Jacobs Solutions Inc. (J) Stock

About Jacobs Solutions Inc.

Jacobs Solutions Inc. engages in the infrastructure and advanced facilities, and consulting businesses in the United States, Europe, Canada, India, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East, and Africa. The company provides consulting, planning, architecture, design, engineering, and infrastructure delivery services including project, program, and construction management and long-term operation of facilities. It also offers consulting services for consumer and manufacturing, defense and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government, health and life sciences, and transport sectors. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Jacobs Solutions Inc. is led by CEO Robert Pragada, employs 43,000 people, headquartered in Dallas, US, publicly traded since 1980.

Jacobs Solutions Inc. (J) stock trades at $137.82 with a market capitalization of $16.27B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 37.01, price-to-book of 4.50, price-to-sales of 1.13. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $105.68 and $168.44, and currently trades 18.2% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 1.08%.

On profitability, Jacobs Solutions Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 9.38%, return on capital employed of 18.51%, an operating margin of 4.69%, a net profit margin of 2.92%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Jacobs Solutions Inc. reported annual revenue of $12.0B, net profit of $290.0M, revenue has compounded at -2.4% a year over the last five years, profit at -10.0% a year.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.38, a current ratio of 1.30, total assets of $11.3B, $1.2B in cash and equivalents.

J has an average daily trading volume of 1,260,000 shares, a beta of 0.68 (less volatile than the overall market).

Official website: www.jacobs.com