Equities Analysts Offer Predictions for JBT Q2 Earnings

John Bean Technologies Co. (NYSE:JBT) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research lifted their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for shares of John Bean Technologies in a research note issued on Tuesday, November 12th. Zacks Research analyst S. Deb now expects that the industrial products company will earn $1.33 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $1.32. The consensus estimate for John Bean Technologies’ current full-year earnings is $5.23 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for John Bean Technologies’ Q3 2025 earnings at $1.48 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.03 EPS and Q2 2026 earnings at $1.35 EPS.

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

John Bean Technologies Price Performance

Shares of NYSE JBT opened at $116.42 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $102.49 and a 200 day moving average price of $96.70. The firm has a market cap of $3.71 billion, a PE ratio of 21.60, a PEG ratio of 1.68 and a beta of 1.22. The company has a current ratio of 2.55, a quick ratio of 2.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41. John Bean Technologies has a 1-year low of $82.64 and a 1-year high of $122.90.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On John Bean Technologies

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Arizona State Retirement System raised its holdings in shares of John Bean Technologies by 1.7% in the second quarter. Arizona State Retirement System now owns 8,900 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $845,000 after purchasing an additional 150 shares during the last quarter. CWM LLC increased its stake in John Bean Technologies by 113.2% in the 2nd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 324 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $31,000 after buying an additional 172 shares during the last quarter. Diversified Trust Co increased its stake in John Bean Technologies by 1.4% in the 2nd quarter. Diversified Trust Co now owns 13,400 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,273,000 after buying an additional 184 shares during the last quarter. Louisiana State Employees Retirement System lifted its position in John Bean Technologies by 1.3% during the 2nd quarter. Louisiana State Employees Retirement System now owns 16,000 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $1,520,000 after buying an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wrapmanager Inc. boosted its stake in shares of John Bean Technologies by 6.2% during the 3rd quarter. Wrapmanager Inc. now owns 3,537 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $348,000 after buying an additional 206 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 98.92% of the company’s stock.

John Bean Technologies Company Profile

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.