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

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

Jacobs Engineering Group declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 19th. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.17 per share on Friday, November 1st. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.73%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 3rd. View Jacobs Engineering Group's Dividend History.

Jacobs Engineering Group declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback plan on Thursday, January 17th 2019, which authorizes the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 11.2% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc (NYSE:JEC) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August, 5th. The construction company reported $1.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.25 by $0.15. The construction company earned $3.17 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.10 billion. Jacobs Engineering Group had a net margin of 5.06% and a return on equity of 11.11%. Jacobs Engineering Group's revenue for the quarter was up 8.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.35 earnings per share. View Jacobs Engineering Group's Earnings History.

Jacobs Engineering Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, November 25th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Jacobs Engineering Group.

Jacobs Engineering Group will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, November 25th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Jacobs Engineering Group updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Monday, August, 5th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.75-5.00 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.69.

11 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Jacobs Engineering Group's stock. Their predictions range from $68.72 to $100.00. On average, they expect Jacobs Engineering Group's share price to reach $87.97 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.3%. View Analyst Price Targets for Jacobs Engineering Group.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Jacobs Engineering Group in the last year. There are currently 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Jacobs Engineering Group.

News stories about JEC stock have been trending somewhat positive on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring 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 five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Jacobs Engineering Group earned a coverage optimism score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the construction company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Jacobs Engineering Group.

Jacobs Engineering Group saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 3,520,000 shares, an increase of 9.0% from the August 30th total of 3,230,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 988,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.6 days. Approximately 2.6% of the company's shares are short sold. View Jacobs Engineering Group's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Jacobs Engineering Group include Hitachi (HTHIY), CHINA RWY GRP L/ADR (CRWOY), KBR (KBR), Fluor Co. (NEW) (FLR), Granite Construction (GVA), Construction Partners (ROAD), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), Sterling Construction (STRL), Grana y Montero SAA (GRAM), 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), Alibaba Group (BABA), Costain Group (COST), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Visa (V) and NVIDIA (NVDA).

Jacobs Engineering Group's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Cacti Asset Management LLC (0.64%), Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. (0.09%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp (0.07%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.06%) and Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.06%). 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 Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Coastline Trust Co, Wedbush Securities Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Country Club Trust Company n.a., Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc., Park National Corp OH and Cerebellum GP LLC. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artemis Investment Management LLP, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Meeder Asset Management Inc., CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp, HMS Capital Management LLC, Forte Capital LLC ADV and Pacer Advisors Inc.. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of JEC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $92.90.

Jacobs Engineering Group has a market capitalization of $12.59 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.