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ConsensusBuy24 ratings
Bullish1458.3%
Neutral1041.7%
Bearish00.0%
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. · JKHY · FY2026 Q4 · Calendar Q3 2026
Jack Henry pairs record results with measured FY2027 growth outlook
The current and prior analyses support a constructive but qualified view: resilient demand for core, digital and payments technology, combined with AI-enabled productivity and cross-sell opportunities, can support continued growth. The evidence is tempered by measured FY2027 guidance, pipeline execution risk and higher AI, cybersecurity and infrastructure costs.
Reported After market closeNASDAQTechnology
$11.00B market cap
100quality score
Earnings scorecard
Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS
$1.57
Consensus $1.47
EPS surprise
+6.8%
Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue
$644.0M
Consensus $631.6M
Revenue surprise
+2.0%
Reported versus consensus
Market reaction
event-close to next-session close
Stock move
+6.5%
Event window
SPY move
+0.2%
Same window
Abnormal move
+6.3%
Stock minus SPY
Volume
2.2×
Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift
-4.2%
Up to 20 sessions
JKHYSPY benchmark
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Why did JKHY rise 6.5% after beating EPS estimates in FY2026 Q4?What changed in JKHY's guidance and outlook in FY2026 Q4?Give me the bull and bear case for JKHY after FY2026 Q4 earnings.
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What changed
Compared with the prior quarter, the company moved from raised FY2026 guidance to maintained guidance while setting a measured FY2027 outlook. The strategy broadened around AI security, Open USD, a deposit-only core and additional lending modules, with management also highlighting near-term timing and investment headwinds.
Guidance delta
Management maintained guidance and introduced FY2027 expectations for 5.5–6.5% GAAP revenue growth with modest margin expansion, while acknowledging near-term timing and investment headwinds.
Key takeaways
- Up-market core wins and larger trifecta deals supported record results and continued margin expansion.
- AI-enabled security and product features are becoming central to the platform strategy and internal productivity efforts.
- Payments and money-movement offerings, including Rapid Transfers and Tap2Local, remain important growth initiatives.
- The FY2027 outlook is measured, with execution and investment costs key to the margin trajectory.
Management priorities
- Expand the core platform with a deposit-only core and future lending modules.
- Advance AI-enabled capabilities across Banno, Synapsys and Financial Crimes Defender.
- Grow faster-payment and money-movement offerings, including Rapid Transfers, Tap2Local and Open USD.
- Help clients govern AI deployments while strengthening cybersecurity.
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Analyst 52W Price Targets
$154.85Previous close
$161Low
$187.5Average
$215High
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted previous close from FN2's market snapshot as of Sep 21, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.
Firm-level rating actions
FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RBC Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Sep 16, 2026 |
| Raymond James | Strong Buy | Strong Buy | Maintain | Sep 16, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Sep 16, 2026 |
| DA Davidson | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Wolfe Research | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Aug 25, 2026 |
| UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Aug 20, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Aug 20, 2026 |
| Barclays | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Aug 20, 2026 |
| Oppenheimer | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Aug 19, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Overweight | Equal Weight | Upgrade | Feb 17, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Feb 5, 2026 |
| Baird | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Outperform | Market Perform | Upgrade | Dec 8, 2025 |
| Compass Point | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Nov 6, 2025 |
| Stephens & Co. | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Nov 6, 2024 |
| Evercore ISI Group | In Line | In Line | Maintain | Jun 25, 2024 |
| B of A Securities | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Dec 6, 2023 |
| Northcoast Research | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Sep 18, 2023 |
| BTIG | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Aug 17, 2023 |
| William Blair | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Jan 11, 2023 |
| Credit Suisse | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Aug 18, 2022 |
| Atlantic Equities | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Sep 3, 2019 |
| Keefe Bruyette & Woods | Perform | Market Perform | Maintain | Apr 9, 2019 |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Aug 23, 2018 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted previous close $154.85. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond James | Analyst unavailable | $199 | $158.38 | +28.5% | Sep 16, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Bill Carcache | $175 | $154.07 | +13.0% | Sep 16, 2026 |
| KeyBanc | Andrew Schmidt | $190 | $166.58 | +22.7% | Sep 14, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $171 | $161.42 | +10.4% | Sep 10, 2026 |
