NASDAQ: JKHY

Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY) Stock Analysis & Forecast

Sep 28 close

$147.82+0.03 (0.0%)

Gekko Brief

AI summary

Jack Henry & Associates draws a wave of fresh analyst attention this week, with Seaport Research Partners and Seaport Global Securities both initiating coverage with a Buy rating and a $193 price target, citing the company's position in payment processing and technology for financial institutions, along with strategic priorities such as moving upmarket and building out AI and data capabilities. Separately, Jack Henry was recognized in the 2026 IDC FinTech Rankings Top 25, marking its 18th consecutive year on the list, where it placed 13th. These items concern the company's competitive standing and growth strategy rather than any single catalyst.

The stock closes at $147.82, sitting below both its 50-day average of $157.79 and its 200-day average of $158.51, with the shorter average also below the longer one, reflecting a one-month return of -12.9% and a six-month return of -3.6%, though the three-month return stands at 8.1%. The GekkoIndex reads 64.1, placing JKHY in the Accumulation zone. Price sits 16.1% below the Gekko Fair Value of $176.24.

The next earnings report is due 3 November 2026, 35 days out, placing it beyond a typical 20-trading-day window; the prior report on 18 August showed EPS of $1.57 against an estimate of $1.44, with an 8.8% reaction. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in their respective windows. Seasonality over the past 5 years shows the next 20 trading days from this point averaging a 1% gain, positive in 3 of those years. Analyst consensus among 16 firms carries 12 Buy and 4 Hold ratings, with a consensus target of $190.24.

Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 29, 2026 from the data above.

Jack Henry & Associates price vs fair value

$176.24$147.82Sep ’25Mar ’26Sep ’26
Close $147.82200-day averageGekko Fair Value $176.24

Jack Henry & Associates quick facts

Market cap
$10.50B
P/E ratio
21.1
Forward P/E
20.2
EPS, TTM
$6.99
Revenue, TTM
$2.54B
Profit margin
19.8%
Dividend yield
1.60%
Beta
0.56
Volume
910,772 avg 1.04M
1-year return
−0.4%
Typical daily move
±3.2%
Typical 20-day move
±4.4%
50-day average
$157.79
200-day average
$158.51
Next earnings
Nov 3
Shares outstanding
70.11M
52-week range
$121.04$193.39

Jack Henry & Associates swing-trade checklist

Jack Henry & Associates scores 4 supportive, 0 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.

Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.

4 supportive0 mixed1 headwind

  • Trendheadwind

    Below 50 and 200-day

    Close $147.82 is below the 50-day ($157.79) and 200-day ($158.51) averages, and the 50-day is below the 200-day.

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  • GekkoIndexsupportive

    64.1, Accumulation

    Reading 64.1 is in the Accumulation zone.

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  • Fair valuesupportive

    16.1% below

    Price is 16.1% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).

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  • Smart moneyno data

    No data

    No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.

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  • Earnings risksupportive

    Reports in 35 days

    Next report Nov 3, 2026, 35 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.

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  • Seasonalitysupportive

    +1.0% on average

    From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +1% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.

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Jack Henry & Associates stock chart and price history

Jack Henry & Associates closed at $147.82 on Sep 28, 2026, −0.4% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $121.04 to $193.39.

Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
Jack Henry & Associates share price, past year, with 50-day and 200-day moving averages and volume$120$140$160$180NovDecJan 2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep147.82

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Performance Breakdown

1 month
−12.9%
3 months
+8.1%
6 months
−3.6%
1 year
−0.4%
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About Jack Henry & Associates

Jack Henry & Associates builds technology that links banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions with the people who use their services. Its work centers on core processing systems that handle deposits, loans, general ledger entries, and accountholder records, alongside tools for payment handling such as ATM networks, clearing house transfers, remote deposits, and debit and credit card processing. It is also known for digital and mobile banking software marketed under its Banno platform.

The company organizes its work into four areas: one focused on core processing platforms, one on payments infrastructure, one on complementary software such as treasury tools, account opening, fraud prevention, and lending, and one covering hardware and other corporate offerings. Its customers are banks, credit unions, and other financial and corporate organizations, which it serves through systems like SilverLake for commercial banks, Symitar for credit unions, and CIF 20/20 and Core Director for banks, alongside implementation, training, hosting, and support services.

