What's Going On With Jabil Shares Friday?

Jabil Inc. JBL stock is trading higher on Friday. The company announced that it issued a warrant to Amazon.Com, Inc. AMZN NV Investment Holdings to potentially acquire up to 1,158,539 shares.

What To Know: The warrants would be exercisable at a price of $137.76 per share, based on the preceding 30 trading days’ volume-weighted average price.

The warrants come with a cashless exercise option and will vest over time based on payments for products and services. Some of the shares have already vested, with the rest set to vest if an acquisition goes through. The warrant expires on December 27, 2031.

What Else: In mid-December, Jabil reported earnings for the 2025 fiscal-year first-quarter. It reported adjusted earnings per share of $2.00, beating analyst estimates of $1.88. In addition, it reported sales of $6.99 billion, beating analyst estimates of $6.60 billion.

“I am very pleased with our first fiscal quarter results, which came in stronger than we anticipated driven by incremental strength in our Cloud, Data Center Infrastructure, and Digital Commerce end-markets. As a result, the team was able to deliver strong Core EPS and cash flow generation during the quarter,” said CEO Mike Dastoor. 

Jabil also guided for the second quarter and 2025 fiscal-year. For the second quarter, the company expects revenue between $6.1 billion and $6.7 billion, versus analyst estimates of $6.27 billion. Jabil anticipates adjusted earnings per share of $1.60 to $2.00, versus analyst estimates of $1.79.

Jabil sees 2025 fiscal-year revenue of $27.3 billion, versus analyst estimates of $27.03 billion, and adjusted earnings per share of $8.75, versus analyst estimates of $8.69.

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JBL Price Action: At the time of writing, Jabil stock is trading 4.94% higher at $149.88, according to data from Benzinga Pro.

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