profit from every $100 of sales.

Jacobs Solutions
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
You pay $64.58 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
Money in, money out
What Jacobs Solutions sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $9.78 billion in 2022 to $12.0 billion in 2025, with $289 million of profit last year.
Jacobs Solutions handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Jacobs Solutions vs. similar companies
Jacobs Solutions grows the slowest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
Jacobs Solutions | 64.6× · Very expensive | ||
Quanta Services | 88.2× · Very expensive | ||
Larsen & Toubro | 35.4× · Expensive | ||
Ferrovial | 45.3× · Expensive | ||
Comfort Systems USA | 38.1× · Expensive |
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AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Jacobs Solutions's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13,567 | 14,093 | 9,783 | 10,851 | 11,501 | 12,030 | |
| 2,587 | 3,044 | 2,580 | 2,711 | 2,833 | 2,985 | |
| 536 | 688 | 540 | 676 | 692 | 864 | |
| 685 | 1,019 | 879 | 996 | 1,255 | 927 | |
| 492 | 477 | 644 | 666 | 806 | 289 | |
| 3.71 | 3.20 | 4.98 | 5.30 | 6.32 | 2.38 | |
| 19.1% | 21.6% | 26.4% | 25.0% | 24.6% | 24.8% | |
| 4.0% | 4.9% | 5.5% | 6.2% | 6.0% | 7.2% | |
| 3.6% | 3.4% | 6.6% | 6.1% | 7.0% | 2.4% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 12,354 | 14,633 | 14,660 | 14,617 | 11,759 | 11,253 |
| Cash | 862 | 1,014 | 1,140 | 771 | 1,145 | 1,235 |
| Total debt | 2,576 | 3,878 | 4,165 | 3,467 | 2,752 | 2,710 |
| Total liabilities | – | – | 7,924 | 7,384 | 6,372 | 6,586 |
| 5,816 | 5,940 | 6,060 | 6,546 | 4,549 | 3,641 | |
| 133 | 131 | 129 | 127 | 126 | 122 | |
| 4.7% | 6.2% | 4.5% | 5.4% | 10.2% | 8.6% | |
| 8.5% | 8.0% | 10.6% | 10.2% | 17.7% | 7.9% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 807 | 726 | 475 | 975 | 1,055 | 687 | |
| 118 | 93 | 128 | 137 | 121 | 79 | |
| 689 | 633 | 347 | 837 | 934 | 607 | |
| Dividends paid | 144 | 156 | 116 | 128 | 143 | 153 |
| 337 | 275 | 282 | 266 | 403 | 754 | |
| 48 | 56 | 53 | 74 | 74 | 61 |
Valuation
- 64.6×
- 22.2×
- –
- 4.0×
- 1.6×
- 30.8×
- 21.7×
- 3.3%
- 1.5%
- 1.2%
Profitability
- 24.8%
- 7.2%
- 2.4%
- 6.8%
- 5.4%
- 6.7%
- 10.8%
- 3.2%
- 7.4%
- 0.0%
Growth
- −2.4%
- −8.5%
- −34.9%
- +12.9%
- −2.0%
Financial health
- 3.6×
- 1.38
- 38.2%
- 4.2×
- 1.43
- 1.43
- 1.10
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $154.86
- Range
- $137.00 – $175.00
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2026 | 1.75 | 1.64 | +6.7% |
| Feb 3, 2026 | 1.53 | 1.52 | +0.7% |
| Nov 20, 2025 | 1.75 | 1.68 | +4.2% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | 1.62 | 1.53 | +5.9% |
| May 6, 2025 | 1.43 | 1.37 | +4.4% |
| Feb 4, 2025 | 1.33 | 1.29 | +3.1% |
| Nov 19, 2024 | 1.37 | 1.54 | −11.0% |
| Aug 6, 2024 | 1.96 | 1.96 | +0.0% |
Paid per share, each year
$0.50 in 2017 → $1.28 in 2025
How safe it looks
52.9% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 25.2%
News
Jacobs wins $2.1B design contract for New Zealand highwaySeeking Alpha · Nov 5, 2026Why Jacobs Solutions (J) Stock Is Up TodayYahoo Finance · Oct 1, 2026Jacobs wins contract extension for thyssenkrupp direct reduction plant in GermanySeeking Alpha · Sep 24, 2026How fashion designer Marc Jacobs renovated a $9 million Frank Lloyd Wright houseMarketWatch · Sep 9, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Questions about Jacobs Solutions
Is Jacobs Solutions a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, priced as if everything goes right. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Jacobs Solutions AI analysis
What does Jacobs Solutions do?
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. It is in Engineering & Construction, based in Dallas, TX, United States, with 47,000 employees.
Does Jacobs Solutions pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.2% a year, about 53% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $153 million in dividends.
Is Jacobs Solutions stock halal?
Yes. Jacobs Solutions passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 15% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Jacobs Solutions stock done over the past year?
Up 3.3% over the past twelve months, to $158.23. It traded between $107.27 and $160.24, close to its high.
Who are Jacobs Solutions's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Quanta Services, Larsen & Toubro, Ferrovial and Comfort Systems USA. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Jacobs Solutions's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.



