JBS N.V. (JBS) Key Metrics
JBS valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $13.95B
- Enterprise value
- $33.31B
- P/E (TTM)
- 12.2
- Forward P/E
- 3.9
- PEG ratio
- —
- Price / sales
- 0.2
- Price / book
- 4.6
- EV / EBITDA
- 5.9
- Dividend yield
- 5.56% $1.00 a year
- Beta
- —
JBS key metrics, 2015–2025
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsJBS returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
JBS per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
JBS financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
JBS efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
JBS valuation history
JBS returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
JBS debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
JBS cash returned to shareholders
JBS price vs earnings per share
JBS key metrics
2015–2025| 2025 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | |||||||
| Market capitalization | $15.41B | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enterprise value | $115.13B | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| P/E ratio | 1.4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Price / sales | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Price / book | 0.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Price / free cash flow | 3.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Price / operating cash flow | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| EV / sales | 0.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 3.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| EV / free cash flow | 27.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Earnings yield | 72.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Free cash flow yield | 26.8% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dividend yield | 57.2% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 77.9% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $14.42 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Per share | |||||||
| Revenue per share | $440.93 | $101.77 | $76.71 | $68.13 | $57.35 | $62.34 | $56.21 |
| Earnings per share | $10.39 | $1.73 | $2.28 | $0.01 | $0.19 | $0.09 | $1.60 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $14.50 | $8.96 | $5.16 | $2.79 | $1.83 | $1.34 | $2.55 |
| Free cash flow per share | $3.86 | $6.70 | $3.57 | $1.73 | $0.74 | $0.07 | $0.67 |
| Cash per share | $24.32 | $7.41 | $3.76 | $3.35 | $4.13 | $3.42 | $6.50 |
| Book value per share | $44.80 | $15.11 | $11.12 | $9.62 | $8.54 | $8.19 | $9.67 |
| Tangible book value per share | $5.28 | $1.29 | −$0.34 | −$1.48 | −$1.30 | −$1.67 | −$1.13 |
| Dividends per share | $8.24 | $0.54 | $0.00 | $0.05 | $0.03 | $0.40 | $0.17 |
| Capex per share | $10.64 | $2.25 | $1.59 | $1.06 | $1.09 | $1.27 | $1.88 |
| Debt per share | $117.65 | $27.91 | $22.41 | $21.40 | $20.04 | $20.58 | $22.73 |
| Shares outstanding | 1.07B | 2.66B | 2.67B | 2.67B | 2.85B | 2.73B | 2.90B |
| Change in shares outstanding | −59.8% | −0.4% | −0.0% | −6.3% | +4.1% | −5.7% | — |
| Returns & profitability | |||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 23.2% | 13.2% | 22.0% | 0.1% | 2.3% | 0.9% | 16.6% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 13.0% | 13.2% | 15.1% | 7.9% | 8.6% | 9.1% | 7.9% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 4.5% | 3.2% | 5.0% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 3.8% |
| Return on tangible assets | 5.4% | 3.6% | 6.3% | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.3% | 5.1% |
| Free cash flow margin | 0.9% | 6.6% | 4.7% | 2.5% | 1.3% | 0.1% | 1.2% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 1.40 | 5.17 | 2.27 | 295.35 | 9.74 | 15.70 | 1.59 |
| Financial health | |||||||
| Total debt | $125.71B | $74.11B | $59.75B | $57.06B | $57.02B | $56.26B | $65.88B |
| Cash & short-term investments | $25.98B | $19.68B | $10.03B | $8.94B | $11.74B | $9.36B | $18.84B |
| Net debt | $99.73B | $54.43B | $49.72B | $48.13B | $45.28B | $46.90B | $47.04B |
| Debt / equity | 2.63 | 1.85 | 2.02 | 2.22 | 2.35 | 2.51 | 2.35 |
| Debt / assets | 0.51 | 0.45 | 0.47 | 0.50 | 0.52 | 0.55 | 0.54 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.75 | 1.97 | 2.72 | 3.98 | 4.06 | 4.07 | 3.68 |
| Current ratio | 1.60 | 1.48 | 1.47 | 1.71 | 1.24 | 1.02 | 1.24 |
| Quick ratio | 0.91 | 0.93 | 0.86 | 1.04 | 0.81 | 0.65 | 0.89 |
| Interest coverage | 2.5 | 5.4 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.7 |
| Working capital | $37.93B | $19.70B | $13.47B | $15.30B | $6.93B | $571.2M | $9.67B |
| Invested capital | $147.59B | $94.55B | $79.36B | $73.77B | $69.57B | $69.28B | $75.07B |
