Jacobs Solutions (NYSE:J) Releases FY25 Earnings Guidance

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Truist Financial upped their price objective on shares of Jacobs Solutions from $137.00 to $142.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 19th. StockNews.com started coverage on shares of Jacobs Solutions in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. They issued a “hold” rating for the company. Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $152.00 target price on shares of Jacobs Solutions in a research report on Tuesday, December 3rd. Citigroup decreased their price target on shares of 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, The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $150.00 target price on shares of Jacobs Solutions in a research report on Tuesday, December 10th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Jacobs Solutions currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $156.00.

Jacobs Solutions Price Performance

J traded down $4.41 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $134.37. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,300,256 shares, compared to its average volume of 700,559. Jacobs Solutions has a twelve month low of $110.95 and a twelve month high of $150.54. The company has a current ratio of 1.20, a quick ratio of 1.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $136.77 and its 200 day simple moving average is $141.29. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.66 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.24, a P/E/G ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 0.72.

Jacobs Solutions (NYSE:J) last issued 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 company had revenue of $2.93 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.92 billion. Jacobs Solutions had a net margin of 5.16% and a return on equity of 14.82%. Jacobs Solutions’s quarterly revenue was up 4.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.45 earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Jacobs Solutions will post 6.06 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Jacobs Solutions Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 21st. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 21st will be paid a $0.32 dividend. This is a positive change from Jacobs Solutions’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.29. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 21st. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.95%. Jacobs Solutions’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 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.