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Robert Pragada

Chief Executive Officer & Chair of the Board, Jacobs Solutions

Search every verified Robert Pragada interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Robert Pragada, chair and CEO of Jacobs, discussed the company's fiscal third quarter 2026 results during an earnings call on August 4, 2026. He reported adjusted EPS growth of approximately 14% to $1.84, supported by over 8% organic adjusted net revenue growth and more than 100 basis points of year-on-year margin expansion. He noted that the Infrastructure and Advanced Facilities segment posted nearly $2.1 billion in net revenue, a 10% year-over-year increase and a quarterly record, while total backlog grew 27% to $29 billion, with a trailing 12-month book-to-bill of 1.4 times on gross revenue. Pragada also addressed international performance, stating that growth was around 9%, driven mainly by Australia, New Zealand, and Asia, while the Middle East remained stable and Europe grew at mid-single digits. He said customers were pushing to accelerate U.S. semiconductor construction activity, citing work with the largest high-bandwidth memory chip manufacturer in the U.S. and a long-standing relationship with Intel, where Jacobs has been engineer of record for decades. He added that significant capital is being deployed to build AI data centers, which has expanded Jacobs' addressable market across services such as headquarters advisory, design, digital twins, and full program delivery, as well as increasing capacity requirements in the semiconductor industry.

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