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Jabil Inc. JBL
$304.41 +1.54% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $31.90B
Next earnings report: Dec 16, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $9.75, up 63.6% year over year.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 15 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +5.7%).
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $35.95B, up 20.6% from a year earlier, accelerating from 17.8% a quarter earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth74Positive
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 32%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 26%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 31%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 34%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 31%
Quality47Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 8%
- Gross marginBottom 6%
- Operating marginTop 48%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 42%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 30%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 42%
- Interest coverTop 39%
Value76Positive
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 27%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 33%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 23%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 12%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 34%
Momentum54Neutral
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 26%
- 6-month returnBottom 41%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 32%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 48%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 40%
Revisions78Positive
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 40%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 1%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 45%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 35%
Stability68Positive
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 35%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 9%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 42%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 42%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 17.8% | 20.6% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 55.5% | 63.6% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 8.9% | 9.2% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 4.0% | 5.1% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 3.9% | 4.8% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 20.6% | 17.8% | ↑ | Top 32% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 63.6% | 55.5% | ↑ | Top 26% |
| Gross margin | 9.2% | 8.9% | ↑ | Bottom 6% |
| Operating margin | 5.1% | 4.0% | ↑ | Top 48% |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 2.2% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 4.8% | 3.9% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 21.3% | — | Top 8% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 1.2% | — | Bottom 34% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.92×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.5%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +32.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.91×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 6.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.11%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 5.35%
- Shareholder yield
- 5.45%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -2.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -7.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Aug 31, 2026 (filed Sep 30, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 15
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +5.7%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 7
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $434.75
- Target vs current price
- +42.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 23
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 61%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | +8.1% | -10.0% | — | — | — |
| Jun 17, 2026 | +1.9% | -0.1% | -1.0% | -18.2% | -15.3% |
| Mar 18, 2026 | +7.2% | -1.4% | +5.7% | +16.2% | +43.7% |
| Dec 17, 2025 | +5.6% | +1.8% | +10.6% | +19.1% | +21.4% |
| Sep 25, 2025 | +12.7% | -6.7% | -4.6% | -11.8% | -3.7% |
| Jun 17, 2025 | +10.4% | +8.9% | +17.2% | +20.7% | +18.5% |
| Mar 20, 2025 | +6.0% | +3.1% | +3.1% | -4.0% | +26.1% |
| Dec 18, 2024 | +6.4% | +7.3% | +10.3% | +21.6% | +1.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | $4.40 | $4.07 | +8.1% | $10.62B |
| Jun 17, 2026 | $3.16 | $3.10 | +1.9% | $8.75B |
| Mar 18, 2026 | $2.69 | $2.51 | +7.2% | $8.28B |
| Dec 17, 2025 | $2.85 | $2.70 | +5.6% | $8.30B |
| Sep 25, 2025 | $3.29 | $2.92 | +12.7% | $8.25B |
| Jun 17, 2025 | $2.55 | $2.31 | +10.4% | $7.83B |
| Mar 20, 2025 | $1.94 | $1.83 | +6.0% | $6.73B |
| Dec 18, 2024 | $2.00 | $1.88 | +6.4% | $6.99B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 31.2× | 14.8× | 76th | Top 27% |
| P/E (forward) | 17.2× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 13.6× | — | — | Top 23% |
| EV / Sales | 0.95× | — | — | Top 12% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 5.40% | — | — | Top 33% |
| Earnings yield | 3.20% | — | — | Top 27% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 8.8× – 48.1× since Aug 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +41.7%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +63.6%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -16.2%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 1
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -3.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +0.9%
- RSI (14)
- 47.4
- Relative volume
- 0.93×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 51.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 93th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.54
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.58
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -21.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -36.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 2024 | Aug 5, 2024 | -36.9% | 103 days | 111 days (Jan 14, 2025) |
| Jan 24, 2025 | Apr 4, 2025 | -32.6% | 49 days | 43 days (Jun 6, 2025) |
| Dec 29, 2021 | Jul 5, 2022 | -29.3% | 128 days | 104 days (Nov 30, 2022) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | -25.6% | 74 days | Not yet recovered |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Nov 20, 2025 | -17.9% | 42 days | 22 days (Dec 23, 2025) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $31.90B
- P/E (TTM)
- 31.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $9.75
- Revenue (TTM)
- $35.95B
- Dividend yield
- 0.11%
- 52-week range
- $189.60 – $428.93
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $33.48B | $34.70B | $28.88B | $29.80B | $35.95B |
| Gross profit | $2.63B | $2.87B | $2.68B | $2.65B | $3.23B |
| Operating income | $1.39B | $1.54B | $2.01B | $1.18B | $1.84B |
| Net income | $996.0M | $818.0M | $1.39B | $657.0M | $1.04B |
| EPS (diluted) | $6.90 | $6.02 | $11.17 | $5.92 | $9.75 |
| Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $6.99B | $6.73B | $7.83B | $8.25B | $8.30B | $8.28B | $8.75B | $10.62B |
| Net income | $100.0M | $117.0M | $222.0M | $218.0M | $146.0M | $223.0M | $275.0M | $398.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.88 | $1.06 | $2.03 | $1.99 | $1.35 | $2.08 | $2.59 | $3.73 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $1.65B | $1.73B | $1.72B | $1.64B | $2.00B |
| Capital expenditure | -$1.39B | -$1.03B | -$784.0M | -$468.0M | -$628.0M |
| Free cash flow | $266.0M | $704.0M | $932.0M | $1.17B | $1.37B |
| Dividends paid | -$48.0M | -$45.0M | -$42.0M | -$36.0M | -$35.0M |
| Net share buybacks | -$696.0M | -$487.0M | -$2.50B | -$938.0M | -$986.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $1.74B
- Total assets
- $27.43B
- Total liabilities
- $25.82B
- Total debt
- $4.02B
- Net debt
- $2.28B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.61B
As of Aug 31, 2026 (filed Sep 30, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | $0.08 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| May 15, 2026 | $0.08 | Jun 2, 2026 |
| Feb 17, 2026 | $0.08 | Mar 3, 2026 |
| Nov 17, 2025 | $0.08 | Dec 2, 2025 |
| Aug 15, 2025 | $0.08 | Sep 3, 2025 |
| May 15, 2025 | $0.08 | Jun 3, 2025 |
| Feb 18, 2025 | $0.08 | Mar 4, 2025 |
| Nov 15, 2024 | $0.08 | Dec 3, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,856,453
- Days to cover
- 3.20
- Change vs previous report
- -4.7%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Mar 31, 2000
- 2-for-1
- Feb 18, 1999
- 2-for-1
- Jul 23, 1997
- 2-for-1