JKHY
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.
JKHY's fundamentals are strong and it looks cheap: trading at 24x earnings, below its usual 34x. Analysts expect earnings growth.
JKHY Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
JKHY's profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are currently strong, and its revenue is stable.
JKHY PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 23x | $176 | — |
| Current | 24x | $176 | — |
| Cheap | 28x | $201 | +14% |
| Fair | 34x | $250 | +42% |
| Expensive | 42x | $303 | +72% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
JKHY's PE is in its cheap range at 24x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 23x next year's earnings.
JKHY Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Growth | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Moderate | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for JKHY, with profitability improving.
JKHY Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $7.57 | +3.8% |
| Q3 2026 | $7.29 | +11% |
| Q2 2026 | $6.98 | +12% |
| Q1 2026 | $7.15 | +22% |
| Q4 2025 | $6.96 | +25% |
| Q3 2025 | $6.58 | +20% |
| Q2 2025 | $6.24 | +19% |
| Q1 2025 | $5.88 | +14% |
| Q4 2024 | $5.55 | +8.6% |
JKHY's earnings per share have climbed steadily: $7.29 over the past year, up 11% from the year before, and higher year over year for 12 quarters in a row.
JKHY Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $701.5M | +8.8% |
| Q2 2026 | $644M | +4.7% |
| Q1 2026 | $636.2M | +8.7% |
| Q4 2025 | $619.3M | +7.9% |
| Q3 2025 | $644.7M | +7.3% |
| Q2 2025 | $615.4M | +9.9% |
| Q1 2025 | $585.1M | +8.6% |
| Q4 2024 | $573.8M | +5.2% |
JKHY's revenue has grown year over year every quarter since late 2020: $702M last quarter, up 8.8% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 30% | +1 points |
| Q2 2026 | 21% | -4.1 points |
| Q1 2026 | 24% | +0.7 points |
| Q4 2025 | 26% | +4.3 points |
| Q3 2025 | 29% | +3.4 points |
| Q2 2025 | 25% | +2.9 points |
| Q1 2025 | 24% | +2.9 points |
| Q4 2024 | 21% | -0.4 points |
JKHY's operating margin was 30% last quarter, up 1 points from the same quarter a year ago, near the top of its range since 2019.
JKHY Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $134.3M | +20% |
| Q2 2026 | $282.2M | -10% |
| Q1 2026 | $169.5M | +76% |
| Q4 2025 | $131.4M | +80% |
| Q3 2025 | $111.7M | +7.3% |
| Q2 2025 | $314.9M | +51% |
| Q1 2025 | $96.1M | +9.6% |
| Q4 2024 | $73M | +13% |
JKHY's free cash flow has been positive every quarter for seven years: $717M over the past year, up 20% from the year before.
JKHY Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -2.5% | -1.8M shares |
| 1 year | -3.6% | -2.6M shares |
| 3 years | -3.8% | -2.8M shares |
| 5 years | -5.2% | -3.9M shares |
| Available history | -8.7% | -6.7M shares |
JKHY has 70M diluted shares, down 3.6% from a year ago, with $457M in buybacks over the past year.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $70.9M |
| Q2 2026 | $163.8M |
| Q1 2026 | $159.2M |
| Q4 2025 | $63.2M |
| Q3 2025 | $62M |
| Q2 2025 | $1,000 |
| Q1 2025 | $18M |
| Q4 2024 | $17.1M |
JKHY spent $457M buying back its own shares over the past year, about five times what it spent the year before.
JKHY Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 0.1x | Very low |
| Q2 2026 | 0.0x | Very low |
| Q1 2026 | 0.1x | Very low |
| Q4 2025 | -0.0x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2025 | -0.0x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2025 | -0.2x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | 0.2x | Very low |
| Q4 2024 | 0.2x | Very low |
JKHY's net debt is less than a year of its operating earnings (EBITDA), after holding more cash than debt a year ago.
JKHY Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 63.1 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 70.3 | Neutral |
JKHY's weekly RSI is 63 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 70 (neutral).
JKHY PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | JKHY | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 24x | 28x | 13% below |
| PE % | 11 | 35 | 24 pts below |
JKHY is trading at 24x earnings, a 13% discount to the Technology sector's median of 28x.
JKHY Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $158.3 | 11% above |
| 20 week MA | $157.3 | 12% above |
| 50 week MA | $159.2 | 11% above |
| 100 week MA | $164.7 | 6.9% above |
| 200 week MA | $164.8 | 6.8% above |
JKHY has climbed back above all five of its weekly moving averages, and it's now 6.8% above its 200-week average.
JKHY Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $146.6 | $157.7 | +7.6% |
| 2021 | $157.7 | $165.4 | +4.9% |
| 2022 | $165.4 | $177.3 | +7.2% |
| 2023 | $177.3 | $163.4 | -7.9% |
| 2024 | $163.4 | $176.9 | +8.2% |
| 2025 | $176.9 | $186.1 | +5.2% |
| 2026 YTD | $186.1 | $176.0 | -5.4% |
JKHY has finished higher in five of the last six years. It's down 5.4% so far in 2026.