FY2025 EPS Estimates for John Bean Technologies Co. Lifted by Analyst (NYSE:JBT)

John Bean Technologies Co. (NYSE:JBT) – Zacks Research upped their FY2025 EPS estimates for John Bean Technologies in a research report issued on Tuesday, May 21st. Zacks Research analyst S. Deb now anticipates that the industrial products company will post earnings of $5.49 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $5.43. The consensus estimate for John Bean Technologies’ current full-year earnings is $5.15 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for John Bean Technologies’ Q4 2025 earnings at $1.84 EPS.

John Bean Technologies (NYSE:JBT) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 1st. The industrial products company reported $0.85 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.82 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $392.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $396.55 million. John Bean Technologies had a net margin of 36.12% and a return on equity of 10.56%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 1.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.94 earnings per share.

Separately, William Blair reiterated a “market perform” rating on shares of John Bean Technologies in a report on Thursday, May 2nd. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $121.00.

John Bean Technologies Stock Down 0.3 %

John Bean Technologies stock opened at $94.05 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.99 billion, a PE ratio of 5.02, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.45 and a beta of 1.29. John Bean Technologies has a twelve month low of $88.03 and a twelve month high of $125.88. The company has a quick ratio of 1.83, a current ratio of 2.37 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43. The company has a 50 day moving average of $95.32 and a 200-day moving average of $99.33.

John Bean Technologies Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 6th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 23rd will be given a $0.10 dividend. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.43%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 22nd. John Bean Technologies’s dividend payout ratio is presently 2.13%.

Institutional Trading of John Bean Technologies

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Tidal Investments LLC raised its position in John Bean Technologies by 20.4% during the first quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 6,846 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $718,000 after acquiring an additional 1,161 shares in the last quarter. Motley Fool Asset Management LLC raised its position in John Bean Technologies by 39.3% during the first quarter. Motley Fool Asset Management LLC now owns 27,258 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $2,859,000 after acquiring an additional 7,684 shares in the last quarter. Ancora Advisors LLC raised its position in John Bean Technologies by 7.3% during the first quarter. Ancora Advisors LLC now owns 26,141 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $2,742,000 after acquiring an additional 1,786 shares in the last quarter. Bamco Inc. NY raised its position in John Bean Technologies by 23.8% during the first quarter. Bamco Inc. NY now owns 650,000 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $68,178,000 after acquiring an additional 125,000 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Lazard Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in John Bean Technologies during the first quarter worth $61,000. Institutional investors own 98.92% of the company’s stock.

About John Bean Technologies

John Bean Technologies Corporation provides technology solutions to food and beverage industry in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. It offers value-added processing that includes chilling, mixing/grinding, injecting, blending, marinating, tumbling, flattening, forming, portioning, coating, cooking, frying, freezing, extracting, pasteurizing, sterilizing, concentrating, high pressure processing, weighing, inspecting, filling, closing, sealing, end of line material handling, and packaging solutions to the food, beverage, and health market.