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JBL · Q4 2025 Earnings

Jabil

Reported September 25, 2025

30-second summary

Jabil closed FY25 with Q4 revenue of $8.25B (+18.5% YoY), blowing through the prior $7.1–7.8B guide by $452M, and core EPS of $3.29 (+$0.25 above the high end). The initial FY26 guide — $31.3B revenue, $11.00 core EPS, 5.6% core operating margin — sets the bar materially above what the Q3 commentary implied, with AI-related revenue targeted at ~$11.2B (+25% YoY) and management now describing U.S. capacity as the bottleneck. Translation: demand is no longer the question; supply is.

Headline numbers

EPS

Q4 FY2025

$3.29

Revenue

Q4 FY2025

$8.25B

+18.5% YoY

Gross margin

Q4 FY2025

9.5%

Operating margin

Q4 FY2025

4.1%

Key financials

Q4 FY2025

Metric	Q4 FY2025	YoY	Q3 FY2025	QoQ
Revenue	$8.25B	+18.5%	$7.83B	+5.4%
EPS	$3.29	—	$2.55	+29.0%
Gross margin	9.5%	—	8.7%	+80bps
Operating margin	4.1%	—	5.1%	-100bps

Guidance

Guidance is issued for both next quarter and the full year. Both may appear below.

Actuals vs prior guidance

Metric	Period	Prior guide	Actual	Δ	Result
Revenue	Q4 FY2025	$7.1 billion to $7.8 billion	$8.252 billion	+$0.45 billion above guide high end	Beat
Non-GAAP Diluted EPS	Q4 FY2025	$2.64 to $3.04	$3.29	+$0.25 above guide high end	Beat
Core Operating Income (Non-GAAP)	Q4 FY2025	$428 million to $488 million	$520.5 million	+$32.5 million above guide high end	Beat
GAAP Diluted EPS	Q4 FY2025	$1.79 to $2.37	$1.99	in-line with midpoint	Beat
Non-GAAP Diluted EPS	FY 2025	$9.33	$9.75	+$0.42 above guide	Beat
Core Operating Margin (Non-GAAP)	FY 2025	5.4%	6.3%	+90 basis points above guide	Beat
Adjusted Free Cash Flow (Non-GAAP)	FY 2025	$1.2+ billion	$1.318 billion	+$0.118 billion above guide floor	Beat

Changes to prior guidance

Metric	Period	Prior guide	New guide	Δ	Result
Revenue	FY 2026	$29 billion	$31.3 billion	+$2.3 billion / +7.9%	Raised
Non-GAAP Diluted EPS	FY 2026	$9.33	$11.00	+$1.67 / +17.9%	Raised
Core Operating Margin (Non-GAAP)	FY 2026	5.4%	5.6%	+20 basis points	Raised
Adjusted Free Cash Flow (Non-GAAP)	FY 2026	$1.2+ billion	$1.3+ billion	—	Raised

Reaffirmed unchanged this quarter: Revenue ($29.802 billion)

Platform metrics

Q4 FY2025

Segment	Q4 FY2025
FY2026 Guidance - Revenue	$31.3B
FY2026 Guidance - Core Diluted EPS	$11.00

Profitability

Q4 FY2025

Segment	Q4 FY2025
Core Operating Margin	6.3%
FY2026 Guidance - Core Operating Margin	5.6%
FY2026 Guidance - Adjusted Free Cash Flow	>$1.3B

Management tone

Q3 FY24 anchor: AI as opportunity → Q1–Q2 FY25: AI as ramping commitment → Q3 FY25: AI as operating thesis → Q4 FY25: AI as capacity-constrained primary engine.

The most consequential shift is the move from demand-side confidence to supply-side constraint. At Q3, management said AI demand was "if anything, accelerating" and committed $500M to a southeastern U.S. site. This quarter the framing tightened to "we're now bumping up against capacity in the U.S." — and the North Carolina facility was sized to 12–80 MW over three years. When a manufacturer pivots from "demand looks good" to "we can't build fast enough," the capex line stops being a defensive question and starts being a backlog question. The FY26 AI revenue target of $11.2B is a bookings statement dressed as a forecast.

Geographic mix transformed from defensive narrative to growth lever. Mike Dastoor's "we've raised our America's share of revenue from 25% in FY18 to 46% in FY25" with U.S. sites growing from 14–15 to 30+ recasts what was previously a tariff-mitigation story into a structural advantage. The implication for FY26 margin guide: the 20–25bps drag from underutilized non-U.S. capacity is the cost of that pivot — and management is willing to absorb it because the U.S. capacity is fully sold.

