Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants
Jack in the Box Inc. JACK
$12.45 -1.74% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $237.5M
High risk
Next earnings report: Nov 25, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to 14.3% from 0.6% a year earlier.
- The shares trade at 7.2× trailing earnings, lower than 93% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Net debt is 11.9× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 4%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 14%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 41%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 15%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 45%
- Gross marginBottom 35%
- Operating marginTop 20%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 37%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 21%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 6%
- Interest coverBottom 33%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 4%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 47%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 49%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 26%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 18%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 22%
- 6-month returnTop 24%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 16%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 19%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 47%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 20%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 48%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 19%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 44%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 21%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 6%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 12%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 6%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -17.2% | -20.2% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 28.7% | 28.1% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 0.6% | 14.3% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 3.3% | 1.0% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -20.2% | -17.2% | ↓ | Bottom 4% |
| Gross margin | 28.1% | 28.7% | ↓ | Bottom 35% |
| Operating margin | 14.3% | 0.6% | ↑ | Top 20% |
| Net margin | 2.8% | -4.3% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 1.0% | 3.3% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 7.0% | — | Top 45% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -0.1% | — | Bottom 41% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.20×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -2.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.5%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +40.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 11.89×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 2.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- -0.00%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +1.6%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -2.0%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 5, 2026 (filed Aug 12, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -7.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 1 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $16.72
- Target vs current price
- +34.3%
- Analysts with a rating
- 41
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 32%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | +8.6% | +5.1% | -6.3% | -17.2% | — |
| May 13, 2026 | +2.7% | -5.7% | -15.7% | -8.8% | +29.6% |
| Feb 18, 2026 | -9.1% | +3.1% | -18.4% | -41.4% | -40.1% |
| Nov 19, 2025 | -31.8% | +0.9% | +36.6% | +36.9% | +49.8% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | -12.8% | -2.9% | -14.5% | -7.8% | -15.7% |
| May 14, 2025 | +8.1% | -1.5% | -15.7% | -23.9% | -30.2% |
| Feb 25, 2025 | +13.6% | -7.7% | -2.6% | -16.7% | -40.2% |
| Nov 20, 2024 | +4.5% | -0.9% | +1.2% | -12.9% | -15.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | $0.96 | $0.88 | +8.6% | $257.7M |
| May 13, 2026 | $0.76 | $0.74 | +2.7% | $254.3M |
| Feb 18, 2026 | $1.00 | $1.10 | -9.1% | $254.3M |
| Nov 19, 2025 | $0.30 | $0.44 | -31.8% | $326.2M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $1.02 | $1.17 | -12.8% | $333.0M |
| May 14, 2025 | $1.20 | $1.11 | +8.1% | $336.7M |
| Feb 25, 2025 | $1.92 | $1.69 | +13.6% | $469.4M |
| Nov 20, 2024 | $1.16 | $1.11 | +4.5% | $349.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 7.2× | 12.5× | 7th | Top 4% |
| P/E (forward) | 3.9× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 13.0× | — | — | Bottom 49% |
| EV / Sales | 2.25× | — | — | Bottom 26% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 5.14% | — | — | Bottom 47% |
| Earnings yield | 13.90% | — | — | Top 4% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 6.9× – 15.9× since Jul 4, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -20.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -19.2%
- RSI (14)
- 30.9
- Relative volume
- 0.89×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 58.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 70th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.77
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.39
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -47.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -88.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2021 | Mar 30, 2026 | -92.3% | 1227 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 20, 2021 | Feb 2, 2021 | -10.2% | 9 days | 18 days (Mar 1, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $237.5M
- P/E (TTM)
- 7.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.73
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.19B
- 52-week range
- $8.91 – $23.86
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.14B | $1.47B | $1.69B | $1.57B | $1.47B |
| Gross profit | $411.6M | $433.3M | $508.1M | $463.0M | $419.9M |
| Operating income | $289.9M | $248.3M | $278.8M | $82.5M | -$18.1M |
| Net income | $165.8M | $115.8M | $130.8M | -$36.7M | -$80.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $7.37 | $5.45 | $6.30 | -$1.85 | -$4.21 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $349.3M | $469.4M | $336.7M | $333.0M | $326.2M | $349.5M | $254.3M | $257.7M |
| Net income | $21.9M | $33.7M | -$142.2M | $22.0M | $5.8M | -$2.5M | $10.2M | $20.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.13 | $1.75 | -$7.47 | $1.15 | $0.30 | -$0.13 | $0.53 | $1.03 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $201.1M | $162.9M | $215.0M | $68.8M | $162.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$41.0M | -$46.5M | -$75.0M | -$115.5M | -$88.2M |
| Free cash flow | $160.1M | $116.4M | $140.1M | -$46.7M | $74.1M |
| Dividends paid | -$37.3M | -$37.0M | -$35.9M | -$34.0M | -$16.6M |
| Net share buybacks | -$204.2M | -$26.2M | -$91.6M | -$73.3M | -$5.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $46.3M
- Total assets
- $1.90B
- Total liabilities
- $2.80B
- Total debt
- $2.48B
- Net debt
- $2.44B
- Shareholders’ equity
- -$901.3M
As of Jul 5, 2026 (filed Aug 12, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2025 | $0.44 | Apr 8, 2025 |
| Dec 12, 2024 | $0.44 | Dec 30, 2024 |
| Aug 30, 2024 | $0.44 | Sep 19, 2024 |
| Jun 6, 2024 | $0.44 | Jun 25, 2024 |
| Mar 14, 2024 | $0.44 | Mar 27, 2024 |
| Dec 13, 2023 | $0.44 | Dec 28, 2023 |
| Sep 5, 2023 | $0.44 | Sep 18, 2023 |
| May 30, 2023 | $0.44 | Jun 13, 2023 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 6,180,996
- Days to cover
- 11.13
- Change vs previous report
- +4.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Oct 16, 2007
- 2-for-1