Jabil (NYSE:JBL) Issues Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Jabil (NYSE:JBL) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.650-2.050 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 1.840. The company issued revenue guidance of $6.3 billion-$6.9 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $6.5 billion. Jabil also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 8.650-8.650 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on JBL shares. Barclays lifted their target price on Jabil from $135.00 to $157.00 and gave the stock an overweight rating in a report on Friday. UBS Group decreased their price objective on Jabil from $130.00 to $120.00 and set a neutral rating on the stock in a report on Friday, June 21st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their target price on shares of Jabil from $137.00 to $133.00 and set an overweight rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, September 3rd. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price target on shares of Jabil from $130.00 to $140.00 and gave the company a buy rating in a research note on Friday. Finally, Bank of America lifted their price objective on shares of Jabil from $135.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock a buy rating in a research note on Friday. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, six have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of Moderate Buy and an average price target of $145.75.

Jabil Stock Down 3.4 %

NYSE JBL opened at $122.34 on Friday. Jabil has a 52 week low of $95.85 and a 52 week high of $156.94. The firm has a market capitalization of $13.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.13, a PEG ratio of 2.23 and a beta of 1.25. The company has a quick ratio of 0.74, a current ratio of 1.13 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.26. The company has a fifty day moving average of $107.42 and a two-hundred day moving average of $116.49.

Jabil (NYSE:JBL) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, September 26th. The technology company reported $2.30 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.22 by $0.08. Jabil had a net margin of 4.63% and a return on equity of 40.30%. The firm had revenue of $6.96 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $6.59 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $2.34 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 17.7% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts predict that Jabil will post 7.85 earnings per share for the current year.

Jabil Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, September 4th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 15th were issued a dividend of $0.08 per share. This represents a $0.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.26%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, August 15th. Jabil’s payout ratio is currently 2.91%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, SVP May Yee Yap sold 4,274 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, July 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $117.04, for a total transaction of $500,228.96. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 24,829 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,905,986.16. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. In other Jabil news, SVP May Yee Yap sold 4,274 shares of Jabil stock in a transaction on Tuesday, July 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $117.04, for a total transaction of $500,228.96. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 24,829 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,905,986.16. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, EVP Frederic E. Mccoy sold 1,250 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $116.42, for a total transaction of $145,525.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 112,753 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $13,126,704.26. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 2.62% of the company’s stock.

Jabil Company Profile

Jabil Inc provides manufacturing services and solutions worldwide. It operates in two segments, Electronics Manufacturing Services and Diversified Manufacturing Services. The company offers electronics design, production, and product management services; electronic circuit design services, such as application-specific integrated circuit design, firmware development, and rapid prototyping services; and designs plastic and metal enclosures that include the electro-mechanics, such as the printed circuit board assemblies (PCBA).