Founded in 1976, Jack Henry & Associates is headquartered in Monett, Missouri. Its shares trade on the NASDAQ under the ticker JKHY.

Listed
NASDAQ
Sector
Technology services
Industry
Packaged software
Website
jackhenry.com

Jack Henry & Associates GekkoIndex: the smart money zone

Jack Henry & Associates’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 64.1, in the Accumulation zone, down 0.8 points over five sessions.

010064.1Accumulation

Down 0.8 points over five sessions.

Reading for Sep 28, 2026

What followed past readings in each zone

ZoneReadings5 days10 days20 days50 days
Buying30+0.1%+1.1%+0.7%+5.9%
Accumulation (current zone)260−0.1%−0.1%−0.1%+1.6%
Neutral353+0.1%0.0%+0.1%−1.6%
Distribution25−1.0%−1.2%−0.7%−6.6%
Selling4Too few readings yet

Average JKHY share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.3% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.

Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →

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Is Jack Henry & Associates stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value

Jack Henry & Associates trades 16.1% below Gekko Fair Value of $176.24, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.

Gekko’s own estimate of what Jack Henry & Associates shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.

$176.24

Gekko Fair Value, Sep 26, 2026

16.1% Undervalued

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Jack Henry & Associates insider and Congress trading

No open-market insider purchases were filed for Jack Henry & Associates, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.

Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.

Insider buying last 90 days

No open-market insider purchases were filed for JKHY in the last 90 days.

From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.

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Congress trades last 90 days

No trades in JKHY were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.

From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.

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Buybacks

Jack Henry & Associates has been buying back its own shares.

Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
$163.8M
As a share of market cap
1.56%
Trailing four quarters
$448.2M

From company filings.

Jack Henry & Associates earnings: next date and track record

Jack Henry & Associates reports on Nov 3, 2026 (35 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports.

8 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±3.7%average move across the report
3 of 8reports followed by a gain

Share-price move across each report

−2.1%Nov ’24−1.1%Feb ’25−0.4%May ’25+1.8%Aug ’25+6.1%Nov ’25−3.0%Feb ’26−6.3%May ’26+8.8%Aug ’26

Last earnings call, Aug 18, 2026 AI summary

What they said
Jack Henry reported record fiscal 2026 results with full-year non-GAAP revenue of $2.5 billion, up 7% YoY, and non-GAAP operating margin of 24%, a 92 basis point improvement marking the third consecutive year of margin expansion exceeding initial guidance. Q4 non-GAAP revenue reached $633 million, up 7%. The company set a record 58 competitive core wins, including Woodforest National Bank ($9.2B assets), with 59% of wins being trifecta deals including core, digital banking, and card.
Guidance
Management provided fiscal 2027 guidance as referenced in their press release. The company has demonstrated consistent ability to exceed initial margin expansion guidance of 20-40 basis points, suggesting continued profitability improvement expectations.
ReportedEPSSurpriseRevenueSurpriseMove
Aug 18, 2026$1.57
est $1.44
+9.0%$644.0M
est $631.6M
+2.0%+8.8%
May 5, 2026$1.56
est $1.42
+9.9%$636.2M
est $619.7M
+2.7%−6.3%
Feb 3, 2026$1.72
est $1.43
+20.3%$619.3M
est $609.8M
+1.6%−3.0%
Nov 4, 2025$1.97
est $1.71
+15.2%$644.7M
est $636.0M
+1.4%+6.1%
Aug 19, 2025$1.75
est $1.58
+10.8%$615.4M
est $604.5M
+1.8%+1.8%
May 6, 2025$1.45
est $1.33
+9.0%$585.1M
est $587.3M
−0.4%−0.4%
Feb 4, 2025$1.35
est $1.32
+2.1%$573.8M
est $586.6M
−2.2%−1.1%
Nov 5, 2024$1.63
est $1.60
+1.9%$601.0M
est $599.6M
+0.2%−2.1%

“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.

