Jabil, Inc. (NYSE:JBL) Receives $248.43 Consensus Target Price from Analysts

Jabil, Inc. (NYSE:JBL) has received an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the ten ratings firms that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, six have issued a buy recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price target among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $248.4286.

JBL has been the topic of several recent research reports. Raymond James Financial set a $260.00 price objective on shares of Jabil in a report on Thursday, September 25th. Stifel Nicolaus began coverage on shares of Jabil in a research note on Wednesday, July 2nd. They issued a “buy” rating and a $245.00 target price for the company. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Jabil from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, October 3rd. Zacks Research cut shares of Jabil from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 26th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Jabil in a research report on Tuesday, October 14th.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Jabil news, EVP Matthew Crowley sold 3,877 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, October 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $202.59, for a total transaction of $785,441.43. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 58,736 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,899,326.24. This represents a 6.19% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Chairman Mark T. Mondello sold 40,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, October 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $207.77, for a total transaction of $8,310,800.00. Following the transaction, the chairman owned 1,258,942 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $261,570,379.34. This represents a 3.08% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 106,533 shares of company stock valued at $22,336,025 over the last 90 days. 1.73% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Jabil

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of JBL. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its holdings in shares of Jabil by 28.7% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 3,858 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $525,000 after buying an additional 860 shares in the last quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC grew its holdings in shares of Jabil by 17.9% during the first quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 26,310 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $3,580,000 after buying an additional 3,992 shares in the last quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC grew its holdings in shares of Jabil by 40.4% during the first quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC now owns 4,454 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $606,000 after buying an additional 1,282 shares in the last quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC grew its holdings in shares of Jabil by 88.3% during the first quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 6,332 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $862,000 after buying an additional 2,969 shares in the last quarter. Finally, QRG Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Jabil by 2.3% during the first quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. now owns 5,978 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $813,000 after buying an additional 132 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.39% of the company’s stock.

Jabil Stock Down 1.2%

JBL stock opened at $198.78 on Monday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $210.36 and its 200-day simple moving average is $192.64. The company has a market capitalization of $21.24 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.35, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.43 and a beta of 1.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.57, a current ratio of 1.00 and a quick ratio of 0.66. Jabil has a 12 month low of $108.66 and a 12 month high of $237.14.

Jabil (NYSE:JBL) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, September 25th. The technology company reported $1.99 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.92 by ($0.93). The business had revenue of $8.30 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $7.63 billion. Jabil had a net margin of 2.20% and a return on equity of 68.63%. The firm’s revenue was up 18.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $2.30 earnings per share. Jabil has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 2.470-2.870 EPS. FY 2026 guidance at 11.000-11.000 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Jabil will post 8.05 earnings per share for the current year.

Jabil Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 2nd. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 17th will be given a dividend of $0.08 per share. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 17th. This represents a $0.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.2%. Jabil’s dividend payout ratio is currently 5.37%.

About Jabil

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).