# Jack In The Box Inc. (JACK) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NASDAQ, United States. Sector: Consumer Cyclical / Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure. Price $16.14, market value $310 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): n/a** (negative earnings). Jack In The Box Inc. reported negative earnings over the last twelve months, so the P/E is not meaningful; use price-to-sales, EV/EBITDA and free-cash-flow yield instead.
- **Price / sales: 0.3×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 0.3×, a low multiple typical of thin-margin businesses or out-of-favour stocks.
- **EV / EBITDA: 8.8×**. Enterprise value is 8.8× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: -6.8%** (5-yr avg 8.8%). Free cash flow is negative: the business is consuming cash, which is normal for heavy investment phases but a warning otherwise.

## Profitability
- **Operating margin: 16.0%**. 16.0% of revenue is left after running the business, a healthy level in most sectors.
- **Net margin: -5.5%**. The company reported a net loss over the last twelve months.
- **Return on equity: 8.6%**. 8.6% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on invested capital: 18.3%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 18.3%: comfortably above what that capital costs.
- **Return on assets: -3.5%**. Each dollar of assets produces -3.5% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -6.7%** (3-yr -0.1%/yr, 5-yr 7.5%/yr). Revenue fell 6.7% over the last year, against 7.5% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -126.7%**. Earnings per share fell 126.7%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): -14.0%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at -14.0% a year over three years.

## Financial health
- **Current ratio: 0.51** (quick 0.51). Current liabilities exceed current assets, so the company depends on ongoing cash generation or refinancing to pay the next year's bills.
- **Piotroski F-score: 4/9**. 4 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 15.71%** ($1.76 per share, trailing). Jack In The Box Inc. yields 15.71%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): -18.2%/yr** (1-yr -75.0%). The dividend has not grown over five years.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -16.9%** (YTD -14.8%, 3-mo 42.6%). The shares are down 16.9% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -32.4%** (80.9% above the low). Trading 32% below its 52-week high, deep in a drawdown.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 48**. An RSI of 48 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 1.31** (volatility 75%). Beta of 1.31 against the S&P 500: the shares move much more than the market.

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