Johnson Controls (JCI)
Industrials · building technologies and equipment · NYSE
Johnson Controls provides smart, sustainable building technologies and integrated HVAC, fire, and security solutions for commercial and industrial markets.
What Johnson Controls does
Johnson Controls is a global leader in building products, technologies, and integrated solutions, focusing on smart, healthy, and sustainable building environments. The company provides heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, fire and security solutions, and building automation systems and services. It serves customers across commercial, industrial, and residential sectors.
Themes: smart buildings, building automation, energy efficiency, sustainability
Fundamentals
- Price$154.00 as of 2026-10-08 close
- Market cap$94.0B as of 2026-03-31 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
- 1-year return+42.0% 2025-10-08 close $108.43 → 2026-10-08 close $154.00
- P/E26.76 as of 2026-10-08
- Net margin+13.9% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Gross margin+36.4% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- ROE+25.5% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity0.70 as of 2026-09-02
- Revenue growth (YoY)+5.1% as of 2026-09-02
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+4.6% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.11 as of 2026-09-02
- Last reported earnings2026-07-29 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +1.1%; 9-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
How JCI compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 349 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-10-08
- net profit margintop 25% 417 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-02
- gross marginmiddle range 253 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-02
- return on equitytop 25% 432 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-02
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 428 covered Industrials peers
- indicated dividend yieldmiddle range 271 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-02
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)top 10% 417 covered Industrials peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Industrials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
JCI is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Top 10 score
61.5 #194 of 1,379 scored · #12 of 238 in Industrials
Trend 87th (a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day) and profitability 82nd (return on equity 25.5%); weakest is growth (36th, revenue growth year over year 5.1%, 3-year revenue CAGR 4.6%).
Never in this list — passed over at the rebalances below
- Not selected 1 Oct 2026 despite rank 12: it moves too closely with companies this list already holds (NVT, EME, ESE, WTS, MLI), 0.42 against a cap of 0.34.
Scores as of 8 Oct 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 4.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Covered by reported results. In FY2025, JCI's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 30%, free-cash-flow payout 46%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout30% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payout46% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How Johnson Controls looks technically
Johnson Controls (JCI) is trading 11.4% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 637 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 20, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 59, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day high about 3 trading days ago. It is 4.0% below its all-time high.
Trend
7
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 11.4% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +11.4% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $147.17 | $147.17 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $138.28 | $138.28 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 24 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 24 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 637 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 637 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 20, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 19.5 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 59, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 59.5 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the upper half of its 14-day range ($142.94 to $160.41) — its "stochastic" reading is 63 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 63.3 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in positive territory (momentum leaning bullish) | 15 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $160.41 | $160.41 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 4.0% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -4.0% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 47.4% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +47.4% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 4.0% below its highest point of the past year | 4.0% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 3 trading days ago | 3 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 3 trading days ago | 3 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $160.41 (set on 2026-10-06) | $160.41 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($105.55 to $158.76), and it has given back only a small part of its rise from last year’s low — 9% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $124.17 to $125.88. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 8.9% |
| From the all-time high | it is 4.0% below its all-time high | -4.0% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 2.4% above a support level at $150.28 — a price it turned at twice since 2026-06-18, most recently on 2026-07-01. Since 2024-10-08 it has 14 such levels below the current price and 0 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -2.4% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $4.10 (set on 1987-10-26) | $4.10 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 3656.9% above its all-time low | +3,657% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are unusually wide versus its own recent history (wider than about 99% of the past ~6 months) | 99th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $3.70 between its high and its low — about 2.4% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $3.70 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $135.90 and $160.15 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $135.90 – $148.02 – $160.15 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 2.4% in a typical session — calmer than most companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 2.4% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 4.3 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (11.4% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 4.3 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.89× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts have raised their average price target by 0.4% since the prior reading | +0.4% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-08 0.7% below the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and had not traded back through that level by the close | -0.7% |
