JACK IN THE BOX INC · Restaurants

JACK

Moderate riskNext report: Dec 9 (confirmed)

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The short version

A company still losing money with steady sales. Institutions are adding.

Going well

Pays a 7.8% dividend yield
Buying back shares: share count down 10% in 3 years

Watch out for

Owes more than it owns (negative equity)
Losing money
Bills due within a year exceed short-term assets

Money moves

Insiders sold $85K in the last 30 days
Institutions added 20% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (80 bought, 62 sold)

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

What the price means

Price as of Oct 26

$11.22+1.8% that day

Company value: $215M; Share price times all shares
Price vs profit (P/E): 3.8x; You pay about $4 for each $1 of yearly profit
Price vs sales: 0.16x; Company value is 0.16 times a year of sales
Dividend yield: 7.8%; Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
Debt vs value: 745%; Owes more than the whole company is worth

From JACK's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.

The business over time

Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings

Sales, Jul '26

$257.7M-3.0% vs a year earlier

Oct '22Tap a barJul '26

Last 12 months: $1.3B, down 0.7% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 7.5% a year.

What the price assumes

Your guesses, our math

Move the sliders to your own view of JACK. Starting points are the company's recent numbers.

Sales growth-1% a yearRecently: -0.7% a yearProfit margin4%Last 12 months: 4.3%P/E at the end8xToday: 3.8x. Many steady companies trade at 12x to 25xShare count change-3% a yearBelow zero means buybacks; above zero means new shares (dilution)

Sales in 5 years$1.3B

Profit in 5 years$51M

Price these guesses point to$24.77+121% vs $11.22 todayAbout +17% a year, before dividends

What today's price needs: with a 4% margin and a 8x P/E, sales could shrink about 15% a year for 5 years and still match today's price.

Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.

Price

Price chart by TradingView.

Business quality

The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.

2/5Weak

MissDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.Owes more than it owns
MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.-5.5%
MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.8 of 10 years
PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$74.1M
PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-10.3% in 3 years

Revenue: $1.5B; -6.7% vs prior year
5-year growth: +7.5%/yr; revenue, per year
Total debt: $1.6B
Current ratio: 0.66x; short-term assets / bills due

From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: return on equity 15%+, gross margin 40%+. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.

Latest quarter

Quarter ended Jul 5, 2026

Reported Aug 12

Revenue: $257.7M; -1.8% YoY
EPS: $1.03; vs $1.15
Op. margin: 20.5%; +2.1 pts
Free cash flow: $29.9M
Share count: +1.6%; vs a year ago

Insider rating

Last 90 days

41Mixed

1 insider sold $85K (not pre-planned)

50 is neutral. Buying by more insiders, top executives and bigger stakes raises it. Selling lowers it; pre-planned sales count less.

Weekly insider trend

13 weeks agoBoughtSoldThis week

Filing buzz

Last 7 days vs normal

0/ 100

This week: 0
Normal week: 1.0
vs normal: 0.0x

SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.

Institutional ownership

Accumulating+19.5%

Institutions added 19.5% to their holdings. 80 bought, 62 sold.

Shares held by institutions20.2M

Sep '24Jun '26

Safety check

From SEC filings

Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years

-1.6%

Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn

Cash flow positive

Debt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have

Owes more than it owns

Shares outstandingLatest reported

19M

Why moderate risk

Losing money
Owes more than it owns (negative equity)
Bills due within a year exceed short-term assets

Earnings reports

Last 12

Next reportDec 9 (confirmed)Announced by the company in a press release ↗

Results filedAug 12
Results filedMay 13
Results filedFeb 18
Results filedNov 19, 2025
Results filedAug 6, 2025

Flags and big holders

Offerings 6 months, flags 12 months, holders 90 days

5%+ holder update (active)Sep 21 · View filing ↗Activist

Insider trades

Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days

Bought$00 insiders

Sold$85K1 insider, 0 pre-planned

Insider	Trade	Shares	Avg price	Value	Owns after	Date
Mark James KingExec Chairman & Interim CEO	Sell	7K	$12.18	$85K	169K	Oct 13Filing ↗
-4% of their holdings Not a pre-planned sale Also Director Filed same day