Jabil Inc. (JBL)
Jabil builds the physical gadgets and components that famous tech brands design, turning blueprints into products.
Is Jabil Inc. a good stock for a UK beginner?
The honest version: There's no rating here and nothing for sale. In its favour: Trusted manufacturing partner for massive global technology brands. Worth weighing: Very thin net profit margins leave little room for operational mistakes. Below, we lay out what it does, what its numbers mean, and the honest risks, so you can decide for yourself.
Over about 2 years to 2026-07-31. This is the share price only; any dividends would add to it. And it's the USD return - as a UK investor your actual £ return also moves with the exchange rate. Past performance is not a guide to the future, and it could just as easily have fallen.
How much has Jabil Inc. actually fallen?
Over the last 2 years of daily prices, Jabil Inc. fell as much as −33% from a high to a later low. Drops of this size are a normal part of owning a share - worth knowing in advance, so a dip doesn't come as a shock.
Worst peak-to-trough fall in the daily closing price over the period we hold. Past falls are not a forecast - it can fall further, or recover.
Based on beta - how much the price swings versus the whole market. Bumpier isn't bad; it just means a rougher ride, which matters more the sooner you might need the money.
Prices move on results, news and the mood of the whole market - no single headline explains a day, and a quiet week is usually just noise, not a signal.
Successful pivot toward advanced sectors like healthcare and electric vehicle hardware.
Key corporate customers decide to bring manufacturing in-house or switch suppliers.
What does Jabil Inc. do?
Big technology and healthcare names hand their product blueprints to Jabil, paying this manufacturing giant to source parts and build the actual hardware in factories around the world. Jabil pockets revenue from assembly fees and component sales, operating on thin percentage slices of profit. The key clue to watch is how efficiently they manage these enormous factories while handling shifting demand from their major corporate clients.
On our factor screen it looks strongest on income and momentum, and weakest on quality.
- ✓Pays a dividend - about 0.1% a year
- ✓Growing - revenue up about 12% over the year
- !Thin profits - turns only about 3% of sales into profit
- !High P/E of 39 - big growth is already priced in
- !Carries a lot of debt - roughly 3.0x its equity
- ✓Strong return on shareholder money (ROE 66%)
- Trusted manufacturing partner for massive global technology brands
- Solid year-on-year earnings growth of 27.6%
- Impressive efficiency in using shareholder equity to generate returns
- Quality screens low (31/100)
- Heavy reliance on a handful of very large corporate customers
- Vulnerability to global supply chain snags and rising component costs
- Broader economic slowdowns causing companies to cut back on new hardware launches
What do Jabil Inc.'s numbers mean?
How much money does Jabil Inc. make?
Revenue and profit by quarter, and how much of each sale turns into profit.
Does Jabil Inc. pay a dividend?
Yes - Jabil Inc. currently pays a dividend of about 0.1% a year (the yearly payout as a share of the price). A dividend is a slice of profit handed to shareholders; the yield moves as the price moves, and a company can cut or stop it.
What do the numbers say about Jabil Inc.'s dividend?
There's no rating here, and we don't judge whether the dividend will continue - that would be advice. Here are the figures income investors usually look at, and what each one means, so you can weigh it up yourself.
Figures are from the latest available data and can be distorted by one-off results. Past payments don't predict future ones, and a dividend can be cut at any time. This lays out the numbers to help you understand them - it is not a view on what will happen.
When does Jabil Inc. report earnings, and how did recent quarters go?
Jabil Inc. is next scheduled to report on about 2026-09-24 - dates can move, and we don't predict results; this just tells you when to look.
Each quarter a company reports its results against what analysts expected. ‘Beating’ or ‘missing’ is about that expectation, not whether the business is doing well in absolute terms.
| Reported | Expected EPS: The earnings per share analysts expected for the quarter - the average of their forecasts. 'Beating' or 'missing' is measured against this number. | Actual EPS | vs expected |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-17 | $3.12 | $3.16 | Beat +1% |
| 2026-03-18 | $2.51 | $2.69 | Beat +7% |
| 2025-12-17 | $2.73 | $2.85 | Beat +4% |
| 2025-09-25 | $2.95 | $3.29 | Beat +12% |
| 2025-06-17 | $2.32 | $2.55 | Beat +10% |
| 2025-03-20 | $1.83 | $1.94 | Beat +6% |
Across the last 6 quarters here, Jabil Inc. came in ahead of what analysts expected 6 times. One quarter is noise, not a trend.
See who else reports over the next two weeks →
Reported vs expected earnings per share (EPS) from published results; the expectation is the analyst consensus, not our view. Report dates are estimates that can move.
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Hewlett Packard EnterpriseWhat are the scenarios for Jabil Inc.?
An illustrative range for the year ahead, with the assumption behind each case — not a prediction or a price target.
What are the pros and cons of Jabil Inc.?
How many points the write-up makes each way — a balance check, not a score or verdict.
- Trusted manufacturing partner for massive global technology brands
- Solid year-on-year earnings growth of 27.6%
- Impressive efficiency in using shareholder equity to generate returns
- Very thin net profit margins leave little room for operational mistakes
- Extremely low dividend yield: The yearly dividend as a percentage of the share price - roughly the income you'd earn from dividends alone. for income-focused investors
- High price-to-book: The share price versus the company's net assets per share (its book value). Under 1 can look cheap, though it varies a lot by industry. ratio indicates investors are pricing in a lot of future success
- Heavy reliance on a handful of very large corporate customers
- Vulnerability to global supply chain snags and rising component costs
- Broader economic slowdowns causing companies to cut back on new hardware launches
The write-up's own warning lights — if these start happening, the case above changes.
- A sustained drop in profit margins due to rising factory overheads
- Major customers pulling their manufacturing contracts away from Jabil
Built from public filings & market prices, checked for an education-only tone, and never a price target. How we make these →
This plain-English summary was auto-generated on 2026-08-02 from public data and checked for an education-only, no-advice tone (the figures above carry their own, usually fresher, 'as of' date). It's information, never a recommendation.