Jacobs Solutions Inc (NYSE: J) has a price-to-earnings ratio that is above its average at 23.66x. The stock has a 36-month beta value of 0.78. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 6 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 5 as “overweight,” 7 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for J is 121.12M, and at present, short sellers hold a 1.91% of that float. On April 11, 2025, the average trading volume of J was 933.02K shares.
J) stock’s latest price update
Jacobs Solutions Inc (NYSE: J) has seen a decline in its stock price by -3.11 in relation to its previous close of 118.54. However, the company has experienced a -3.06% decline in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. prnewswire.com reported 2025-04-10 that DALLAS, April 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Jacobs (NYSE:J) announced that it received $70 million and the right to receive 7,299,065 shares of common stock in Amentum Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AMTM) in connection with the combination of Jacobs’ Critical Mission Solutions and Cyber & Intelligence businesses with Amentum Parent Holdings LLC, which resulted in Amentum becoming a publicly traded company last year (the “CMS Separation Transaction”). These amounts represent the final determination of post-closing adjustments to the working-capital and merger consideration provided for in the CMS Separation Transaction agreements.
J’s Market Performance
J’s stock has fallen by -3.06% in the past week, with a monthly drop of -5.64% and a quarterly drop of -13.71%. The volatility ratio for the week is 6.48% while the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 3.09% for Jacobs Solutions Inc The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -4.40% for J’s stock, with a -11.25% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of J
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for J stocks, with Goldman repeating the rating for J by listing it as a “Neutral.” The predicted price for J in the upcoming period, according to Goldman is $150 based on the research report published on December 10, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Raymond James gave a rating of “Outperform” to J, setting the target price at $160 in the report published on October 04th of the previous year.
J Trading at -8.50% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought J to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -23.71% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 3.09%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 6.48%, as shares sank -3.70% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -16.33% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, J fell by -3.06%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -3.01% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $120.14. In addition, Jacobs Solutions Inc saw -14.05% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at J starting from Fernandez Manuel J, who purchase 202 shares at the price of $124.01 back on Mar 06 ’25. After this action, Fernandez Manuel J now owns 9,402 shares of Jacobs Solutions Inc, valued at $25,050 using the latest closing price.
Fernandez Manuel J, the Director of Jacobs Solutions Inc, purchase 70 shares at $122.80 during a trade that took place back on Mar 07 ’25, which means that Fernandez Manuel J is holding 9,472 shares at $8,596 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for J
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.07 for the present operating margin
- 0.26 for the gross margin
The net margin for Jacobs Solutions Inc stands at 0.06. The total capital return value is set at 0.09. Equity return is now at value 10.92, with 4.47 for asset returns.
Based on Jacobs Solutions Inc (J), the company’s capital structure generated 0.42 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.25. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.72. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 4.34.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 1.26 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 1.55. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 1.54. The receivables turnover for the company is 3.53for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.88. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.25.
Conclusion
To sum up, Jacobs Solutions Inc (J) has seen a bad performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