| Tangible asset value | $10.14B | $6.84B | $1.93B | −$1.65B | −$1.86B | −$3.41B | −$1.68B |
| Net current asset value | −$94.57B | −$59.72B | −$51.93B | −$49.30B | −$46.45B | −$45.38B | −$43.07B |
| Graham number | $102.31 | $24.27 | $23.86 | $1.43 | $6.00 | $3.97 | $18.66 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$118.03 | −$29.65 | −$25.05 | −$23.54 | −$20.24 | −$20.71 | −$20.00 |
| Capital allocation | |||||||
| Dividends paid | $8.81B | $1.44B | $6.0M | $126.9M | $93.4M | $1.10B | $482.7M |
| Share buybacks (net) | $3.19B | $1.27B | — | $498.2M | $255.9M | $821.1M | $1.78B |
| Dividend payout ratio | 79.4% | 31.3% | 0.1% | 503.5% | 17.5% | 471.9% | 10.4% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 290.7% | 15.3% | 0.1% | 13.5% | 16.7% | — | 117.0% |
| Capex / revenue | 2.4% | 2.2% | 2.1% | 1.6% | 1.9% | 2.0% | 3.3% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 73.4% | 25.2% | 30.8% | 38.0% | 59.8% | 94.9% | 73.8% |
| Capex / depreciation | 0.90 | 0.76 | 0.67 | 0.59 | 0.70 | 0.77 | 1.48 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 0.0% | −0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| SG&A / revenue | 1.4% | 8.9% | 9.0% | 9.0% | 10.5% | 8.5% | 8.2% |
| Efficiency | |||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 22.8 | 17.0 | 18.6 | 19.1 | 21.2 | 23.3 | 27.2 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 38.8 | 32.5 | 33.7 | 31.7 | 32.4 | 32.2 | 36.4 |
| Days payables outstanding | 35.8 | 30.5 | 29.2 | 26.0 | 27.1 | 28.3 | 32.3 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 25.7 | 18.9 | 23.0 | 24.7 | 26.4 | 27.1 | 31.2 |
| Receivables turnover | 16.02 | 21.50 | 19.67 | 19.13 | 17.25 | 15.70 | 13.44 |
| Payables turnover | 10.19 | 11.96 | 12.50 | 14.02 | 13.46 | 12.89 | 11.30 |
| Inventory turnover | 9.42 | 11.24 | 10.84 | 11.53 | 11.27 | 11.35 | 10.04 |
| Asset turnover | 1.90 | 1.86 | 1.70 | 1.63 | 1.54 | 1.51 | 1.33 |
| Average receivables | $29.40B | $12.57B | $10.40B | $9.50B | $9.46B | $10.85B | $12.12B |
| Average payables | $40.33B | $18.82B | $13.80B | $11.08B | $10.35B | $11.57B | $12.42B |
| Average inventory | $43.63B | $20.02B | $15.92B | $13.48B | $12.37B | $13.13B | $13.98B |
| Intangibles / total assets | 17.0% | 22.4% | 24.2% | 25.9% | 25.8% | 26.2% | 25.6% |
Computed from JBS's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed March 25, 2026) 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.
JBS valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), JBS traded at 1.4 times earnings. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 12.2 and the forward P/E is 3.9. JBS earned a return on equity of 23.2% and a return on invested capital of 13.0% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $125.7 billion of debt and $26.0 billion in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $99.7 billion. It returned $12.0 billion to shareholders: $8.8 billion in dividends and $3.2 billion in share buybacks, 291% of free cash flow. The share count fell 63.1% from 2.90B to 1.07B over 6 years.
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JBS key metrics FAQ
What is JBS's P/E ratio?
JBS's trailing P/E ratio is 12.2 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 3.9. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 1.4.
What is JBS's EV/EBITDA?
JBS's enterprise value was 3.2 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $115.1 billion, EBITDA $36.2 billion); the current EV/EBITDA is 5.9.
What is JBS's return on equity?
JBS's return on equity (ROE) was 23.2% in fiscal 2025: net income of $11.1 billion on average shareholders' equity of $44.0 billion.
What is JBS's ROIC?
JBS's return on invested capital was 13.0% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does JBS have?
JBS had total debt of $125.7 billion at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.63 and $99.7 billion of net debt (2.75 times EBITDA).
What is JBS's dividend yield?
JBS's forward dividend yield is 5.56%. JBS paid $8.8 billion in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($8.24 per share), a payout ratio of 79.4%.
Does JBS buy back its shares?
Yes. JBS spent $3.2 billion on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed −59.8% over the year, to 1.07B..
What is JBS's free cash flow yield?
JBS generated $4.1 billion of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 26.8% on its market value at year-end ($15.4 billion).
What is JBS's current ratio?
JBS's current ratio was 1.60 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 1.60 times current liabilities.