold ratings, 1 buy rating and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Jabil.

Media stories about JBL stock have trended positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded 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 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the technology company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Jabil.

Jabil saw a drop in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,829,400 shares, a drop of 6.7% from the June 30th total of 4,102,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,150,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.3 days. Approximately 2.8% of the company's shares are short sold. 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), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), NVIDIA (NVDA), Netflix (NFLX), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Bank of America (BAC), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and AT&T (T).

Jabil's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.35%), BlackRock Inc. (9.35%), Vanguard Group Inc. (9.31%), Texas Yale Capital Corp. (6.24%), LSV Asset Management (4.31%) and AQR Capital Management LLC (2.71%). Company insiders that own Jabil stock include Alessandro Parimbelli, Bruce Allan Johnson, Courtney J Ryan, Erich Hoch, Kenneth S Wilson, Mark T Mondello, Martha Brooks, Michael J Loparco, Sergio Cadavid, Steven D Borges, 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 Texas Yale Capital Corp., Natixis, Natixis, HBK Investments L P, California Public Employees Retirement System, Northern Trust Corp, Renaissance Technologies LLC and Allianz Asset Management GmbH. Company insiders that have sold Jabil company stock in the last year include Alessandro Parimbelli, Bruce Allan Johnson, Courtney J Ryan, Kenneth S Wilson, Mark T Mondello, Martha Brooks, Michael J Loparco, Sergio Cadavid, Steven D Borges, Thomas A Sansone and William E Peters. View Insider Buying and Selling for Jabil.

JBL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including APG Asset Management N.V., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc., Invesco Ltd., Balyasny Asset Management LLC, UBS Group AG and First Trust Advisors LP. 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 $26.66.

Jabil has a market capitalization of $4.08 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.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]