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Jabil key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2026, Jabil had return on equity of 66.7% and a net margin of 2.9%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2010Aug 20102011Aug 20112012Aug 20122013Aug 20132014Aug 20142015Aug 20152016Aug 20162017Aug 20172018Aug 20182019Aug 20192020Aug 20202021Aug 20212022Aug 20222023Aug 20232024Aug 20242025Aug 20252026Aug 2026
Net margin1.3%2.3%2.4%2.2%1.5%1.6%1.4%0.7%0.4%1.1%0.2%2.4%3.0%2.4%4.8%2.2%2.9%
Return on equity10.7%22.1%19.9%16.7%10.5%12.5%10.7%5.4%4.0%15.0%2.9%35.3%43.4%30.8%60.3%40.4%66.7%
Return on assets2.7%5.7%5.3%4.4%2.7%3.1%2.6%1.2%0.7%2.3%0.4%4.5%5.5%4.2%7.5%3.7%4.5%
Effective tax rate30.9%20.4%23.6%2.3%—31.8%34.1%50.4%76.6%35.9%78.2%26.1%19.1%35.2%20.7%26.3%26.1%
R&D as % of revenue0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%
SG&A as % of revenue4.4%3.6%3.5%3.6%4.3%4.8%5.0%4.8%4.8%4.4%4.3%4.1%3.4%3.5%3.7%3.4%3.4%
Dividends ÷ net income35.5%15.9%16.5%18.1%28.3%22.2%24.6%46.4%67.0%18.1%92.6%7.2%4.8%5.5%3.0%5.5%3.4%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 6 checks passed · August 31, 2026
What it owns · $27.4bn
Short-term assets $21.5bnLonger-term assets $5.9bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $27.4bn
Short-term liabilities $21.7bnLonger-term liabilities $4.1bnShareholders' equity $1.6bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $21.5bn of assets due within a year against $21.7bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $21.5bn short-term assets against $4.1bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $1.7bn of cash against $3.4bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 209% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 102% to 209% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $2.0bn of operating cash flow against $3.4bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Jabil's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

42 /100

Weak moat

How hard Jabil's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 3 / 20

    Net income has been a median 3.7% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 8 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 8.1%, moving by 0.7 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 7 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 3.8%; its worst year was 1.8%.

  • Cash conversion 9 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 8 of 10 years, at a median 1.0% of revenue.

  • Discipline 20 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 29.7% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.3% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (47 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Jabil's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 24, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Jabil.