Consumer/CLDC framing moved from "soft end market" to deliberate strategic exit. Andy Priestley: "we're deliberately moving away from lower margin legacy consumer programs." CLDC is now actively being shrunk for mix reasons, which removes the recurring earnings-quality overhang on the segment. The 210bps Q4 margin expansion despite revenue decline validates the thesis in real time.

Healthcare quietly graduated from incremental to material. Steve Borges: "healthcare with a healthy pipeline of new business awarded is expected to be an important contributor to our path towards 6% core operating margins." Last quarter the 6% bridge was utilization + SG&A + mix. This quarter, healthcare is named as a specific contributor to the mix component — the bridge is getting more diversified, which makes it more credible.

Automotive flipped from stable ballast to acknowledged headwind. The "auto and transport end market will decline by 5%" statement, combined with the Q4 explanation that strength was "incentive-related demand pull-forward," is the first explicit acknowledgment that auto was masking weakness. This matters less for FY26 modeling (small piece of mix) than for what it implies about management's willingness to call structural problems by name — a pattern consistent with the broader confidence shift.

Recurring themes management leaned on this quarter:

AI infrastructure as primary growth engine (25% CAGR, 11.2B target FY26)System-level integration as competitive moat across rack, power, cooling, networkingRegionalized manufacturing footprint reducing tariff/supply chain riskPortfolio pruning in consumer devices; margin accretion through deliberate exitHealthcare growth via GLP-1, drug delivery, CDMO expansion toward 6% operating marginsCapacity constraints in U.S. driving North Carolina facility (12-80 MW over 3 years)

Risks management surfaced:

Automotive market softness in U.S. and Europe; EV adoption slowdown despite long-term strengthUnderutilized capacity outside U.S. (20-25 bps headwind to FY26 margins)Section 232 tariff exposure on pharma/healthcare products; potential for supply chain disruptionCompetitive intensity in AI/data center; margin pressure from OEM-style competitorsHealthcare program ramp delays due to regulatory validation, long incubation cycles

Answers to last quarter's watch list

Intelligent Infrastructure revenue trajectory — Q4 II revenue was $3.7B per CFO remarks, and the Q1 FY26 guide of $3.67B (+47% YoY) printed materially above the Q3 setup. FY26 AI revenue of ~$11.2B blows past the $8.5B FY25 framing — the YoY ramp is steeper, not flatter, even as Q1 is roughly flat QoQ. Status: Resolved positively

Core operating margin progression toward 6% — Q4 FY25 came in at 6.3%, hitting the target a quarter early. The 60bps bridge was overdelivered. FY26 guide of 5.6% is below 6.3% but management cited 20–25bps non-U.S. underutilization as the gap — a transitional headwind, not a structural reversal. Status: Resolved positively

EV and renewables stabilization — auto/transport guided to -5% in FY26 with Q4 strength explicitly tagged as pull-forward; consumer softness persists in CLDC. No stabilization — but management has reframed these as small enough that they don't threaten the AI-driven trajectory. Status: Continue monitoring

$500M U.S. capacity utilization signal — the print escalated rather than clarified: North Carolina facility was sized at 12–80 MW over three years, and management explicitly said U.S. capacity is the binding constraint. The capex is being justified by inability to fulfill demand, which is the strongest possible signal. Status: Resolved positively

Buyback pace post-July renewal — management said they "intend to fully execute the current authorization in fiscal 26" — a $1B program over the year, consistent with the 80% of adjusted FCF return framework. Status: Resolved positively

What to watch into next quarter

Intelligent Infrastructure Q1 FY26 actual vs $3.67B guide — a beat by even $100M would compound the FY26 $11.2B AI target into something larger; a miss would be the first crack in the supply-constrained narrative.

FY26 core operating margin path — guided to 5.6% vs Q4 FY25 actual of 6.3%. Watch whether the 20–25bps non-U.S. underutilization drag begins to unwind through the year; sub-5.6% prints in Q1/Q2 would signal the AI mix isn't carrying as expected.

AI revenue rebase mid-year — Q3 commentary lifted the FY25 AI number from prior framing to $8.5B; the FY25 actual is now ~$9B. Watch whether the FY26 $11.2B target gets revised up by Q2 FY26 — the pattern of mid-year upward revisions is the cleanest tell on demand durability.

North Carolina capacity ramp pace — 12–80 MW over three years is a wide band. Watch for customer disclosures or specific phase-1 megawatt sizing that anchors the FY27 step-up.

Auto & Transport actual vs -5% FY26 guide — if the segment declines more than 5%, the "demand pull-forward" framing from Q4 was too conservative on the reversal. If it holds at -5%, the FY26 EPS guide of $11.00 has cushion.

Sources

Jabil Q4 FY2025 press release, September 25, 2025. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/898293/000162828025042693/jbl-20250925ex991.htm

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