Zacks Research Has Negative Outlook of JKHY FY2025 Earnings

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ:JKHY) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research cut their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Jack Henry & Associates in a research note issued to investors on Monday, May 5th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the technology company will earn $5.69 per share for the year, down from their previous forecast of $5.73. The consensus estimate for Jack Henry & Associates’ current full-year earnings is $5.83 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Jack Henry & Associates’ Q4 2025 earnings at $1.45 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.66 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.42 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.64 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $6.12 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $1.56 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $6.50 EPS.

Jack Henry & Associates (NASDAQ:JKHY) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The technology company reported $1.34 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.37 by ($0.03). Jack Henry & Associates had a return on equity of 21.55% and a net margin of 17.83%.

Several other equities analysts also recently commented on JKHY. The Goldman Sachs Group raised shares of Jack Henry & Associates from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $183.00 target price on the stock in a report on Wednesday, April 2nd. Wells Fargo & Company started coverage on Jack Henry & Associates in a research report on Tuesday, January 14th. They set an “underweight” rating and a $155.00 price objective on the stock. Northcoast Research cut shares of Jack Henry & Associates from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, March 10th. Finally, William Blair reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Jack Henry & Associates in a research report on Tuesday, February 18th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have issued a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $185.30.

Jack Henry & Associates Price Performance

NASDAQ:JKHY opened at $172.27 on Tuesday. Jack Henry & Associates has a 52 week low of $157.00 and a 52 week high of $196.00. The company has a quick ratio of 1.17, a current ratio of 1.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03. The stock has a market cap of $12.56 billion, a PE ratio of 31.10, a P/E/G ratio of 3.36 and a beta of 0.75. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $175.12 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $175.20.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Jack Henry & Associates

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in JKHY. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Jack Henry & Associates by 1.8% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 8,811,373 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $1,544,634,000 after purchasing an additional 157,360 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. raised its stake in shares of Jack Henry & Associates by 29.9% during the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,050,900 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $359,523,000 after buying an additional 471,507 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in Jack Henry & Associates by 1.3% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,990,506 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $349,796,000 after acquiring an additional 24,709 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its stake in shares of Jack Henry & Associates by 7.9% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,791,810 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $316,326,000 after purchasing an additional 131,515 shares during the period. Finally, Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. grew its position in Jack Henry & Associates by 95.4% during the fourth quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 1,318,691 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $229,057,000 after buying an additional 643,697 shares during the period. 98.75% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Jack Henry & Associates Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 25th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 6th were given a dividend of $0.58 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, March 6th. This represents a $2.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.35%. This is an increase from Jack Henry & Associates’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.55. Jack Henry & Associates’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 41.88%.

About Jack Henry & Associates

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc is a financial technology company, which engages in the provision of technology solutions and payment processing services. It operates through the following segments: Core, Payments, Complementary, and Corporate and Other. The Core segment provides core information processing platforms to banks and credit unions which consist of integrated applications required to process deposit, loan, and general ledger transactions, and maintain centralized customer and member information.