Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (J) Key Metrics
J valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $16.51B
- Enterprise value
- $19.39B
- P/E (TTM)
- 46.9 10-yr median 21.1
- Forward P/E
- 16.9
- PEG ratio
- 0.43
- Price / sales
- 1.2 10-yr median 0.9
- Price / book
- 5.1 10-yr median 1.9
- EV / EBITDA
- 21.4 10-yr median 16.9
- Dividend yield
- 1.02% $1.44 a year
- Beta
- 0.70
J key metrics, FY2016–FY2025
Fiscal year ended September 30, 2025 · U.S. dollarsJ valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
J returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
J per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
J financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
J efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
J valuation history
J returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
J debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
J cash returned to shareholders
J price vs earnings per share
J key metrics
FY2016–FY2025| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $18.00B | $16.31B | $14.36B | $11.62B | $14.39B | $10.18B | $10.44B | $8.78B | $5.79B | $5.20B |
| Enterprise value | $19.47B | $17.17B | $17.06B | $14.64B | $17.20B | $11.55B | $10.76B | $10.29B | $5.25B | $4.93B |
| P/E ratio | 62.0 | 20.2 | 21.6 | 18.0 | 30.2 | 20.7 | 12.3 | 49.2 | 19.7 | 24.7 |
| Price / sales | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| Price / book | 4.9 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| Price / free cash flow | 29.6 | 17.5 | 17.2 | 33.5 | 22.7 | 14.8 | — | 22.7 | 12.7 | 8.6 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 26.2 | 15.5 | 14.7 | 24.5 | 19.8 | 12.6 | — | 18.2 | 10.1 | 7.6 |
| EV / sales | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| EV / EBITDA | 21.0 | 13.7 | 17.1 | 16.7 | 16.9 | 16.9 | 17.8 | 17.0 | 10.0 | 11.4 |
| EV / free cash flow | 32.1 | 18.4 | 20.4 | 42.2 | 27.2 | 16.8 | — | 26.6 | 11.5 | 8.2 |
| Earnings yield | 1.6% | 4.9% | 4.6% | 5.5% | 3.3% | 4.8% | 8.1% | 2.0% | 5.1% | 4.0% |
| Free cash flow yield | 3.4% | 5.7% | 5.8% | 3.0% | 4.4% | 6.8% | −4.8% | 4.4% | 7.9% | 11.6% |
| Dividend yield | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 31.8% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 5.0% | 3.3% | 2.7% | 3.4% | 3.0% | 4.7% | 9.0% | 1.0% | 2.6% | 34.7% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $149.86 | $129.60 | $112.91 | $89.74 | $109.62 | $76.73 | $75.68 | $63.28 | $48.20 | $42.78 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $100.18 | $91.36 | $85.30 | $75.58 | $107.35 | $102.22 | $92.37 | $108.03 | $83.42 | $90.25 |
| Earnings per share | $2.42 | $6.40 | $5.23 | $4.98 | $3.63 | $3.71 | $6.15 | $1.29 | $2.44 | $1.73 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $5.72 | $8.38 | $7.66 | $3.67 | $5.53 | $6.08 | −$2.66 | $3.47 | $4.78 | $5.60 |
| Free cash flow per share | $5.06 | $7.42 | $6.58 | $2.68 | $4.83 | $5.19 | −$3.64 | $2.78 | $3.80 | $4.96 |
| Cash per share | $10.29 | $15.05 | $6.06 | $8.81 | $7.73 | $9.12 | $7.85 | $4.58 | $6.44 | $5.40 |
| Book value per share | $30.32 | $36.14 | $51.46 | $46.82 | $45.25 | $43.82 | $41.44 | $42.31 | $36.86 | $35.11 |
| Tangible book value per share | −$15.47 | −$8.85 | $7.48 | −$19.46 | −$21.50 | −$3.63 | −$2.78 | $3.61 | $9.04 | $6.99 |
| Dividends per share | $1.27 | $1.13 | $1.01 | $0.90 | $1.19 | $1.08 | $0.66 | $0.59 | $0.45 | $13.60 |
| Capex per share | $0.66 | $0.96 | $1.08 | $0.99 | $0.71 | $0.89 | $0.99 | $0.68 | $0.98 | $0.64 |
| Debt per share | $22.57 | $21.86 | $27.26 | $32.18 | $29.13 | $19.41 | $10.16 | $15.48 | $1.98 | $3.19 |
