Jackson Financial (JXN): Assessing Valuation After Strong 3-Month and 1-Year Share Price Gains

Jackson Financial (JXN) has quietly posted strong medium term gains, with the stock up about 13% over the past 3 months and roughly 19% over the past year, drawing fresh investor attention.

See our latest analysis for Jackson Financial.

That climb has pushed Jackson Financial’s share price to about $105.82, and with a robust three year total shareholder return above 250%, recent gains suggest momentum is still building as investors reassess its growth and risk profile.

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With earnings still growing, a high value score, and the stock trading only slightly below analyst targets but at a steep discount to some intrinsic estimates, is Jackson genuinely mispriced, or is the market already baking in that future growth?

Most Popular Narrative: 4.5% Undervalued

With Jackson Financial last closing at $105.82 against a narrative fair value of $110.80, the current setup hints at modest upside that depends heavily on execution.

Strong and growing capital generation, disciplined risk management, and effective capital return (with share repurchases and rising dividends) drive increases in EPS and book value per share, while growing liquidity and optionality for M&A or reinvestment provide long-term support for earnings growth and shareholder value creation.

Read the complete narrative.

Curious how steady revenue growth, rising margins, and a future earnings multiple come together to justify that higher value? Want to see the exact assumptions powering those projections and capital returns? The narrative lays out a detailed roadmap, but the real surprise is how aggressively it expects earnings power to build from here.

Result: Fair Value of $110.80 (UNDERVALUED)

Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.

However, that roadmap could unravel if annuity demand softens or higher yielding assets sour, which would pressure fee income, capital buffers, and long term growth.

Find out about the key risks to this Jackson Financial narrative.

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