Jack Henry & Associates (NASDAQ:JKHY) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Jack Henry & Associates (NASDAQ:JKHY) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 5.650-5.740 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 5.740. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.4 billion-$2.4 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.4 billion.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have weighed in on JKHY. Stephens reaffirmed an “equal weight” rating and issued a $170.00 target price on shares of Jack Henry & Associates in a research report on Wednesday, November 6th. Royal Bank of Canada increased their price target on Jack Henry & Associates from $181.00 to $203.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 7th. UBS Group raised their target price on Jack Henry & Associates from $180.00 to $190.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 7th. Robert W. Baird raised their target price on Jack Henry & Associates from $186.00 to $195.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 17th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised their target price on Jack Henry & Associates from $180.00 to $190.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 7th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have issued a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Jack Henry & Associates has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $186.80.

Jack Henry & Associates Trading Down 0.4 %

Shares of NASDAQ:JKHY traded down $0.70 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $174.08. The company had a trading volume of 1,013,788 shares, compared to its average volume of 572,044. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03, a quick ratio of 1.11 and a current ratio of 1.11. Jack Henry & Associates has a 1-year low of $157.00 and a 1-year high of $189.63. The firm has a market cap of $12.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.88, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.47 and a beta of 0.61. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $174.85 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $174.76.

Jack Henry & Associates (NASDAQ:JKHY) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The technology company reported $1.34 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.37 by ($0.03). Jack Henry & Associates had a net margin of 17.79% and a return on equity of 21.81%. Research analysts predict that Jack Henry & Associates will post 5.81 earnings per share for the current year.

Jack Henry & Associates Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 23rd. Investors of record on Monday, December 2nd were paid a $0.55 dividend. This represents a $2.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.26%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 2nd. Jack Henry & Associates’s dividend payout ratio is currently 40.29%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider David B. Foss sold 18,770 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $171.32, for a total transaction of $3,215,676.40. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 138,665 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $23,756,087.80. This trade represents a 11.92 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Company insiders own 1.37% of the company’s stock.

About Jack Henry & Associates

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc is a financial technology company, which engages in the provision of technology solutions and payment processing services. It operates through the following segments: Core, Payments, Complementary, and Corporate and Other. The Core segment provides core information processing platforms to banks and credit unions which consist of integrated applications required to process deposit, loan, and general ledger transactions, and maintain centralized customer and member information.