| Shares outstanding | 120.1M | 125.9M | 127.2M | 129.4M | 131.3M | 132.7M | 137.9M | 138.7M | 120.1M | 121.5M |
| Change in shares outstanding | −4.6% | −1.0% | −1.7% | −1.4% | −1.1% | −3.8% | −0.6% | +15.5% | −1.1% | −3.7% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 7.1% | 14.5% | 10.6% | 10.7% | 8.1% | 8.5% | 14.6% | 3.5% | 6.8% | 4.9% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 9.9% | 7.9% | 5.9% | 5.2% | 5.2% | 7.1% | 5.4% | 5.7% | 7.3% | 6.0% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 2.5% | 6.1% | 4.5% | 4.4% | 3.5% | 4.1% | 7.0% | 1.8% | 4.0% | 2.8% |
| Return on tangible assets | 5.0% | 13.2% | 7.4% | 10.6% | 8.1% | 8.1% | 15.8% | 2.4% | 7.3% | 5.3% |
| Free cash flow margin | 5.0% | 8.1% | 7.7% | 3.5% | 4.5% | 5.1% | −3.9% | 2.6% | 4.6% | 5.5% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 2.37 | 1.31 | 1.46 | 0.74 | 1.52 | 1.64 | −0.43 | 2.70 | 1.96 | 3.23 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $2.71B | $2.75B | $3.47B | $4.17B | $3.82B | $2.58B | $1.40B | $2.15B | $238.1M | $387.8M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $1.24B | $1.89B | $770.9M | $1.14B | $1.01B | $1.21B | $1.08B | $634.9M | $774.2M | $655.7M |
| Net debt | $1.47B | $857.9M | $2.70B | $3.02B | $2.81B | $1.37B | $318.9M | $1.51B | −$536.1M | −$268.0M |
| Debt / equity | 0.74 | 0.60 | 0.53 | 0.69 | 0.64 | 0.44 | 0.25 | 0.37 | 0.05 | 0.09 |
| Debt / assets | 0.24 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.28 | 0.26 | 0.21 | 0.12 | 0.17 | 0.03 | 0.05 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.59 | 0.68 | 2.71 | 3.44 | 2.76 | 1.99 | 0.53 | 2.49 | −1.02 | −0.62 |
| Current ratio | 1.30 | 1.20 | 1.37 | 1.45 | 1.34 | 1.54 | 1.34 | 1.45 | 1.56 | 1.61 |
| Quick ratio | 1.30 | 1.20 | 1.37 | 1.45 | 1.34 | 1.54 | 1.34 | 1.45 | 1.56 | 1.61 |
| Interest coverage | 5.9 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 4.8 | 8.4 | 32.6 | 22.2 |
| Working capital | $1.01B | $815.8M | $1.27B | $1.47B | $1.08B | $1.60B | $1.04B | $1.43B | $1.07B | $1.08B |
| Invested capital | $5.12B | $5.41B | $9.24B | $9.08B | $8.75B | $7.18B | $6.03B | $7.38B | $3.89B | $4.00B |
| Tangible asset value | −$831.9M | −$275.6M | $1.64B | −$1.84B | −$2.13B | −$441.8M | −$329.0M | $590.5M | $1.14B | $913.6M |
| Net current asset value | −$2.23B | −$1.48B | −$2.69B | −$3.20B | −$3.71B | −$1.96B | −$1.58B | −$2.13B | $102.7M | −$165.4M |
| Graham number | $40.61 | $72.16 | $77.84 | $72.39 | $60.82 | $60.45 | $75.72 | $35.00 | $45.03 | $36.99 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$25.89 | −$18.61 | −$37.65 | −$32.67 | −$35.50 | −$21.95 | −$17.99 | −$30.14 | −$4.51 | −$6.48 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $153.0M | $142.8M | $128.4M | $115.9M | $156.0M | $144.0M | $90.8M | $81.9M | $54.2M | $1.65B |
| Share buybacks (net) | $754.1M | $402.7M | $265.7M | $281.9M | $274.9M | $337.3M | $853.7M | $3.0M | $97.2M | $152.6M |
| Dividend payout ratio | 52.7% | 17.7% | 19.3% | 18.0% | 32.7% | 29.3% | 10.7% | 45.9% | 18.5% | 785.3% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 149.3% | 58.4% | 47.1% | 114.6% | 68.0% | 69.9% | — | 22.0% | 33.1% | 299.6% |
| Capex / revenue | 0.7% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1.2% | 0.7% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 11.5% | 11.5% | 14.1% | 26.9% | 12.8% | 14.7% | — | 19.7% | 20.5% | 11.4% |
| Capex / depreciation | 0.33 | 0.39 | 0.45 | 0.42 | 0.37 | 0.65 | 0.80 | 0.48 | 0.96 | 0.60 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.3% |
| R&D / revenue | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SG&A / revenue | 17.6% | 18.6% | 22.1% | 24.6% | 16.7% | 15.1% | 13.7% | 11.8% | 10.1% | 13.0% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 88.5 | 83.7 | 98.2 | 121.4 | 81.2 | 80.8 | 76.7 | 56.2 | 76.8 | 77.6 |
