How much a stock's price changes over time is a significant driver for most investors. Not only can price performance impact your portfolio, but it can help you compare investment results across sectors and industries as well.

The fear of missing out, or FOMO, also plays a factor in investing, especially with particular tech giants, as well as popular consumer-facing stocks.

What if you'd invested in Jabil (JBL Quick QuoteJBL - Free Report) ten years ago? It may not have been easy to hold on to JBL for all that time, but if you did, how much would your investment be worth today?

Jabil's Business In-Depth

With that in mind, let's take a look at Jabil's main business drivers.

Headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL, Jabil, Inc. is one of the largest global suppliers of electronic manufacturing services. The company offers electronics design, production, product management and after-market services to customers in the aerospace, automotive, computing, consumer, defense, industrial, instrumentation, medical, networking, peripherals, storage and telecommunications industries.

The company reported revenues of $29.8 billion in fiscal 2025.

Jabil has reorganized its internal structure, and beginning fiscal 2025, the company is set to report its quarterly numbers under three reporting segments: Regulated Industries, Intelligent Infrastructure, Connected Living & Digital Commerce.

Regulated Industries (39.9% of fiscal 2025 net sales): The segment primarily focuses on developing high-quality manufacturing products for automotive & transportation, renewables & energy infrastructure, and healthcare end markets.
 
Intelligent Infrastructure (41.3%): The segment’s portfolio includes products related to capital equipment, networking & communications, and cloud & data center infrastructure end markets.

Connected Living & Digital Commerce (18.8%): The segment offerings include various consumer-facing products under the connected living end market and retail & warehouse automation products in the digital commerce end market.

The company’s largest customers are Apple, Cisco, Hewlett-Packard Company, Keysight Technologies, LM Ericsson, NetApp, Nokia Networks, SolarEdge Technologies, Valeo S.A. and Zebra Technologies.

Jabil faces significant competition from the likes of Benchmark Electronics, Celestica, Flex, Hon-Hai Precision Industry, Plexus and Sanmina.

Bottom Line

Anyone can invest, but building a successful investment portfolio requires research, patience, and a little bit of risk. So, if you had invested in Jabil, ten years ago, you're likely feeling pretty good about your investment today.

According to our calculations, a $1000 investment made in April 2016 would be worth $17,991.61, or a gain of 1,699.16%, as of April 20, 2026, and this return excludes dividends but includes price increases.

Compare this to the S&P 500's rally of 242.48% and gold's return of 274.83% over the same time frame.

Going forward, analysts are expecting more upside for JBL.

Jabil is benefiting from solid demand in key end markets, together with excellent operational execution and skillful management of supply chain dynamics. Healthy traction in AI data center infrastructure, capital equipment and warehouse automation markets is positive. A higher free cash flow indicates efficient financial management practices and improved operational efficiency. A large-scale portfolio of business sectors offers Jabil a high degree of resiliency during times of macroeconomic and geopolitical disruption. Strong focus on innovation is a tailwind. Growth in the digital commerce, healthcare and packaging market is positive. However, Jabil operates in a highly competitive environment, facing competition from both domestic and international electronic manufacturers. The company is exposed to significant customer-concentration risk.

The stock is up 26.83% over the past four weeks, and no earnings estimate has gone lower in the past two months, compared to 5 higher, for fiscal 2026. The consensus estimate has moved up as well.