Jackson Financial (JXN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Jackson Financial Inc. is a financial services company focused on retirement products and services in the United States. Through its subsidiaries, the company primarily develops and distributes annuities designed to help individuals accumulate, protect and generate income from retirement savings.

Jackson’s product offerings include variable annuities, fixed annuities, fixed indexed annuities and registered index-linked annuities. Its products are distributed primarily through financial professionals, including independent advisors, broker-dealers, banks and registered investment advisors.

The company traces its history to Jackson National Life Insurance Company, which was established in 1961. Jackson Financial became an independent public company in 2021 following the separation of the U.S. retail annuities business of Prudential plc. The company is headquartered in Lansing, Michigan, and its operations primarily serve customers in the United States.

Laura Prieskorn serves as Jackson Financial’s president and chief executive officer. The company conducts its insurance and retirement business through subsidiaries including Jackson National Life Insurance Company and Jackson National Life Insurance Company of New York.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $130.68 to $134.00
• 50-Day Range: $129.27 to $140.49
• 52-Week Range: $89.67 to $140.90
• Volume: 540,977 shs
• Average Volume: 915,931 shs
• Market Capitalization: $8.88 billion
• P/E Ratio: 5.05
• Dividend Yield: 2.75%
• Price Target: $134.20
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Jackson Financial Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Jackson Financial scored higher than 41% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 729th out of 851 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Jackson Financial has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Jackson Financial is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Jackson Financial has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Jackson Financial is 5.05, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 35.76.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Jackson Financial is 5.05, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 22.84.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Jackson Financial has a P/B Ratio of 0.89. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.14% of the float of Jackson Financial has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Jackson Financial has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.98, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Jackson Financial has recently decreased by 20.73%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Jackson Financial pays a meaningful dividend of 2.74%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Jackson Financial has only been increasing its dividend for 4 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Jackson Financial is 507.04%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.00

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Jackson Financial this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

2 people have searched for JXN on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Jackson Financial insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,660,250.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.40% of the stock of Jackson Financial is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

89.96% of the stock of Jackson Financial is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/03/2026
• Record date for 9/24 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/24 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/24/2026
• Today: 10/14/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/03/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Insurance
• Sub-Industry: Life & Health Insurance
• Current Symbol: NYSE:JXN
• CIK: 1822993
• Web: www.jackson.com
• Phone: 517-381-5500
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 3,890
• Year Founded: 1961

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Jackson Financial: $134.20
• High Price Target: $151.00
• Low Price Target: $105.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +2.4%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.71
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 5.05
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $27 million
• Net Margins: 1.59%
• Pretax Margin: -0.32%
• Return on Equity: 18.93%
• Return on Assets: 0.52%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.53
• Current Ratio: 0.26
• Quick Ratio: 0.26

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $6.68 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.33
• Cash Flow: $24.18 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.42
• Book Value: $146.79 per share
• Price / Book: 0.89

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 67,730,000
• Free Float: 66,781,000
• Market Cap: $8.88 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.31