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NYSE Shariah screener · October 2026

Is Johnson Controls International plc (JCI) Halal?

PASS

Johnson Controls International plc · NYSE: JCI · Industrials

The short answer

Yes - Johnson Controls International plc (JCI) passes this Shariah stock screen at all three gates. Johnson Controls, the Cork-based building-solutions company, earns its revenue from commercial HVAC equipment, building controls and automation, fire and security systems, and energy efficiency services (FY2025 net sales $23,596M) - none of which involve alcohol, tobacco, gambling, weapons, adult entertainment, pork, or conventional finance as a core activity. The financial ratios pass: total debt of $9,880M is about 10.88% of its ~$90.82B market cap ($151.77/share, October 2026), below the ~33% ceiling, and interest income of $19M is about 0.08% of revenue, below the 5% ceiling. Musaffa independently rates Johnson Controls halal. This is a factual screen, not a religious ruling - consult a qualified scholar for personal rulings.

Gate 1 — Business activity: PASS

Johnson Controls International plc (NYSE: JCI), headquartered in Cork, Ireland (CEO Joakim Weidemanis; ~87,000 employees; CIK 0000833444), is a pure-play building-solutions provider. On August 1, 2025, it completed the sale of its Residential and Light Commercial (R&LC) HVAC business to the Bosch Group (an $8.1B all-cash transaction; JCI's portion ~$6.7B; net cash proceeds ~$5.0B), including the North America ducted business and the global residential joint venture with Hitachi - positioning the company, in CEO Weidemanis's words, 'as a leading pure-play provider of innovative building solutions.' Current business: intelligent buildings - commercial HVAC equipment, building controls and automation, fire and security systems, energy efficiency and decarbonization services, plus service/maintenance. Roots to 1885 (inventor Warren S. Johnson's electric room thermostat). Business-screen implication (factual): building technologies only - no alcohol, tobacco, gambling, pork, weapons/defense manufacturing, adult entertainment, or conventional finance as a core activity. Gate 1 passes. Facts only.

Gate 2 — Debt and cash: PASS

Per Johnson Controls' Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025 (filed early November 2025; $ millions; from the filed 10-K balance sheet reproduced in the Q4/FY25 earnings release and the FT tear-sheet - cross-verified: Morningstar, stockwatch, FT all consistent), total debt at September 30, 2025 was: short-term debt $723M + current portion of long-term debt $566M + long-term debt $8,591M = $9,880M (FT confirms 'Total debt 9,880'). Against a market cap of about $90.82B ($151.77 per share, Finnhub, October 2026; sanity check: 611M shares outstanding at Sep 30, 2025 x $151.77 = about $92.7B - within ~2%), debt / market cap is about 10.88% - below the ~33% ceiling. Cash and cash equivalents of $379M is about 0.42% of market cap. Total liabilities were $25,012M; shareholders' equity $12,927M (debt-to-equity rose from 0.5x to 0.7x in FY2025). Gate 2 passes. Facts only.

Gate 3 — Non-compliant income: PASS

Per Johnson Controls' Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025 (filed early November 2025; $ millions), interest income was $19M (Zoya's data fields; FY2025) against net sales of $23,596M = about 0.08% of revenue - below the 5% non-compliant income ceiling. Zoya's data fields independently report FY2025 revenue of $23,596,000,000 and interest income of $19,000,000 - matching the 10-K figures exactly. Net income was $3,291M. Gate 3 passes. Facts only.

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Frequently asked questions

What does Johnson Controls do?

