Johnson Controls International plc · JCI · FY2025 Q2 · Calendar Q2 2025

Johnson Controls: Backlog Supports Higher Guidance, Execution Is Next

The supplied analysis supports a constructive but conditional view: strong backlog and demand for HVAC and data-center cooling underpin higher guidance, while execution, tariffs, and cash-flow conversion remain key tests.

Reported Before market openNYSEBasic Materials $88.12B market cap
80quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS — Consensus $0.77
EPS surprise — Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue — Consensus $5.63B
Revenue surprise — Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move +1.1% Event window
SPY move +0.4% Same window
Abnormal move +0.6% Stock minus SPY
Volume 1.6× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +14.0% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

The quarter added evidence of operating momentum through organic sales growth and margin expansion. Management also emphasized a new customer-oriented operating model, lean and SKU initiatives, and continued data-center cooling investment; the supplied analysis says full-year guidance was raised.

Guidance delta

Management raised full-year guidance for EPS, margins, and free-cash-flow conversion, according to the supplied transcript analysis.

Key takeaways

  • Management described 7% organic sales growth and 180 basis points of segment-margin expansion in fiscal Q2 2025.
  • A record $14 billion backlog was presented as support for higher full-year guidance.
  • Data-center cooling demand, lean execution, and SKU simplification were central themes.

