Seaport Res Ptn Has Pessimistic Outlook of JBT Q1 Earnings

John Bean Technologies Co. (NYSE:JBT) – Stock analysts at Seaport Res Ptn reduced their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of John Bean Technologies in a report issued on Wednesday, December 11th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst W. Liptak now anticipates that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $0.89 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.92. The consensus estimate for John Bean Technologies’ current full-year earnings is $5.23 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for John Bean Technologies’ Q3 2025 earnings at $1.48 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $5.59 EPS.

John Bean Technologies (NYSE:JBT) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.50 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.41 by $0.09. The firm had revenue of $453.80 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $442.20 million. John Bean Technologies had a net margin of 10.25% and a return on equity of 10.16%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 12.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.11 earnings per share.

Other research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. Jefferies Financial Group started coverage on John Bean Technologies in a research note on Thursday. They issued a “hold” rating and a $130.00 price objective on the stock. CJS Securities started coverage on John Bean Technologies in a research report on Thursday. They set an “outperform” rating and a $150.00 price target on the stock.

John Bean Technologies Price Performance

Shares of JBT stock opened at $127.12 on Friday. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $114.08 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $100.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41, a current ratio of 2.55 and a quick ratio of 2.00. John Bean Technologies has a one year low of $82.64 and a one year high of $128.23. The company has a market capitalization of $4.05 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.58, a P/E/G ratio of 1.74 and a beta of 1.24.

Institutional Trading of John Bean Technologies

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of JBT. CWM LLC lifted its stake in shares of John Bean Technologies by 113.2% during the 2nd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 324 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $31,000 after purchasing an additional 172 shares during the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC boosted its holdings in shares of John Bean Technologies by 192.5% in the 2nd quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 8,911 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $846,000 after buying an additional 5,865 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. grew its position in shares of John Bean Technologies by 53.4% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 3,486 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $331,000 after buying an additional 1,214 shares during the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. raised its stake in shares of John Bean Technologies by 75.3% during the 2nd quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 9,681 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $919,000 after acquiring an additional 4,160 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System lifted its position in John Bean Technologies by 1.3% during the second quarter. Louisiana State Employees Retirement System now owns 16,000 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,520,000 after acquiring an additional 200 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 98.92% of the company’s stock.

John Bean Technologies Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 27th. Investors of record on Friday, December 13th will be issued a dividend of $0.10 per share. This represents a $0.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.31%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 13th. John Bean Technologies’s payout ratio is 7.42%.

About John Bean Technologies

John Bean Technologies Corporation provides technology solutions to food and beverage industry in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. It offers value-added processing that includes chilling, mixing/grinding, injecting, blending, marinating, tumbling, flattening, forming, portioning, coating, cooking, frying, freezing, extracting, pasteurizing, sterilizing, concentrating, high pressure processing, weighing, inspecting, filling, closing, sealing, end of line material handling, and packaging solutions to the food, beverage, and health market.