D.A. Davidson & CO. Increases Holdings in Jabil, Inc. $JBL

D.A. Davidson & CO. grew its holdings in Jabil, Inc. (NYSE:JBL) by 6.0% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 26,046 shares of the technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,473 shares during the period. D.A. Davidson & CO.’s holdings in Jabil were worth $5,681,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. GFG Capital LLC purchased a new position in shares of Jabil in the second quarter valued at about $26,000. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV purchased a new position in shares of Jabil in the first quarter valued at about $27,000. Groupe la Francaise lifted its position in shares of Jabil by 35.2% in the first quarter. Groupe la Francaise now owns 246 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $34,000 after acquiring an additional 64 shares in the last quarter. Financial Management Professionals Inc. lifted its position in shares of Jabil by 58.1% in the second quarter. Financial Management Professionals Inc. now owns 264 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $58,000 after acquiring an additional 97 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Golden State Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Jabil by 2,400.0% in the first quarter. Golden State Wealth Management LLC now owns 275 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $37,000 after acquiring an additional 264 shares in the last quarter. 93.39% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have recently commented on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on Jabil from $214.00 to $256.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 17th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Jabil from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, October 3rd. Bank of America boosted their target price on Jabil from $245.00 to $255.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, September 26th. UBS Group set a $241.00 target price on Jabil in a research report on Sunday, September 28th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Jabil in a research report on Tuesday, October 14th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have issued a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Jabil currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $248.43.

Insider Activity at Jabil

In other Jabil news, Chairman Mark T. Mondello sold 40,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 sale, the chairman directly owned 1,258,942 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $261,570,379.34. The trade was a 3.08% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, EVP Matthew Crowley sold 3,877 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, October 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $202.59, for a total value of $785,441.43. Following 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 position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 106,533 shares of company stock worth $22,336,025 over the last three months. 1.73% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Jabil Trading Up 3.9%

Shares of NYSE JBL opened at $206.46 on Friday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $210.14 and its two-hundred day moving average is $193.23. 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, Inc. has a 1-year low of $108.66 and a 1-year high of $237.14. The stock has a market capitalization of $22.06 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.64, a PEG ratio of 1.41 and a beta of 1.26.

Jabil (NYSE:JBL) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, September 25th. The technology company reported $1.99 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.92 by ($0.93). Jabil had a return on equity of 68.63% and a net margin of 2.20%.The company had revenue of $8.30 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.63 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $2.30 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 18.5% compared to the same quarter last year. 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, research analysts expect that Jabil, Inc. will post 8.05 EPS for the current year.

Jabil Announces Dividend

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 paid a dividend of $0.08 per share. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 17th. Jabil’s payout ratio is presently 5.37%.

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).