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 declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 3rd. Investors of record on Friday, May 18th will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share on Friday, June 15th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.91%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 17th. View Jacobs Engineering Group's Dividend History.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc (NYSE:JEC) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 8th. The construction company reported $1.00 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.87 by $0.13. The construction company had revenue of $3.94 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.60 billion. Jacobs Engineering Group had a net margin of 1.97% and a return on equity of 8.76%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 70.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.78 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, 6th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Jacobs Engineering Group.

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

16 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Jacobs Engineering Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $68.00 to $86.00. On average, they anticipate Jacobs Engineering Group's stock price to reach $75.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Jacobs Engineering Group.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Jacobs Engineering Group in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Jacobs Engineering Group saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totalling 4,238,728 shares, an increase of 55.6% from the May 31st total of 2,723,549 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,297,867 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.3 days. Currently, 3.0% of the company's stock are sold short. View Jacobs Engineering Group's Current Options Chain.

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), Grana y Montero (GRAM), Sterling Construction (STRL), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), Orion Group (ORN) and Empresas ICA SAB de CV (ICAYY).

News headlines about JEC stock have been trending somewhat positive on Wednesday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Jacobs Engineering Group earned a news sentiment score of 0.14 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news stories about the construction company an impact score of 47.11 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

Jacobs Engineering Group's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.46%), Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. (0.09%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.04%), Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (0.03%), Forte Capital LLC ADV (0.03%) and First American Trust FSB (0.03%). 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 Park National Corp OH and Retirement Systems of Alabama. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc., First American Trust FSB, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, CenturyLink Investment Management Co, BLB&B Advisors LLC, Palo Capital Inc. and Fox Run Management L.L.C.. 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 $66.00.

Jacobs Engineering Group has a market capitalization of $9.28 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.