Johnson Controls (JCI) Stock Price, Fundamentals & Analysis

What JCI does

Johnson Controls (JCI) is a US-listed stock in the Industrials sector, within the Building Products & Equipment industry. The company engineers, manufactures, and services building products and systems — including heating, ventilation, air conditioning, controls, building management, refrigeration, electronic security, fire detection and suppression, and digital solutions — across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific. It serves commercial, residential security, institutional, industrial, data center, marine, and governmental customers.

Key numbers explained

• Johnson Controls trades at 145.9 USD, with a 37.5% price increase over the last 52 weeks, against a low of 104.49 and a high of 157.06.
• The marketCap of 88.38B USD shows the total market value of all outstanding shares.
• The trailing P/E ratio of 41.2 compares the current share price to the last 12 months of earnings per share (3.54 USD); the forward P/E ratio of 24 uses expected future earnings, which is typically a more optimistic read because it reflects growth expectations.
• The dividend yield of 1.09% tells you the annual dividend as a percentage of the share price, paid out of 45% of trailing earnings, with the next ex-dividend date on Sep 21, 2026.
• Beta of 1.3 means the stock historically moved about 30% more than the overall market, indicating higher volatility.
• Johnson Controls has a profit margin of 14.3%, an operating margin of 15.9%, and a return on equity of 14.3%, which together show how efficiently it turns revenue into profit and shareholder returns.
• The debt-to-equity ratio of 70.1% indicates that for every dollar of shareholder equity, the company has about 70 cents of debt, a level worth comparing across peers such as CSX Corporation (CSX) or Vertiv (VRT).
• The price-to-book ratio of 6.56 compares the share price to the company's book value per share, often used to see whether the market values the firm above or below its accounting net assets.

Recent news

Recent headlines include an analysis of whether Johnson Controls stock is fully priced on cash flow, a dividend analysis of Johnson Controls International PLC, and a forecast from Sensormatic Solutions on the busiest holiday shopping days in Asia Pacific and around the world. Other stories cover a market outlook for the Data Center Air Handling Units sector and an invitation to an executive technology leadership summit.

What to watch

Investors typically monitor how Johnson Controls' margins and return on equity evolve alongside revenue growth, which has been 9.3% year over year on 25 mld. USD in trailing revenue. The gap between the trailing P/E ratio (41.2) and the forward P/E ratio (24) can signal how much the market is pricing in future earnings growth. Capital structure matters too, so the debt-to-equity ratio (70.1%) is worth tracking relative to peers like Union Pacific Corporation (UNP) or Emcor (EME). The next earnings release on Nov 4, 2026 and the ex-dividend date on Sep 21, 2026 are two calendar anchors that often drive near-term price moves. For broader context, Johnson Controls is part of the S&P 500, and investors sometimes compare it with industrial peers such as Snap-on (SNA) or TransDigm Group (TDG).