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 declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 11th. Investors of record on Friday, July 26th will be given a dividend of $0.17 per share on Friday, August 23rd. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.80%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 25th. View Jacobs Engineering Group's Dividend History.

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

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc (NYSE:JEC) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August, 5th. The construction company reported $1.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.25 by $0.15. The construction company earned $3.17 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.10 billion. Jacobs Engineering Group had a net margin of 5.06% and a return on equity of 11.11%. The company's revenue was up 8.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior 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 Tuesday, November 19th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Jacobs Engineering Group.

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

10 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Jacobs Engineering Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $68.72 to $100.00. On average, they anticipate Jacobs Engineering Group's share price to reach $86.9720 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Jacobs Engineering Group.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Jacobs Engineering Group in the last year. There are currently 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Jacobs Engineering Group.

Media coverage about JEC stock has been trending negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Jacobs Engineering Group earned a coverage optimism score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the construction company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. 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), KBR (KBR), Fluor Co. (NEW) (FLR), 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), Alibaba Group (BABA), Costain Group (COST), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Visa (V).

Jacobs Engineering Group's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.37%), BlackRock Inc. (5.99%), Primecap Management Co. CA (5.99%), Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (3.89%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (2.81%) and Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.41%). 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 DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, Bank of America Corp DE, Primecap Management Co. CA, Lodge Hill Capital LLC, BlackRock Inc., Vanguard Group Inc., Brown Advisory Inc. and AQR Capital Management 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Suvretta Capital Management LLC, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Foresters Investment Management Company Inc., Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Invesco Ltd., Point72 Asset Management L.P. and Northern Trust Corp. 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 $84.61.

Jacobs Engineering Group has a market capitalization of $11.46 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.