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| Gap filled | a 4.2% gap down opened on 2026-09-14 has been "filled" 12 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 6 sessions to close | 12 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed lower 2 sessions in a row, a -3% move over the run — an unbroken run of down days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 2 sessions down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 4.2 percentage points (the stock gained 5.2% while the market gained 1.0%) | +4.2% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 6.0 percentage points (the stock gained 9.8% while the market gained 3.8%) | +6.0% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 2.3 percentage points (the stock gained 15.1% while the market gained 17.5%) | -2.3% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 27.0 percentage points (the stock gained 42.0% while the market gained 15.0%) | +27.1% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 5 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, a fresh 20-day high, MACD momentum is positive, trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 5 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bearish state: lagging the market over 6 months — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 5.0% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is thin, spanning 1.5% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that gives way easily. | +5.0% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 12% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $137.02 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 192 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +12.4% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 5% above the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-29 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $146.71 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 51 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +5.0% |
Descending triangle, either side — broke out · entry $142.40 · 56 sessions in
Price levels it has turned at before
JCI last closed at $154.00 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 14 prices below its last close and 0 above; the 3 nearest below are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $150.28 | Support | 2.4% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-06-18 to 2026-07-01 |
| $146.74 | Support | 4.7% below the last close | turned there four times · 2026-02-25 to 2026-07-14 |
| $136.56 | Support | 11.3% below the last close | turned there 10 times · 2026-03-25 to 2026-09-14 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Broke out to a new 20-day high · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · Near the all-time high · Trading above the Ichimoku cloud | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout · all time high
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingBuy (2.05 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 20 analysts
- Mean price target$165.80 range $129.00 – $194.00; median $166.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-03. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for JCI
- Consensus EPS estimate$1.58 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-03
- Estimate change, 30 days+$0.00928 (+0.6%) from $1.57, on 2026-08-29, 35-day window
- Readings revised upward60% of 5 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["risks associated with restructuring and impairment costs","volatility in foreign currency translation adjustments","exposure to changes in debt and interest rate environments"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of JCI's 10-Q filed 2026-05-06 against the prior one filed 2026-02-04.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- In Overview section: added phrase 'a global leader in thermal management, mission-critical building systems,' before 'energy efficiency' (filed 2026-05-06)
- Reference to 'Second Quarter' and 'three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2025' (filed 2026-05-06)
- Reference to 'Year-to-Date' referring to 'six months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the six months ended March 31, 2025' (filed 2026-05-06)
- Removed:
- Phrase 'global technology leader' changed to different phrasing (filed 2026-02-04 had this)
- Reference to 'First Quarter' and 'three months ended December 31, 2025 compared to the three months ended December 31, 2024' (filed 2026-02-04)
- Page number '31' changed to '32' (filed 2026-02-04 vs filed 2026-05-06)
- Reworded:
- Overview opening sentence reordered: older version (2026-02-04) stated 'a global technology leader in energy efficiency, decarbonization, thermal management and mission-critical performance' while newer version (2026-05-06) states 'a global leader in thermal management, mission-critical building systems, energy efficiency, and decarbonization' - different word order and phrasing of descriptors
- Notes:
- Both text excerpts end mid-sentence in the Macroeconomic Trends section, preventing full comparison of that section
- The Cautionary Statements section is identical between both filings
Risk Factors
The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 3 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-04. The 5 days since 2026-10-04 have not been checked yet.
- Last 90 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 3 sells ($4M) — 2 selling insiders
- Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 9 sells ($17M) — 3 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-08-19. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-04; anything filed since is not yet included.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about JCI's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
U.S. House trading disclosures
U.S. House members publicly disclose their own, their spouse's, and dependent children's stock transactions under the STOCK Act. We hold 7 matched disclosures for JCI from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings.
U.S. House trading disclosures →Short interest (FINRA)
JCI had 10,009,489 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
JCI had 1.64% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 2.77 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 10,009,489
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 1.64%
- Prior settlement (shares) 10,219,142
- Reported change -2.05%
- Days to cover (reported) 2.77
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Carrier Global (CARR)
- Trane Technologies (TT)
- Honeywell International (HON)
- Schneider Electric
- Siemens (SIEGY)
- Legrand (LGRDY)
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Frequently asked questions
What does Johnson Controls (JCI) do?
Johnson Controls is a global leader in building products, technologies, and integrated solutions, focusing on smart, healthy, and sustainable building environments. The company provides heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, fire and security solutions, and building automation systems and services. It serves customers across commercial, industrial, and residential sectors.
What sector is Johnson Controls (JCI) in?
Johnson Controls (JCI) is classified in the Industrials sector. Its industry is building technologies and equipment. It trades on NYSE.
Does JCI pay a dividend?
Yes — Johnson Controls (JCI) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 1.12% and 9-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC EDGAR XBRL) (market data, as of 2026-09-02). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are Johnson Controls's (JCI) competitors?
Notable peers of Johnson Controls (JCI) include Carrier Global, Trane Technologies, Honeywell International, Schneider Electric and Siemens. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Has there been recent U.S. House stock trading in JCI?
Yes — we hold 7 matched STOCK Act disclosures for JCI from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings. These are legally-required disclosures (often filed 30–45 days after the trade), may belong to a U.S. House member, their spouse, or a dependent child, and are not an indicator of company performance or investment advice.
Is Johnson Controls (JCI) overbought or oversold right now?
Johnson Controls (JCI) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 59, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on JCI come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-02; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.