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JACK IN THE BOX INC
JACK
$277M
Mkt Cap
$14.55
+5.66%
JACK IN THE BOX INC (JACK) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 20.5%. This indicates strong capital allocation and a potential competitive advantage.
JACK IN THE BOX INC (JACK) has a market capitalization of $280M. It is classified as a small-cap stock.
Yes, JACK IN THE BOX INC (JACK) pays a dividend with a trailing twelve-month yield of 2.97%.
JACK IN THE BOX INC (JACK) operates in the Retail-Eating Places industry, within the Consumer Cyclical sector.
JACK IN THE BOX INC (JACK) reported annual revenue of $1.5 billion in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
JACK IN THE BOX INC (JACK) has a net profit margin of -5.5%. The company is currently unprofitable.
JACK IN THE BOX INC (JACK) generated $74 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Positive free cash flow supports dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction.
The Company Overview. Jack in the Box Inc. (NASDAQ: JACK), a Delaware corporation (the “Company” or “Jack in the Box”), founded and headquartered in San Diego, California, is a restaurant company that operates and franchises Jack in the Box®, one of the nation's largest hamburger chains with 2,136 restaurants across 22 states, and Del Taco®, one of the nation’s largest Mexican-American quick service restaurants (“QSR”) chains with 576 restaurants across 18 states. References to the Company throughout this Annual Report on Form 10-K are made using the first person notations of “we”, “us” and “our.” In April, 2025, the Company announced a multi-faceted plan, which included exploring strategic alternatives for the Del Taco brand and the possible divestiture of that business. On October 15, 2025, the Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Yadav Enterprises, Inc.
| Segment | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | % of Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Company restaurant sales | $388M | $701M | $846M | $709M | $627M | 32% |
Franchise contracts | $347M | $340M | $365M | $375M | $369M | 19% |
Franchise contributions for advertising and other services | $205M | $210M | $241M | $249M | $237M | 12% |
Franchise royalties and other | $205M | $217M | $241M | $238M | $233M | 12% |
Franchise royalties | $194M | $202M | $233M | $230M | $222M | 11% |
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1.3B | 1.5B | 1.6B | 1.7B | 1.5B | 1.1B |
| Net Income | -117M | -81M | -37M | 131M | 116M | 166M |
| EPS | $-6.13 | $-4.24 | $-1.87 | $6.30 | $5.45 | $7.37 |
| Free Cash Flow | 11M | 74M | -22M | 155M | 116M | 160M |
| ROIC | -1.8% | -2.4% | 9.7% | 21.0% | 25.6% | 48.6% |
| Gross Margin | - | 18.3% | 23.3% | 35.2% | 35.5% | 42.5% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.00 | -1.82 | -2.04 | -2.44 | -2.49 | -1.56 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.43 | $0.88 | $1.76 | $1.76 | $1.76 | $1.68 |
| Operating Income | -46M | -18M | 83M | 279M | 248M | 290M |
| Operating Margin | -3.4% | -1.2% | 5.3% | 16.5% | 16.9% | 25.4% |
| ROE | 0.0% | 9.0% | 4.7% | -18.0% | -14.9% | -20.6% |
| Shares Outstanding | 19M | 19M | 20M | 21M | 21M | 22M |
| Metric | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 1.5B | 1.5B | 1.2B | 1.1B | 870M | 950M | 1.0B | 1.1B | 1.5B | 1.7B | 1.6B | 1.5B | 1.3B |
| Gross Margin | 38.4% | 40.2% | 49.4% | 50.5% | 62.1% | 73.8% | 42.2% | 42.5% | 35.5% | 35.2% | 23.3% | 18.3% | N/A |
