JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PLC
In the published model solve dated 2026-Q2, anchored at $139.59, JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PLC (JCI) is priced for today's economics sustained for ~14.5 years. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating; individual model outputs and user-controlled scenarios are analytical inputs, not Boothcheck targets. The narrative was composed July 24, 2026 from SEC EDGAR filings.
• Close to a third of revenue is service work performed on equipment the company already installed, which is the steadiest line in a business otherwise governed by construction cycles. • Backlog reached a record $20.0 billion with orders up 30% organically in the March quarter [Source: Johnson Controls Q2 FY2026 results, May 6, 2026], driven by data centers, which is simultaneously the strongest part of the story and the concentration to worry about. • Today's quote is paying for current econo
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1,518 institutional managers reported holding JCI in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 89% of the company; the top 10 hold 49%. 180 opened new positions that quarter. Held by Vanguard Group, Dodge & Cox, BlackRock, among others. On the short side, 8.2M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 1% of shares outstanding (1.9 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
JCI has cut its share count 14.3% over the past five years, spending $14.71B on repurchases. It pays a dividend, and has paid one every year in our records (19 and counting), raised 4 years straight; the current rate is $1.51 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $4.93B in dividends and $9.92B in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at JCI over the trailing three years: 2026: 1 buy totaling $1.01M. 26 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
JCI's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-06 | +6.1% | +7.8% |
| 2023-08-03 | -11.4% | -17.3% |
| 2024-01-31 | -7.0% | +24.4% |
| 2024-05-02 | -6.6% | +10.1% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
JCI's latest 8-K filings: 2026-07-29 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-06-03 (items 5.02, 7.01, 9.01); 2026-05-13 (items 5.02); 2026-05-06 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-05-04 (items 5.02).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: July 24, 2026
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