NYSE:JEC - Jacobs Engineering Group Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Jacobs Engineering Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "JEC."

Jacobs Engineering Group announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 11th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.17 per share on Friday, August 23rd. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.81%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 25th. View Jacobs Engineering Group's Dividend History.

Jacobs Engineering Group declared that its board has approved a stock repurchase program on Thursday, January 17th 2019, which permits the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 11.2% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc (NYSE:JEC) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 7th. The construction company reported $1.19 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.09 by $0.10. The construction company had revenue of $3.10 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.13 billion. Jacobs Engineering Group had a net margin of 2.13% and a return on equity of 11.16%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 6.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.00 earnings per share. View Jacobs Engineering Group's Earnings History.

Jacobs Engineering Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August 5th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Jacobs Engineering Group.

Jacobs Engineering Group will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, August 5th at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Jacobs Engineering Group updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 7th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.45-$4.85 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.78.

13 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Jacobs Engineering Group's stock. Their predictions range from $68.72 to $92.00. On average, they anticipate Jacobs Engineering Group's stock price to reach $84.2862 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Jacobs Engineering Group.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Jacobs Engineering Group in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Jacobs Engineering Group.

Press coverage about JEC stock has been trending positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Jacobs Engineering Group earned a news sentiment score of 2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the construction company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Jacobs Engineering Group.

Some companies that are related to Jacobs Engineering Group include Hitachi (HTHIY), CHINA RWY GRP L/ADR (CRWOY), Fluor Co. (NEW) (FLR), KBR (KBR), Granite Construction (GVA), Construction Partners (ROAD), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), Grana y Montero SAA (GRAM), Sterling Construction (STRL), Orion Group (ORN), Williams Industrial Services Group (WLMS) and Empresas ICA SAB de CV (ICAYY).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Jacobs Engineering Group investors own include Fluor Co. (NEW) (FLR), KBR (KBR), John Wood Group (WG), Foster Wheeler (FWLT), Air Products & Chemicals (APD), Costain Group (COST), Intel (INTC), Visa (V), Alibaba Group (BABA) and Micron Technology (MU).

Jacobs Engineering Group's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Cacti Asset Management LLC (0.63%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.13%), Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. (0.09%), CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp (0.07%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (0.06%) and BTR Capital Management Inc. (0.05%). Company insiders that own Jacobs Engineering Group stock include Christopher MT Thompson, Joseph R Bronson, Michael R Tyler, Robert C Davidson Jr and Terence D Hagen. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Jacobs Engineering Group.

JEC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including New York State Teachers Retirement System, Country Club Trust Company n.a., Coastline Trust Co, Valeo Financial Advisors LLC, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Evanson Asset Management LLC, Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. and Prio Wealth Limited Partnership. Company insiders that have sold Jacobs Engineering Group company stock in the last year include Joseph R Bronson, Michael R Tyler and Terence D Hagen. View Insider Buying and Selling for Jacobs Engineering Group.

JEC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp, MainStreet Investment Advisors LLC, Fox Run Management L.L.C., Carroll Financial Associates Inc., IFM Investors Pty Ltd, First American Trust FSB, Cacti Asset Management LLC and Forte Capital LLC ADV. View Insider Buying and Selling for Jacobs Engineering Group.

Shares of JEC 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 JEC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $83.94.

Jacobs Engineering Group has a market capitalization of $11.47 billion and generates $14.98 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $163.43 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.47 on an earnings per share basis. Jacobs Engineering Group employs 74,400 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Jacobs Engineering Group.

The official website for Jacobs Engineering Group is http://www.jacobs.com/.

Jacobs Engineering Group's mailing address is 1999 Bryan Street Suite 1200, Dallas TX, 75201. The construction company can be reached via phone at 214-583-8500.