Jacobs Solutions (J)

Industrials · Engineering & Construction · S&P 500
$139.23 +0.40% on the day Market cap $17.3B 52-week range $105.68 to $168.44 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
10% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $17.3B, Jacobs Solutions's free cash flow of $607M (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 10% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is faster than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Jacobs Solutions's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price9.6% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years-0.1% a year
Revenue, same period1.0% a year
Price to free cash flow28.5x

Fundamental grade

D

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from J's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation4
Profitability4
Growth4
Financial health2
Cash efficiency4

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)43.2x
P/E (forward)19.6x
Price / free cash flow28.5x
EV / EBITDA26.6x
Price / sales1.22x
Price / book5.14x
Revenue growth+34.5%
Operating margin4.6%
Net margin2.4%
Return on equity10.4%
Dividend yield0.89%
Debt / equity2.60x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Jacobs Solutions's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$14.1B$9.8B$10.9B$11.5B$12.0B
Net income$477M$644M$666M$806M$289M
Free cash flow$633M$347M$837M$934M$607M
EPS (diluted)$3.20$4.98$5.30$6.32$2.38
Operating margin4.9%5.5%6.2%6.0%7.2%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

Infrastructure & Advanced Facilities$10.8B89%
PA Consulting$1.3B11%

Superinvestors who own J

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 4 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
PRIMECAP Management
PRIMECAP Management Co
Added $575M0.34%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $162M0.06%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Trimmed $34M0.08%Q2 2026
Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb
Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb
Trimmed $786,7440.01%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Jacobs Solutions's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Feb 24, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$134.62—
Feb 24, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$134.62—
Nov 24, 2025 Venkatesh Nathamuni
750$135.11$101,333
Nov 24, 2025 Peter J Robertson
1,000$134.76$134,760
Nov 24, 2025 Manuel J Fernandez
763$130.78$99,785
Nov 3, 2025 Ro Khanna
0$154.13—
Nov 3, 2025 Ro Khanna
0$154.13—

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In the full deep dive

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Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
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15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

What growth does Jacobs Solutions's stock price imply?

At a market value of $17.3B, Jacobs Solutions would need its free cash flow to grow about 10% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew -0% a year.

Are Jacobs Solutions insiders buying the stock?

7 open-market insider purchases of J in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Jacobs Solutions?

4 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold J in their latest 13F, including PRIMECAP Management, Cliff Asness, Joel Greenblatt.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.