New York, Feb 11, 2026, 13:00 ET — Regular session
- Jabil shares rose about 1% in midday trade after Tuesday’s pullback from a recent 52-week high.
- Contract manufacturers were mixed, with Flex higher and Sanmina lower.
- Focus turns to Jabil’s Feb. 17 dividend record date and when the company pins down its next earnings update.
Jabil Inc shares rose on Wednesday, keeping the electronics manufacturer near recent highs after a sharp two-day swing. The stock was up about 1.1% at $261.86, after moving between $258.95 and $267.44 in the regular session.
The stock has been jumpy because it is sitting close to a 52-week high — the best level in the past year — and traders have been quick to lock in gains. Jabil fell 2.6% on Tuesday to end a three-day winning streak after hitting $266.56 a day earlier. (MarketWatch)
The bigger backdrop is still the same: Jabil is being treated as a data-center buildout play, not just a contract manufacturer. In December, the company reported first-quarter net revenue of $8.3 billion and “core” earnings per share (EPS) of $2.85 — a non-GAAP metric that excludes certain costs — and raised its fiscal 2026 outlook to $32.4 billion in revenue and core EPS of $11.55. CEO Mike Dastoor said the “Intelligent Infrastructure segment remains a major growth engine,” citing demand in cloud and data center infrastructure. (Business Wire)
Jabil closed Monday at $265.96, a record close after three straight sessions of gains, before giving some of that back on Tuesday. Trading volume on Monday was lighter than its 50-day average, market data showed. (MarketWatch)
The broader tape helped on Wednesday. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF was up about 0.2%, while the Invesco QQQ Trust, which tracks the Nasdaq 100, gained about 0.4%; the Dow-tracking DIA was roughly flat.
Peers were not moving in lockstep. Flex was up about 1.2% and Benchmark Electronics gained roughly 0.7%, while Sanmina slipped about 0.7%.
Next week brings a small but concrete date for income-focused holders. Jabil’s board declared a quarterly dividend of $0.08 per share, with a Feb. 17 record date and a March 3 payment date, the company said. (Jabil Investors)
But the risk is straightforward: the stock has run hard into new highs, and momentum names can punish even small disappointments. Any wobble in broader tech sentiment, or signs that data-center demand is normalizing faster than expected, could hit the shares.
On the calendar, Jabil’s investor site currently lists no scheduled upcoming events. Earnings-date trackers still point to mid-March for the next expected report, but that timing is not yet posted by the company. (Jabil Investors)
For now, traders are watching whether the stock can hold near this week’s highs into the Feb. 17 dividend record date — and for confirmation of the next earnings date, which would be the next real test of the data-center narrative.