| R&D | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SG&A | 207M | 221M | 152M | 117M | 105M | 76M | 81M | 82M | 131M | 173M | 143M | 150M | 136M |
| EBIT | 162M | 197M | 191M | 245M | 233M | 202M | 231M | 290M | 248M | 279M | 83M | -18M | -46M |
| Op. Margin | 10.9% | 12.8% | 16.5% | 22.4% | 26.8% | 21.3% | 22.6% | 25.4% | 16.9% | 16.5% | 5.3% | -1.2% | -3.4% |
| Net Income | 89M | 109M | 124M | 135M | 121M | 94M | 90M | 166M | 116M | 131M | -37M | -81M | -117M |
| Net Margin | 6.0% | 7.1% | 10.7% | 12.3% | 14.0% | 9.9% | 8.8% | 14.5% | 7.9% | 7.7% | -2.3% | -5.5% | -8.7% |
| Non-Recurring | 7.5M | -1.3M | 1.3M | 740K | 9.2M | 15M | 11M | 6.9M | 51M | 17M | 178M | 37M | 17M |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 13.1% | 13.2% | 11.0% | 13.1% | 11.2% | 19.4% | 36.2% | 48.6% | 25.6% | 21.0% | 9.7% | -2.4% | -1.8% |
| ROE | 24.4% | 79.5% | -123.3% | -44.7% | -24.8% | -14.2% | -11.7% | -20.6% | -14.9% | -18.0% | 4.7% | 9.0% | 0.0% |
| ROA | 6.9% | 8.5% | 9.4% | 10.5% | 11.8% | 10.6% | 6.3% | 9.1% | 5.0% | 4.4% | -1.3% | -3.0% | -5.8% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 201M | 227M | 104M | 134M | 104M | 168M | 144M | 201M | 163M | 215M | 69M | 162M | 87M |
| Free Cash Flow | 140M | 141M | 61M | 95M | 66M | 121M | 124M | 160M | 116M | 155M | -22M | 74M | 11M |
| Owner Earnings | 99M | 125M | 20M | 56M | 35M | 105M | 86M | 151M | 100M | 142M | -4.4M | 96M | 25M |
| CapEx | 61M | 86M | 43M | 39M | 38M | 48M | 20M | 41M | 46M | 60M | 91M | 88M | 76M |
| Maint. CapEx | 91M | 89M | 73M | 67M | 59M | 55M | 53M | 47M | 56M | 62M | 60M | 58M | 54M |
| Growth CapEx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31M | 30M | 23M |
| D&A | 91M | 89M | 73M | 67M | 59M | 55M | 53M | 47M | 56M | 62M | 60M | 58M | 54M |
| CapEx/OCF | 30.1% | 38.0% | 72.0% | 24.9% | 36.4% | 28.3% | 13.6% | 20.4% | 28.5% | 34.9% | 132.5% | 54.3% | 87.5% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 16M | 37M | 40M | 49M | 45M | 41M | 28M | 37M | 37M | 36M | 34M | 17M | 8.3M |
| Dividend Yield | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1.8% | 1.9% | 2.0% | 2.2% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2.2% | 2.9% | 2.8% | 3.0% |
| Share Buybacks | 324M | 320M | 285M | 334M | 326M | 138M | 156M | 200M | 25M | 90M | 70M | 5.0M | -3K |
| Buyback Yield | 14.5% | 13.2% | 10.4% | 12.6% | 15.6% | 6.6% | 9.3% | 9.7% | 1.6% | 6.7% | 8.0% | 1.3% | -0.0% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 10M | 12M | 11M | 11M | 9.1M | 8.1M | 4.4M | 4.0M | 7.1M | 11M | 13M | 8.2M | 8.7M |
| Debt Repayment | 193M | 198M | 26M | 57M | 305M | 337M | 6.5M | 108M | 21M | 50M | 0 | 6.0M | 6.0M |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | 508M | 1.1B | 1.3B | 1.7B | 1.8B | 1.2B | 1.3B | 1.2B | 1.7B | 1.6B | 1.7B | 1.7B | 70M |
| Cash & Equiv. | 11M | 18M | 17M | 4.5M | 2.7M | 126M | 200M | 55M | 109M | 158M | 25M | 52M | 99M |
| Long-Term Debt | 508M | 715M | 995M | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.3B | 1.4B | 1.3B | 1.8B | 1.7B | 1.7B | 1.7B | 141M |
| Debt/Equity | 2.01 | 71.27 | -6.14 | -4.40 | -3.10 | -1.77 | -1.87 | -1.56 | -2.49 | -2.44 | -2.04 | -1.82 | 0.00 |
| Interest Coverage | 10.4 | 10.5 | 7.9 | 6.4 | 5.1 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 1.0 | -0.2 | -0.2 |
| Equity | 258M | 16M | -217M | -388M | -592M | -738M | -793M | -818M | -736M | -718M | -852M | -938M | -936M |
