Jabil (JBL)


August 28, 2023

JBL: Announces Plans to Exit Mobility Business

By Steven Fox

Last night, Jabil (JBL; $103.22; O/P) surprised us when it announced a preliminary agreement for the sale of its Mobility business to BYD Electronic or BYDE (285.HK; HK$32.85; NR). Most recently, management estimated its Mobility…

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June 23, 2023

JBL: Fireside Chat Supports a Further Bull Case

By Steven Fox

Yesterday (6/22), we hosted a “fireside chat”, as part of our Transportation Technology Conference, with Jabil’s (JBL; $103.85; O/P) Steve Borges, EVP and CEO of Diversified Manufacturing Services (DMS; ~50% of sales); Chad Morley, SVP,…

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June 15, 2023

JBL: Riding a Healthy Set of Secular Drivers

By Steven Fox

We bump up our F2023E (Aug) EPS for Jabil (JBL; $104.64; O/P) after another solid “beat and raise”, driven by its profitable focus on healthy secular trends and working capital benefits from reducing inventories, which…

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June 15, 2023

JBL: First Look at FQ3 (May) Results and Outlook

By Steven Fox

Jabil (JBL; $99.69; O/P) reported FQ3 (May) “core” or non-GAAP EPS of $1.99, which beat our $1.93 and the Street’s $1.87 on better than expected sales of $8,475mm (vs. our $8,225mm and the Street’s $8,199mm)….

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June 8, 2023

JBL: Expect Solid FQ3 Print on Secular Drivers

By Steven Fox

We expect Jabil (JBL; $94.18; O/P) to offer up more support for its secular margin story with FQ3 (May) results and outlook next Thursday (6/15 before market) even in the context of a mixed demand…

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April 24, 2023

JBL: Site Visit Highlights Advanced Automation Skills

By Steven Fox

We reiterate our Outperform and bump up our target from $95 to $100 on the shares of Jabil (JBL; $78.81; O/P) after hosting an investor visit last Wednesday (4/19) to its rapidly expanding operations in…

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March 16, 2023

JBL: Delivering When Others Can’t

By Steven Fox

Jabil (JBL; $78.37; O/P) produced a healthy FQ2 (Feb) sales, margin and EPS beat, held back somewhat by higher interest costs related mainly to some higher than expected inventories that we see proving highly transitory….

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March 16, 2023

JBL: First Look at FQ2 (Feb) Results and Outlook

By Steven Fox

Jabil (JBL; $80.33; O/P) reported FQ2 (Feb) “core” non-GAAP EPS of $1.88, which beat our $1.84 and the Street’s $1.85 on sales of $8,134mm (vs. our $8,000mm and the Street’s $8,089mm) and despite ~$0.05 of…

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March 9, 2023

JBL: Positives Should Again Outweigh Negatives in FQ2E Print

By Steven Fox

We reiterate our Outperform on Jabil shares (JBL; $84.84; O/P) ahead of its FQ2 (Feb) results and outlook, scheduled for next Thursday (3/16 before market). We are comfortable with our FQ2E sales, operating margin, and…

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January 24, 2023

JBL: Still an Undervalued Story; Raising Target to $95

By Steven Fox

We raise our target on the shares of Jabil (JBL; $81.17; O/P) from $85 to $95, which is a bit of a “housekeeping call” after our bullish meetings at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las…

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January 9, 2023

Jabil: CES Meetings Highlight Winning Formula

By Steven Fox

We reiterate our Outperform on the shares of Jabil (JBL; $67.98) after hosting an investor meeting at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas with Kenny Wilson, who takes over as CEO in May,…

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December 15, 2022

JBL: Demonstrates Further Resiliency

By Steven Fox

We reiterate our Outperform on the shares of Jabil (JBL; $69.22) as we bump up F2023E (Aug) EPS from $8.25 to $8.40 (+10% YoY) and adjust F2024E EPS from $9.00 to $9.20 (+10%) after FQ1…

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December 15, 2022

JBL: First Look at FQ1 (Nov) Results and Outlook

By Steven Fox

Jabil (JBL; $72.60; O/P) reported FQ1 (Nov) “core” non-GAAP EPS of $2.31, which was ahead of our $2.25 and the Street’s $2.24 on sales of $9,635mm (vs. our $9,300mm and the Street’s $9,290mm). As per…

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December 8, 2022

JBL: Expect FQ1 Print to Support Recent Rally

By Steven Fox

We expect FQ1 (Nov) results from Jabil (JBL; $71.72; O/P) at least living up to Street expectations and see management reiterating F2023E (Aug) guidance when it reports next Thursday (12/15 before market). However, we would…

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November 4, 2022

JBL: Announces CEO Succession Plans

By Steven Fox

This morning, Jabil (JBL; $65.46; O/P) announced that its Board appointed Kenny Wilson as the company’s next CEO, taking over from current CEO Mark Mondello, who will remain on the Board of Directors as Executive…

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