Jacobs Solutions (NYSE:J) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Jacobs Solutions (NYSE:J) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 5.800-6.200 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 6.150. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

J has been the topic of several analyst reports. Raymond James upgraded shares of Jacobs Solutions from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $160.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Friday, October 4th. Robert W. Baird lifted their target price on Jacobs Solutions from $147.00 to $149.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Royal Bank of Canada boosted their price target on Jacobs Solutions from $161.00 to $167.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 7th. StockNews.com started coverage on shares of Jacobs Solutions in a research note on Monday. They set a “buy” rating on the stock. Finally, Truist Financial decreased their target price on shares of Jacobs Solutions from $158.00 to $139.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, October 9th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $157.70.

Jacobs Solutions Price Performance

NYSE J opened at $132.45 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 1.20, a quick ratio of 1.14 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30. Jacobs Solutions has a 1 year low of $100.59 and a 1 year high of $150.54. The company has a market cap of $16.46 billion, a PE ratio of 20.92, a PEG ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 0.71. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $142.38 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $142.41.

Jacobs Solutions (NYSE:J) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, November 19th. The company reported $1.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.08 by ($0.71). The firm had revenue of $2.96 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.50 billion. Jacobs Solutions had a net margin of 5.16% and a return on equity of 14.82%. Jacobs Solutions’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.90 earnings per share. On average, analysts predict that Jacobs Solutions will post 6 EPS for the current year.

Jacobs Solutions Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 22nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 25th will be paid a dividend of $0.29 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 25th. This represents a $1.16 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.88%. Jacobs Solutions’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 18.33%.

Insider Activity

In other Jacobs Solutions news, EVP Shelette M. Gustafson sold 4,167 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $150.14, for a total value of $625,633.38. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 24,564 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,688,038.96. This represents a 14.50 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Christopher M.T. Thompson sold 1,898 shares of Jacobs Solutions stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $150.85, for a total value of $286,313.30. Following the sale, the director now owns 42,069 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,346,108.65. This represents a 4.32 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 1.00% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Jacobs Solutions Company Profile

Jacobs Solutions Inc provides consulting, technical, engineering, scientific, and project delivery services for the government and private sectors in the United States, Europe, Canada, India, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East, and Africa. It operates through Critical Mission Solutions, People & Places Solutions, Divergent Solutions, and PA Consulting segments.