Johnson Controls International plc (NYSE: JCI), headquartered at One Albert Quay, Cork, Ireland (CEO Joakim Weidemanis; ~87,000 employees; CIK 0000833444), is a pure-play building-solutions provider. On August 1, 2025, it completed the sale of its Residential and Light Commercial (R&LC) HVAC business to the Bosch Group (an $8.1B all-cash transaction; JCI's portion of the consideration ~$6.7B; net cash proceeds ~$5.0B), including the North America ducted business and the global residential joint venture with Hitachi - positioning the company, in CEO Weidemanis's words, 'as a leading pure-play provider of innovative building solutions.' Current business: intelligent buildings - commercial HVAC equipment, building controls and automation, fire and security systems, energy efficiency and decarbonization services, plus service/maintenance. Roots to 1885 (inventor Warren S. Johnson's electric room thermostat). Its common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker JCI). FY2025 net sales were $23,596M.

Why does Johnson Controls pass this Shariah stock screen?

Johnson Controls passes all three gates of this Shariah stock screen. Gate 1 (business activity): pure-play building technologies (commercial HVAC, building controls and automation, fire and security, energy efficiency and decarbonization services) - no alcohol, tobacco, gambling, pork, weapons/defense manufacturing, adult entertainment, or conventional finance as a core activity - a clean business (the August 2025 Bosch sale completed the shift away from residential HVAC). Gate 2 (debt): total debt of $9,880M is about 10.88% of its ~$90.82B market cap (October 2026), below the ~33% ceiling. Gate 3 (non-compliant income): interest income of $19M is about 0.08% of FY2025 revenues ($23,596M), below the 5% ceiling. Result: PASS. This is a factual screen, not a religious ruling - consult a qualified scholar for personal rulings.

What is Johnson Controls' interest-bearing debt ratio?

Per Johnson Controls' Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025 (filed early November 2025; $ millions; from the filed 10-K balance sheet reproduced in the Q4/FY25 earnings release and the FT tear-sheet - cross-verified: Morningstar, stockwatch, FT all consistent), total debt at September 30, 2025 was: short-term debt $723M + current portion of long-term debt $566M + long-term debt $8,591M = $9,880M (FT confirms 'Total debt 9,880'). Against a market cap of about $90.82B ($151.77 per share, Finnhub, October 2026; sanity check: 611M shares outstanding at Sep 30, 2025 x $151.77 = about $92.7B - within ~2%), debt / market cap is about 10.88% - below the ~33% ceiling. Cash and cash equivalents of $379M is about 0.42% of market cap. Total liabilities were $25,012M; shareholders' equity $12,927M (debt-to-equity rose from 0.5x to 0.7x in FY2025). Gate 2 passes. Facts only.

How much interest income does Johnson Controls earn?

Per Johnson Controls' Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025 (filed early November 2025; $ millions), interest income was $19M (Zoya's data fields; FY2025) against net sales of $23,596M = about 0.08% of revenue - below the 5% non-compliant income ceiling. Zoya's data fields independently report FY2025 revenue of $23,596,000,000 and interest income of $19,000,000 - matching the 10-K figures exactly. Net income was $3,291M. Gate 3 passes. Facts only.

Do Zoya, Musaffa, or ShariaPortfolio cover Johnson Controls?

Zoya covers Johnson Controls at zoya.finance/stocks/jci, but its auto-generated FAQ text is garbled/contradictory (renders 'Shariah-compliant and therefore considered halal to invest in' AND 'Shariah-compliant and therefore not considered halal to invest in' AND 'flagged as Shariah-compliant' fragments simultaneously) - no clean Zoya rating can be quoted, and none is quoted here. Useful corroborating fact: Zoya's data fields report FY2025 revenue of $23,596,000,000 and interest income of $19,000,000 - matching the 10-K exactly. Musaffa covers JCI at musaffa.com/stock/JCI/: 'As of August 2026, Johnson Controls International PLC JCI is classified as halal according to Musaffa's Shariah screening methodology.' ShariaPortfolio: no JCI stock page found in web searches - honestly reported as no coverage found, not invented.

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Screened 2026-10-02 from published company figures and market data. Figures change; this page is educational, not financial advice and not a religious ruling.

Screened with our two-gate Shariah screening methodology (business-activity gate, then AAOIFI-style financial ratios).