Jacobs Solutions Earnings: What To Look For From J

Global professional services company Jacobs Solutions (NYSE:J) will be announcing earnings results this Tuesday before the bell. Here’s what investors should know.

Jacobs Solutions missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 3.5% last quarter, reporting revenues of $2.91 billion, up 2.2% year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with backlog in line with analysts’ estimates.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting Jacobs Solutions’s revenue to grow 6.2% year on year to $3.06 billion, improving from the 3.3% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $1.54 per share.

The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings.

Looking at Jacobs Solutions’s peers in the professional services segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. ICF International’s revenues decreased 7% year on year, missing analysts’ expectations by 1%, and Booz Allen Hamilton reported flat revenue, falling short of estimates by 0.6%. ICF International traded up 5.1% following the results while Booz Allen Hamilton was down 6.8%.

Read our full analysis of ICF International’s results here and Booz Allen Hamilton’s results here.

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