Standpoint Research Downgrades Jacobs Engineering (JEC) to Hold

Standpoint Research downgraded Jacobs Engineering (NYSE: JEC) from Buy to Hold.

The firm comments, "JEC is our recommendation from August 8. The shares have already jumped > 25% and are + 1490 bps versus the S&P-500 for us. JEC is now trading at ~ 13X peak (2008) earnings of $3.34 and ~14X what they may earn in 2012 ($3.00 consensus forecast). In our opinion this is fair value for a company with EPS and revenue growth in the mid-single digits. In fact, revenues for 2011 (~$10 bln) are still below where they were in 2008 (~$11 bln), as are net profit margins and earnings. Given the valuation and the recent absolute and relative (to the S&P-500) gains, we can no longer leave our highest recommendation attached to this name.

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Shares of Jacobs Engineering closed at $40.90 yesterday.

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