NYSE:JEC - Jacobs Engineering Group Stock Price, Price Target & More

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, May 3rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Friday, June 15th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.93%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 17th. View Jacobs Engineering Group's Dividend History.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc (NYSE:JEC) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 8th. The construction company reported $1.00 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.87 by $0.13. The construction company had revenue of $3.94 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.60 billion. Jacobs Engineering Group had a net margin of 1.97% and a return on equity of 8.76%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 70.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.78 EPS. View Jacobs Engineering Group's Earnings History.

Jacobs Engineering Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August, 14th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Jacobs Engineering Group.

Jacobs Engineering Group updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 8th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.00-$4.40 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $3.94.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Jacobs Engineering Group's shares. Their predictions range from $68.00 to $86.00. On average, they expect Jacobs Engineering Group's stock price to reach $75.50 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Jacobs Engineering Group.

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

Headlines about JEC stock have trended somewhat positive recently, Accern reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Jacobs Engineering Group earned a coverage optimism score of 0.17 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the construction company an impact score of 46.34 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.

Jacobs Engineering Group's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (5.86%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (3.37%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.98%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (1.97%), FIL Ltd (1.13%) and Select Equity Group L.P. (1.07%). Company insiders that own Jacobs Engineering Group stock include Christopher MT Thompson, Joseph R Bronson, Noel G Watson, 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 FIL Ltd, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, Pendal Group Ltd, Neuberger Berman Group LLC and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.. Company insiders that have sold Jacobs Engineering Group company stock in the last year include Joseph R Bronson and Robert C Davidson Jr. View Insider Buying and Selling for Jacobs Engineering Group.

JEC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Select Equity Group L.P., Epoch Investment Partners Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, Systematic Financial Management LP, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC and Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC. 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 $64.80.

Jacobs Engineering Group has a market capitalization of $9.15 billion and generates $10.02 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $293.72 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.24 on an earnings per share basis. Jacobs Engineering Group employs 44,800 workers across the globe.

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.