| Days of inventory on hand | — | — | — | 0.0 | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 |
| Days payables outstanding | 46.2 | 41.1 | 42.4 | 47.5 | 32.5 | 35.5 | 32.9 | 21.9 | 26.7 | 21.6 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 42.3 | 42.6 | 55.8 | 73.9 | 48.6 | 45.3 | 43.8 | 34.3 | 50.1 | 59.2 |
| Receivables turnover | 4.12 | 4.36 | 3.72 | 3.01 | 4.50 | 4.52 | 4.76 | 6.49 | 4.75 | 4.70 |
| Payables turnover | 7.90 | 8.88 | 8.62 | 7.68 | 11.22 | 10.29 | 11.10 | 16.65 | 13.68 | 16.88 |
| Inventory turnover | — | — | — | 7,203,115,000.00 | — | — | 21,556.36 | 12,156,276,000.00 | 8,250,536,000.00 | 114.74 |
| Asset turnover | 1.05 | 0.87 | 0.74 | 0.67 | 1.04 | 1.14 | 1.06 | 1.50 | 1.36 | 1.45 |
| Average receivables | $2.92B | $2.64B | $2.92B | $3.25B | $3.13B | $3.00B | $2.68B | $2.31B | $2.11B | $2.33B |
| Average payables | $1.15B | $975.7M | $944.6M | $937.6M | $985.1M | $1.07B | $924.4M | $729.9M | $603.0M | $544.6M |
| Average inventory | — | — | — | $1 | — | — | $476,000 | $1 | $1 | $80.1M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 48.9% | 48.2% | 38.3% | 58.5% | 59.9% | 51.0% | 53.2% | 42.4% | 45.3% | 46.4% |
Computed from J's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed November 20, 2025) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
J valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2025 (September 30, 2025), Jacobs traded at 62.0 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 21.1. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 46.9 and the forward P/E is 16.9. Jacobs earned a return on equity of 7.1% and a return on invested capital of 9.9% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $2.7 billion of debt and $1.2 billion in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $1.5 billion. It returned $907.2 million to shareholders: $153.0 million in dividends and $754.1 million in share buybacks, 149% of free cash flow.
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J key metrics FAQ
What is Jacobs's P/E ratio?
Jacobs's trailing P/E ratio is 46.9 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 16.9. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 62.0, compared with a 10-year median of 21.1.
What is Jacobs's EV/EBITDA?
Jacobs's enterprise value was 21.0 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $19.5 billion, EBITDA $926.8 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 21.4.
What is Jacobs's return on equity?
Jacobs's return on equity (ROE) was 7.1% in fiscal 2025: net income of $290.2 million on average shareholders' equity of $4.1 billion.
What is Jacobs's ROIC?
Jacobs's return on invested capital was 9.9% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Jacobs have?
Jacobs had total debt of $2.7 billion at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74 and $1.5 billion of net debt (1.59 times EBITDA).
What is Jacobs's dividend yield?
Jacobs's forward dividend yield is 1.02%. Jacobs paid $153.0 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($1.27 per share), a payout ratio of 52.7%.
Does Jacobs buy back its shares?
Yes. Jacobs spent $754.1 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed −4.6% over the year, to 120.1M..
What is Jacobs's free cash flow yield?
Jacobs generated $607.5 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 3.4% on its market value at year-end ($18.0 billion).
What is Jacobs's current ratio?
Jacobs's current ratio was 1.30 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 1.30 times current liabilities.