Management priorities

  • Scale lean methods and accelerate SKU rationalization.
  • Expand high-efficiency chiller offerings for data centers.
  • Strengthen regional manufacturing and supply-chain resilience.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
JCI EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 10 reported fiscal quarters and 3 future estimate-only quarters. Q2 '24 estimate $0.75 Q2 '24 actual $0.78, beat Q3 '24 estimate $1.08 Q3 '24 actual $1.14, beat Q4 '24 estimate $1.24 Q4 '24 actual $1.28, beat Q3 '25 estimate $1.01 Q3 '25 actual $1.05, beat Q4 '25 estimate $1.20 Q4 '25 actual $1.26, beat Q1 '26 estimate $0.84 Q1 '26 actual $0.89, beat Q2 '26 estimate $1.12 Q2 '26 actual $1.19, beat Q3 '26 estimate $1.30 Q3 '26 actual $1.42, beat Q4 '26 estimate $1.58 Q1 '27 estimate $1.09 Q2 '27 estimate $1.42
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusBuy44 ratings
Bullish2863.6%
Neutral1636.4%
Bearish00.0%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$145.47Current
$58Low
$115.66Average
$190High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 17, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
Mizuho Neutral NeutralMaintainOct 15, 2026
RBC Capital Sector Perform Sector PerformMaintainOct 14, 2026
Citigroup Neutral NeutralMaintainOct 12, 2026
B of A Securities Buy BuyMaintainOct 8, 2026
Morgan Stanley Overweight OverweightMaintainSep 2, 2026
Bernstein Outperform OutperformMaintainAug 14, 2026
UBS Buy BuyMaintainJun 2, 2026
Wells Fargo Overweight OverweightMaintainMay 7, 2026
Barclays Equal Weight Equal WeightMaintainMay 7, 2026
JP Morgan Overweight OverweightMaintainFeb 6, 2026
Goldman Sachs Buy BuyMaintainNov 7, 2025
Argus Research Buy BuyMaintainNov 7, 2025
Jefferies Hold BuyDowngradeJul 24, 2025
Baird Neutral NeutralMaintainJul 17, 2025
Oppenheimer Perform OutperformDowngradeJun 20, 2025
Deutsche Bank Buy HoldUpgradeMay 12, 2025
Melius Research Hold BuyDowngradeJan 28, 2025
HSBC Hold BuyDowngradeJan 31, 2024
Vertical Research Hold BuyDowngradeDec 13, 2023
Credit Suisse Outperform OutperformMaintainNov 4, 2022
OTR Global Positive MixedUpgradeApr 27, 2021
Atlantic Equities Overweight NeutralUpgradeDec 9, 2020
CFRA Buy BuyMaintainMay 1, 2020
Wolfe Research Outperform Peer PerformUpgradeJan 9, 2020
Cowen & Co. Market Perform Market PerformMaintainFeb 19, 2019
Argus Buy HoldUpgradeAug 21, 2018
Susquehanna Neutral PositiveDowngradeNov 15, 2017
Vertical Group Hold BuyDowngradeNov 10, 2017
JMP Securities Market Outperform Market OutperformMaintainOct 23, 2017
Macquarie Outperform OutperformMaintainSep 8, 2016
William Blair Market Perform OutperformDowngradeDec 2, 2015
Nomura Buy BuyMaintainOct 2, 2015
Ascendiant Capital Buy BuyMaintainDec 23, 2014
FBR Capital Outperform OutperformMaintainFeb 19, 2014
Lazard Buy NeutralUpgradeMay 13, 2013
Credit Agricole Buy OutperformMaintainMar 14, 2013
Stifel Nicolaus Buy BuyMaintainNov 1, 2012
Stifel Buy BuyMaintainNov 1, 2012
Needham Hold BuyDowngradeNov 1, 2012
Sterne Agee Neutral NeutralMaintainJul 24, 2012
Bank of America Buy BuyMaintainJul 19, 2012
Wunderlich Securities Buy BuyMaintainJul 6, 2012
Wunderlich Buy BuyMaintainJul 6, 2012
Guggenheim Buy BuyMaintainMar 7, 2012
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $145.47. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
Mizuho SecuritiesAnalyst unavailable$165$152.44 +13.4%Oct 15, 2026
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$186$145.36 +27.9%Sep 24, 2026
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$180$138.46 +23.7%Sep 2, 2026
BernsteinAnalyst unavailable$190$152.36 +30.6%Aug 14, 2026
Argus ResearchJohn Eade$175$154.55 +20.3%Aug 7, 2026
BernsteinAnalyst unavailable$176$147.75 +21.0%Jun 9, 2026
Morgan StanleyChris Snyder$175$144.05 +20.3%Jun 9, 2026
Wolfe ResearchAnalyst unavailable$171$141.99 +17.6%Jun 3, 2026
UBSAmit Mehrotra$180$141.26 +23.7%Jun 2, 2026
RBC CapitalAnalyst unavailable$154$139.12 +5.9%May 7, 2026
BarclaysJulian Mitchell$144$143.14 -1.0%May 7, 2026
Morgan StanleyChristopher Snyder$140$134.99 -3.8%Mar 11, 2026
RBC CapitalDeane Dray$140$131.97 -3.8%Feb 5, 2026
Mizuho SecuritiesAnalyst unavailable$130$131.39 -10.6%Feb 5, 2026
Goldman SachsAnalyst unavailable$154$129.49 +5.9%Feb 5, 2026
Robert W. BairdAnalyst unavailable$132$129.49 -9.3%Feb 5, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$136$129.49 -6.5%Feb 5, 2026
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$130$111.51 -10.6%Jan 13, 2026
Melius ResearchScott Davis$148$113.95 +1.7%Jan 7, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$125$113.95 -14.1%Jan 7, 2026
Goldman SachsAnalyst unavailable$142$122.25 -2.4%Nov 6, 2025
UBSAmit Mehrotra$124$123 -14.8%Nov 6, 2025
BarclaysJulian Mitchell$90$95.28 -38.1%May 14, 2025
Wells FargoJoe O’Dea$100$91.68 -31.3%May 8, 2025
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$85$80.07 -41.6%Mar 10, 2025
Wells FargoJoesph O'Dea$92$79.17 -36.8%Jan 7, 2025
Argus ResearchJohn Eade$88$79.25 -39.5%Dec 20, 2024
Bank of America SecuritiesAndrew Obin$80$68.6 -45.0%Sep 10, 2024
Morgan StanleyChris Snyder$85$69.38 -41.6%Sep 6, 2024
RBC CapitalSector Perform$69$67.82 -52.6%Aug 14, 2024
RBC CapitalDeane Dray$61$71.03 -58.1%Aug 1, 2024
BarclaysJulian Mitchell$62$68.19 -57.4%Jun 21, 2024
BarclaysJulian Mitchell$61$65.13 -58.1%Apr 2, 2024
CitigroupAndrew Kaplowitz$58$56.08 -60.1%Dec 11, 2023
Morgan StanleyJoshua Pokrzywinski$73$58.51 -49.8%May 5, 2023
OppenheimerAnalyst unavailable$72$66.36 -50.5%Feb 2, 2023
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$72$65.02 -50.5%Jan 5, 2023
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$75$65.65 -48.4%Jan 5, 2023
CitigroupAnalyst unavailable$68$65.77 -53.3%Dec 9, 2022
Deutsche BankAnalyst unavailable$74$66.98 -49.1%Dec 5, 2022
J.P. MorganAnalyst unavailable$70$67.63 -51.9%Dec 2, 2022
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$62$54.89 -57.4%Sep 1, 2022
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$61$55.53 -58.1%Aug 8, 2022
OppenheimerAnalyst unavailable$63$55.1 -56.7%Aug 8, 2022
JefferiesStephen Volkmann$65$50.34 -55.3%Jul 26, 2022
Mizuho SecuritiesAnalyst unavailable$65$47.03 -55.3%Jul 18, 2022
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$60$47.67 -58.8%Jul 8, 2022
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$54$47.82 -62.9%Jul 7, 2022
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$60$48.44 -58.8%Jun 29, 2022
Goldman SachsAnalyst unavailable$62$47.44 -57.4%Jun 23, 2022
Morgan StanleyJoshua Pokrzywinski$59$55 -59.4%Jun 7, 2022
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$65$50.89 -55.3%May 24, 2022
RBC CapitalAnalyst unavailable$61$54.59 -58.1%May 5, 2022
Credit SuisseJohn Walsh$73$54.83 -49.8%May 5, 2022
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$71$54.84 -51.2%May 5, 2022
BarclaysJulian Mitchell$80$66.2 -45.0%Apr 5, 2022
Mizuho SecuritiesBrett Linzey$88$68.88 -39.5%Feb 3, 2022
JefferiesStephen Volkmann$90$73.39 -38.1%Jan 24, 2022
Cowen & Co.Gautam Khanna$86$80.87 -40.9%Dec 31, 2021
UBSMarkus Mittermaier$92$77.03 -36.8%Dec 14, 2021
CitigroupAndrew Kaplowitz$81$73.75 -44.3%Nov 8, 2021
OppenheimerNoah Kaye$86$74.62 -40.9%Sep 9, 2021
HSBCPuneet Garg$66$70.41 -54.6%Aug 4, 2021
Wolfe ResearchNigel Coe$83$69.75 -42.9%Jul 12, 2021
Goldman SachsJoe Ritchie$83$67.72 -42.9%Jun 30, 2021
Argus ResearchJohn Eade$72$63.75 -50.5%May 6, 2021
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Johnson Controls International plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in engineering, manufacturing, commissioning, and retrofitting building products and systems in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. The company designs, manufactures, sells, installs, and services heating, ventilating, air conditioning, controls, building management, refrigeration, integrated electronic security, integrated fire detection and suppression systems, and digital solutions. It also provides energy solutions and technical services, including inspection, scheduled maintenance, and repair and replacement of mechanical and control systems, as well as data-driven building solutions. It sells its products and services to commercial, residential security, institutional, industrial, data center, marine, and governmental customers. Johnson Controls International plc was incorporated in 1885 and is based in Cork, Ireland.

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