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J Jacobs Solutions

industrial · 2026-08-21

N/A
too hard · 50
Owner-earnings value$82.88
Price$147.94
Margin of safety -44.0%

Quality gate · 50/100

Returns on capital 0.5/30
Consistency 18.1/22
Margins / pricing power 6.6/16
Balance sheet 9.0/16
Cash conversion 10/10
Capital allocation 5.7/6

⚠ sub-hurdle returns (median roic 6% < 9%)

Median ROIC6.2%
Gross margin22.1%
Net debt / EBITDA1.6x
FCF conversion113%
Share count / yr-2.2%
Profitable years4/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)479.79M
Owner-earnings yield2.7%
Free-cash-flow yield3.7%
Growth used (normalized)7.1%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)21.6%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)9.0%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
1514.02M 7.1%471.58M
2548.33M 6.7%461.52M
3582.41M 6.2%449.73M
4615.93M 5.8%436.34M
5648.55M 5.3%421.52M
6679.93M 4.8%405.42M
7709.69M 4.4%388.23M
8737.51M 3.9%370.13M
9763.02M 3.5%351.31M
10785.91M 3.0%331.98M

Recent news

score · 8 articles

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  • Jacobs Solutions (J) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Price pays for ~22%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits 7%.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-08-21 50 $147.94 $82.88 -44.0% N/A
2026-07-02 50 $124.63 $83.62 -32.9% N/A
2026-06-25 50 $122.04 $83.62 -31.5% N/A
2026-06-23 50 $120.90 $83.62 -30.8% N/A