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

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. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.69%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 3rd. View Jacobs Engineering Group's Dividend History.

Jacobs Engineering Group announced that its board has authorized a stock buyback program on Thursday, January 17th 2019, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 11.2% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc (NYSE:JEC) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November, 25th. The construction company reported $1.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.32 by $0.16. The construction company earned $3.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.29 billion. Jacobs Engineering Group had a net margin of 6.66% and a return on equity of 11.42%. The firm's revenue was up 13.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.31 earnings per share. View Jacobs Engineering Group's Earnings History.

Jacobs Engineering Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Jacobs Engineering Group.

8 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Jacobs Engineering Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $85.00 to $110.00. On average, they anticipate Jacobs Engineering Group's share price to reach $99.63 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Jacobs Engineering Group.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Jacobs Engineering Group in the last year. There are currently 8 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 trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Jacobs Engineering Group earned a coverage optimism score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the construction company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Jacobs Engineering Group.

Some companies that are related to Jacobs Engineering Group include Aecom (ACM), Quanta Services (PWR), Emcor Group (EME), MasTec (MTZ), KBR (KBR), Fluor Co. (NEW) (FLR), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), Dycom Industries (DY), Granite Construction (GVA), Primoris Services (PRIM), Ameresco (AMRC), Argan (AGX), Aegion (AEGN), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) and Tutor Perini (TPC).

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), Alibaba Group (BABA), Foster Wheeler (FWLT), Air Products & Chemicals (APD), Visa (V), Home Depot (HD), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and NVIDIA (NVDA).

Jacobs Engineering Group's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (7.01%), Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (2.66%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.07%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.63%), FMR LLC (1.52%) and Investec Asset Management LTD (1.51%). 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 Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, CI Investments Inc., FMR LLC, FIL Ltd, Barometer Capital Management Inc., Alliancebernstein L.P., Artisan Partners Limited Partnership and Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund. 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 Madison Asset Management LLC, Findlay Park Partners LLP, Wishbone Management LP, Investec Asset Management LTD, National Pension Service, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, York Capital Management Global Advisors LLC and Samlyn Capital 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of JEC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $98.71.

Jacobs Engineering Group has a market capitalization of $13.15 billion and generates $12.74 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $847.98 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.05 on an earnings per share basis. Jacobs Engineering Group employs 48,000 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.