Jack Henry & Associates stock forecast and analyst price targets

Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Jack Henry & Associates is $190.24, +28.7% from the last close, from 16 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.

$190.24consensus 12-month target, +28.7% from the last close
Low $170High $233
Buy12
Hold4
Sell0

Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 16 firms.

Latest analyst actions

DateFirmRatingTargetvs price
Sep 28Seaport GlobalBuy, initiated$193+30.6%
Sep 24Wells FargoBuy, maintained$233+57.6%
Sep 17BarclaysBuy, maintained$185+25.2%
Sep 16William BlairBuy, maintained——
Sep 16D.A. DavidsonBuy, reiterated$198+33.9%
−0.1%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+1.0%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±3.2%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range

Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.

Jack Henry & Associates seasonality: the next 20 trading days

Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 29, Jack Henry & Associates averaged +1.0% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.

Next 20 trading days, by year

−0.9%2021+7.3%2022−8.6%2023+4.0%2024+3.4%2025

Average move and hit rate

WindowAverageYears higher
Next 5 trading days−0.1%2 of 5
Next 10 trading days+0.3%3 of 5
Next 15 trading days+1.5%4 of 5
Next 20 trading days+1.0%3 of 5
Next 30 trading days+0.2%2 of 5

For scale, JKHY’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 4.4%.

Jack Henry & Associates market cap and key statistics

Jack Henry & Associates’s market cap is $10.50B, with a P/E ratio of 21.1 and revenue of $2.54B over the last twelve months.

Valuation

Market cap
$10.50B
P/E ratio
21.1
Forward P/E
20.2
EPS, TTM
$6.99
Gekko Fair Value
$176.24

Trading

Volume
910,772
Avg volume, 20 days
1.04M
52-week high
$193.39
52-week low
$121.04
Shares outstanding
70.11M

Financials

Revenue, TTM
$2.54B
Profit margin
19.8%
Return on equity
24%
Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
−10.4%

Risk and income

Beta
0.56
Typical daily move
±3.2%
Typical 20-day move
±4.4%
Dividend yield
1.60%

Jack Henry & Associates stock news this week

Coverage of Jack Henry & Associates this week reads positive: 11 positive, 2 neutral and 1 negative headlines.

News sentiment positive

Jack Henry & Associates peers

Jack Henry & Associates’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.

StockTodayGekkoIndex zonevs Fair Value
MSFTMicrosoft+0.7%Neutral17.3% above
PLTRPalantir Technologies+0.7%Neutral15.7% above
ORCLOracle−0.1%Accumulation25.9% below
PANWPalo Alto Networks+5.8%Neutral16.1% above
CRWDCrowdStrike+4.2%Neutral27.2% above
CRMSalesforce+1.0%Neutral5.9% below

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In the Buying zone today

Reporting earnings this week

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Jack Henry & Associates stock FAQ

What is Jack Henry & Associates’s market cap?

Jack Henry & Associates’s market cap is $10.50B at the Sep 28, 2026 close of $147.82, with 70.11M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 21.1.

What is the Jack Henry & Associates stock forecast?

The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Jack Henry & Associates is $190.24, +28.7% from the last close. Of the 16 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 12 rate it a buy, 4 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.

Is Jack Henry & Associates stock overvalued or undervalued?

On Gekko’s estimate Jack Henry & Associates is undervalued: the Sep 28, 2026 close of $147.82 is 16.1% below Gekko Fair Value of $176.24. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.

When does Jack Henry & Associates report earnings next?

Jack Henry & Associates is expected to report on Nov 3, 2026 (35 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $2.07 per share on revenue of $685.1M. Jack Henry & Associates beat the earnings estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports, moving 3.7% on average across the report.

What is Jack Henry & Associates’s 52-week high and low?

Jack Henry & Associates’s 52-week high is $193.39 and its 52-week low is $121.04; it closed at $147.82 on Sep 28, 2026, −0.4% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $212.62 on Aug 10, 2022.

Is Jack Henry & Associates stock a buy right now?

Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 4 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value, earnings risk and seasonality) and 1 as a headwind (trend). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.

How this page works

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