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, July 19th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Friday, August 31st. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.91%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 2nd. View Jacobs Engineering Group's Dividend History.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc (NYSE:JEC) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 8th. The construction company reported $1.00 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.87 by $0.13. The construction company earned $3.94 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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 period in the previous year, the business 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 EPS guidance of $4.00-$4.40 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $3.94.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives 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 twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.2% 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 in 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 presently 3.3 days. Approximately 3.0% of the company's stock are short sold. 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 SAA (GRAM), Sterling Construction (STRL), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), Orion Group (ORN) and Empresas ICA SAB de CV (ICAYY).

Media headlines about JEC stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Jacobs Engineering Group earned a daily sentiment score of 0.14 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the construction company an impact score of 45.61 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Jacobs Engineering Group's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.46%), ZWJ Investment Counsel Inc. (0.20%), Sit Investment Associates Inc. (0.14%), Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. (0.09%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.04%) and Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (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, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Hartford Investment Management Co., Exane Derivatives, Retirement Systems of Alabama and Jackson Financial Management. 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., Sit Investment Associates Inc., ZWJ Investment Counsel Inc., Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc., First American Trust FSB, Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH. 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 $66.09.

Jacobs Engineering Group has a market capitalization of $9.37 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.