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Jack in the Box

NSQ:JACK · US4663671091
Hotels, Restaurants & LeisureMedium

360

7
EV / EBIT46
Price / Owner Earnings44
Owner Earnings Yield42
Dividend Yield1
Price/Sales88
EV / Gross Profit11
Price/Book79
Return on Capital69
Cash Return on Capital45
EBIT Margin85
Gross Profitability27
Cash Conversion40
Accruals65
Owner Earnings Margin49
Sales growth1
Profit Growth46
Long-Term EPS Growth6
Reinvestment4
Price momentum15
Debt load13
Refinancing54
Debt Payback4
Liquidity39
Analyst ratings15
Opinion Changes20
Price Target Upside67
Market mood7
Value Creation10/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Jack in the Box clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustryHotels, Restaurants & Leisure
SizeMedium
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNASDAQGS
Founded1971
Employees3,575
ISINUS4663671091
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Themes
Food DeliveryFood and BeverageFranchiseHospitalityRestaurants

Description

Jack in the Box Inc. (Jack in the Box) operates and franchises Jack in the Box quick-service restaurants. Jack in the Box, one of the nation's largest hamburger chains with restaurants across 22 states, and Del Taco, the second largest Mexican-Ameri…

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

Jack in the Box Inc. sits in the middle of our grid: average quality, average price, no obvious signal in either direction.

On valuation, the picture is attractive. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 12.8×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year. The implied growth embedded in that price is around 0% a year, against analyst forecasts of -4%. The gap between price and consensus is worth watching: demanding expectations.

Growth is tepid; the safety picture is fragile. The company scores 10/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250
1
2023202420252026

All-time high

43

Jan 2023

All-time low

1

Jun 2026

Average rank

15

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
88
80
54
50
Price/Earnings
75
95
76
85
Price/Book
79
71
73
73
Dividend Yield
1
93
93
82
Value (overall)
74
99
100
95

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

360° View
1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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