Jacobs Solutions (NYSE:J) Updates FY25 Earnings Guidance

Jacobs Solutions (NYSE:J) updated its FY25 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.85-6.20 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $6.00. Jacobs Solutions also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 5.850-6.200 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

J has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $150.00 target price on shares of Jacobs Solutions in a research note on Tuesday, December 10th. StockNews.com assumed coverage on shares of Jacobs Solutions in a report on Wednesday, December 4th. They issued a “hold” rating for the company. Royal Bank of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $152.00 target price on shares of Jacobs Solutions in a research report on Tuesday, December 3rd. Citigroup reduced their price target on Jacobs Solutions from $161.00 to $160.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, January 29th. Finally, Benchmark lowered Jacobs Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Jacobs Solutions has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $156.00.

Jacobs Solutions Trading Down 3.5 %

J stock traded down $4.89 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $133.89. The stock had a trading volume of 2,096,500 shares, compared to its average volume of 738,832. The company has a quick ratio of 1.20, a current ratio of 1.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30. Jacobs Solutions has a twelve month low of $110.95 and a twelve month high of $150.54. The firm has a market cap of $16.61 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.15, a PEG ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 0.72. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $136.77 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $141.29.

Jacobs Solutions (NYSE:J) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The company reported $1.33 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.29 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $2.93 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.92 billion. Jacobs Solutions had a net margin of 5.16% and a return on equity of 14.82%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 4.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.45 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that Jacobs Solutions will post 6.06 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Jacobs Solutions Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 21st. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 21st will be given a dividend of $0.32 per share. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.96%. This is a boost from Jacobs Solutions’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.29. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 21st. Jacobs Solutions’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 18.33%.

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.