Head to Head Comparison: Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) vs. Jacobs Solutions (NYSE:J)

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) and Jacobs Solutions (NYSE:J) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Booz Allen Hamilton and Jacobs Solutions”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Booz Allen Hamilton	$11.09 billion	0.81	$851.00 million	$6.36	11.77
Jacobs Solutions	$14.22 billion	1.19	$289.34 million	$2.82	50.93

Booz Allen Hamilton has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Jacobs Solutions. Booz Allen Hamilton is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jacobs Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Dividends

Booz Allen Hamilton pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Jacobs Solutions pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Booz Allen Hamilton pays out 37.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jacobs Solutions pays out 51.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Booz Allen Hamilton has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Jacobs Solutions has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Booz Allen Hamilton is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Profitability

This table compares Booz Allen Hamilton and Jacobs Solutions’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Booz Allen Hamilton	7.01%	76.71%	11.48%
Jacobs Solutions	2.40%	23.96%	7.02%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

91.8% of Booz Allen Hamilton shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.7% of Jacobs Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Booz Allen Hamilton shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Jacobs Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Booz Allen Hamilton and Jacobs Solutions, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Booz Allen Hamilton	4	8	3	0	1.93
Jacobs Solutions	0	6	6	0	2.50

Booz Allen Hamilton currently has a consensus target price of $84.08, suggesting a potential upside of 12.34%. Jacobs Solutions has a consensus target price of $153.70, suggesting a potential upside of 7.01%. Given Booz Allen Hamilton’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Booz Allen Hamilton is more favorable than Jacobs Solutions.

Risk & Volatility

Booz Allen Hamilton has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jacobs Solutions has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Booz Allen Hamilton beats Jacobs Solutions on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation provides management and technology consulting, analytics, engineering, digital solutions, mission operations, and cyber services to governments, corporations, and not-for-profit organizations in the United States and internationally. It focuses on artificial intelligence services comprising of machine learning, predictive modeling, automation and decision analytics, and quantum computing. The company offers artificial intelligence, machine learning, and computer network related operations. In addition, it provides data science, engineering, visualization, and analysis related capabilities. Further, the company engages in user experience, user interface, graphic and web design, design thinking, sketching, and digital product design capabilities. Additionally, it architects and engineers help accelerate, scale, secure, and transform mission and business outcomes using the technologies and partner offering; offers software engineering in agile practices, DevSecOps, automation and Cloud, and Low/No Code Platform engineering; systems and digital engineering; and tech strategy and product management. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation was founded in 1914 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

About Jacobs Solutions

Jacobs Solutions Inc. provides consulting, technical, engineering, scientific, and project delivery services for the government and private sectors in the United States, Europe, Canada, India, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East, and Africa. It operates through Critical Mission Solutions, People & Places Solutions, Divergent Solutions, and PA Consulting segments. The company offers cyber, data analytics, systems and software application integration and consulting, enterprise level and mission IT, design, nuclear, and enterprise level operations and maintenance services; software development, testing, mission integration, program management, research, development, test, evaluation services, training, and environmental remediation services; and other technical consulting solutions, as well as construction and construction management services. It also provides consulting services for consumer and manufacturing, defense and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government, health and life sciences, and transport industries. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.