| Total Assets | 1.3B | 1.3B | 1.3B | 1.2B | 823M | 958M | 1.9B | 1.8B | 2.9B | 3.0B | 2.7B | 2.6B | 2.0B |
| Total Liabilities | 1.0B | 1.3B | 1.6B | 1.6B | 1.4B | 1.7B | 2.7B | 2.6B | 3.7B | 3.7B | 3.6B | 3.5B | 2.7M |
| Intangibles | 16M | 15M | 14M | 1.4M | 600K | 425K | 277K | 470K | 12M | 11M | 11M | 9.9M | 9.9M |
| Retained Earnings | 1.2B | 1.3B | 1.4B | 1.5B | 1.6B | 1.6B | 1.6B | 1.8B | 1.8B | 1.9B | 1.9B | 1.8B | 1.8B |
| Working Capital | -60M | -121M | -123M | -123M | -89M | 69M | -4.8M | -160M | -239M | -234M | -253M | -210M | -120M |
| Current Assets | 147M | 108M | 155M | 139M | 95M | 227M | 336M | 169M | 283M | 326M | 181M | 220M | 232M |
| Current Liabilities | 206M | 229M | 278M | 262M | 184M | 158M | 340M | 329M | 522M | 560M | 434M | 431M | 352M |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | 2.12 | 2.85 | 3.63 | 4.38 | 4.21 | 3.62 | 3.86 | 7.37 | 5.45 | 6.30 | -1.87 | -4.24 | -6.13 |
| Owner EPS | 2.37 | 3.27 | 0.59 | 1.80 | 1.23 | 4.03 | 3.71 | 6.70 | 4.69 | 6.81 | -0.23 | 5.03 | 1.29 |
| Book Value | 6.15 | 0.42 | -6.35 | -12.56 | -20.52 | -28.27 | -34.12 | -36.37 | -34.65 | -34.59 | -43.41 | -49.29 | -48.67 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 4.79 | 5.94 | 3.05 | 4.33 | 3.61 | 6.46 | 6.17 | 8.94 | 7.67 | 10.35 | 3.51 | 8.53 | -3.29 |
| Dividends/Share | 0.40 | 1.00 | 1.20 | 1.60 | 1.60 | 1.60 | 1.20 | 1.68 | 1.76 | 1.76 | 1.76 | 0.88 | 0.43 |
| Shares Out. | 42.0M | 38.2M | 34.2M | 30.9M | 28.8M | 26.1M | 23.3M | 22.5M | 21.2M | 20.8M | 19.6M | 19.0M | 19.2M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | 25.2 | 22.3 | 22.1 | 19.6 | 17.2 | 22.0 | 18.7 | 12.4 | 13.3 | 10.3 | N/A | N/A | -2.4 |
| P/FCF | 16.0 | 17.3 | 44.9 | 28.0 | 31.5 | 17.2 | 13.5 | 12.8 | 13.2 | 8.7 | N/A | 5.2 | 25.7 |
| EV/EBIT | 16.9 | 15.9 | 16.3 | 12.5 | 10.0 | 10.3 | 11.5 | 11.1 | 12.8 | 10.1 | 31.4 | N/A | N/A |
| Price/Book | 8.7 | 152.3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Price/Sales | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| FCF Yield | 6.3% | 5.8% | 2.2% | 3.6% | 3.2% | 5.8% | 7.4% | 7.8% | 7.6% | 11.5% | -2.6% | 19.2% | 3.9% |
| Market Cap | 2.2B | 2.4B | 2.7B | 2.6B | 2.1B | 2.1B | 1.7B | 2.1B | 1.5B | 1.3B | 871M | 385M | 280M |
| Avg. Price | 43.68 | 69.08 | 65.70 | 85.08 | 77.81 | 70.86 | 65.05 | 92.46 | 76.42 | 77.93 | 60.40 | 30.94 | 14.55 |
| Year-End Price | 53.41 | 63.63 | 80.32 | 85.73 | 72.39 | 79.61 | 72.23 | 91.48 | 72.40 | 64.97 | 44.37 | 20.23 | 14.55 |
JACK IN THE BOX INC passes 4 of 9 quality checks, suggesting mixed fundamentals.
On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 10.0x vs a median of 13.5x. The company's 5-year average ROIC is 20.5% with a gross margin of 31.0%. Total shareholder yield (dividends) is 3.0%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is +0.3%.
JACK IN THE BOX INC (JACK) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $-4.24 in its most recent fiscal year.
JACK IN THE BOX INC (JACK) has a return on equity (ROE) of 9.0%. This indicates moderate shareholder returns.
JACK IN THE BOX INC (JACK) has a 5-year average gross margin of 31.0%. This indicates decent pricing power.
The Ledger Terminal provides 15 years of financial data for JACK IN THE BOX INC (JACK), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
JACK IN THE BOX INC (JACK) has a book value per share of $-49.29, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.