| Wolfe Research | Darrin Peller | $215 | $170.51 | +38.8% | Aug 25, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $178 | $165.2 | +14.9% | Aug 20, 2026 |
| UBS | Timothy Chiodo | $170 | $163.06 | +9.8% | Aug 20, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $178 | $163.06 | +14.9% | Aug 20, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $185 | $163.06 | +19.5% | Aug 20, 2026 |
| D.A. Davidson | Peter Heckmann | $198 | $167.68 | +27.9% | Aug 19, 2026 |
| Oppenheimer | Analyst unavailable | $209 | $153.12 | +35.0% | Aug 19, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $170 | $146.71 | +9.8% | Jul 8, 2026 |
| Wolfe Research | Analyst unavailable | $165 | $135 | +6.6% | Jun 29, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $173 | $124.22 | +11.7% | Jun 18, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $170 | $146.33 | +9.8% | May 8, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $180 | $145.51 | +16.2% | May 7, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $165 | $143.95 | +6.6% | May 7, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $196 | $156.76 | +26.6% | Feb 17, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $183 | $173.78 | +18.2% | Feb 5, 2026 |
| Stephens | Analyst unavailable | $205 | $173.78 | +32.4% | Feb 5, 2026 |
| Robert W. Baird | David Koning | $205 | $173.78 | +32.4% | Feb 5, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $181 | $177.94 | +16.9% | Jan 30, 2026 |
| D.A. Davidson | Peter Heckmann | $216 | $178.27 | +39.5% | Jan 29, 2026 |
| Stephens | Analyst unavailable | $200 | $189.54 | +29.2% | Jan 16, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $195 | $188.65 | +25.9% | Jan 8, 2026 |
| Wolfe Research | Darrin Peller | $220 | $185.97 | +42.1% | Jan 8, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $210 | $187.62 | +35.6% | Dec 16, 2025 |
| Robert W. Baird | Analyst unavailable | $200 | $185.8 | +29.2% | Dec 15, 2025 |
| D.A. Davidson | Peter Heckmann | $190 | $154.3 | +22.7% | Oct 29, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | Jason Kupferberg | $161 | $156.92 | +4.0% | Oct 21, 2025 |
| Robert W. Baird | David Koning | $172 | $152.22 | +11.1% | Oct 17, 2025 |
| D.A. Davidson | Analyst unavailable | $204 | $165.56 | +31.7% | Aug 22, 2025 |
| Robert W. Baird | David Koning | $195 | $185.67 | +25.9% | Oct 17, 2024 |
| Oppenheimer | Rayna Kumar | $206 | $176.54 | +33.0% | Sep 30, 2024 |
| Robert W. Baird | David Koning | $186 | $163.75 | +20.1% | Apr 17, 2024 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $193 | $176.64 | +24.6% | Nov 10, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $185 | $197.43 | +19.5% | Aug 18, 2022 |
| Credit Suisse | Analyst unavailable | $180 | $197.3 | +16.2% | Aug 18, 2022 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $199 | $197.3 | +28.5% | Aug 18, 2022 |
| Oppenheimer | Analyst unavailable | $214 | $199.69 | +38.2% | Jul 25, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $190 | $177.11 | +22.7% | Jun 15, 2022 |
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Snapshot as of publicationJack Henry & Associates, Inc. operates as a financial technology company that connects people and financial institutions through technology solutions and payment processing services. It operates through four segments: Core, Payments, Complementary, and Corporate and Other. The Core segment provides core information processing platforms to banks and credit unions, which consist of integrated applications required to process deposit, loan, general ledger transactions, and maintain centralized accountholder information. The Payments segment offers secure payment processing tools and services, including ATM, automated clearing house origination and remote deposit capture processing, and risk management products and services, as well as debit and credit card processing services, and online and mobile bill pay solutions.…
Historical context
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Latest beats and misses
Who reports nextBeat on EPS
- FPSFY2026 Q4 · September 15, 2026+4.3% EPS+9.5% move
- TCOMFY2026 Q2 · September 15, 2026+22.3% EPS+3.0% move
- KRFY2026 Q2 · September 11, 2026+2.8% EPS+2.7% move
- ADBEFY2026 Q3 · September 10, 2026+0.8% EPS+1.4% move
- ORCLFY2027 Q1 · September 10, 2026+10.3% EPS-1.7% move
- CASYFY2027 Q1 · September 8, 2026+8.7% EPS-14.2% move
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Sources
- Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-08-20T16:19:25.760240+00:00
- FN2 earnings calendar · 2026-09-21T01:23:13.071796+00:00
- Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-09-21T11:20:50.176897+00:00
- Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-09-21T11:20:50.172895+00:00
Methodology
Reported and consensus figures come from FN2's earnings event records. Market reaction and volume are calculated from daily adjusted bars around the event; abnormal move subtracts the SPY move over the same window.
Analyst target low, average, and high values are derived at request time from each named analyst's latest persisted FMP target. The current-price marker comes from FN2's persisted market snapshot. They are sell-side estimates, not an FN2 valuation or recommendation.
Transcript intelligence is a structured synthesis of the current and prior earnings-call analyses. Missing values stay missing and are never estimated.
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