Jack in the Box (JACK) Stock Forecast, Price & News

17 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Jack in the Box in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 11 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" JACK shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in JACK, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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17 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Jack in the Box's shares. Their JACK share price forecasts range from $80.00 to $133.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $97.35 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 37.9% from the stock's current price.
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Jack in the Box's stock was trading at $68.23 at the start of the year. Since then, JACK stock has increased by 3.5% and is now trading at $70.61.
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Jack in the Box saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,210,000 shares, an increase of 16.3% from the August 15th total of 1,040,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 322,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.8 days. Approximately 6.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 28th 2023.
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Jack in the Box Inc. (NASDAQ:JACK) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August, 9th. The restaurant operator reported $1.45 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.33 by $0.12. The restaurant operator had revenue of $396.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $393.89 million. Jack in the Box had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.39% and a net margin of 8.99%. The company's revenue was down .4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.38 earnings per share.

Jack in the Box declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, August 4th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.44 per share on Monday, September 18th. This represents a $1.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.49%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 5th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Jack in the Box (NASDAQ:JACK) stock in their portfolio include AdvisorShares Restaurant ETF (EATZ), Invesco Dorsey Wright Consumer Cyclicals Momentum ETF (PEZ), Invesco S&P SmallCap Consumer Discretionary ETF (PSCD), Invesco S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Growth ETF (RZG), Burney U.S. Factor Rotation ETF (BRNY), First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund (FYC) and Small Cap US Equity Select ETF (RNSC).SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap ETF (SLY).

Jack in the Box (NASDAQ:JACK) pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.45%. The dividend payout ratio is 23.82%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, JACK will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.81% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Jack in the Box updated its FY23 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 9th. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.90-$6.10 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $6.11.

56 employees have rated Jack in the Box Chief Executive Officer Darin Harris on Glassdoor.com. Darin Harris has an approval rating of 70% among the company's employees.

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Jack in the Box trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "JACK."

Jack in the Box's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (15.39%), Capital World Investors (6.94%), State Street Corp (3.63%), Point72 Asset Management L.P. (3.41%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.57%) and Franklin Resources Inc. (2.20%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew T Martin, Chad Gretzema, Darin S Harris, David Goebel, Dawn E Hooper, Marcus D Tom, Michael W Murphy, Richard D Cook, Ryan Lee Ostrom, Sarah L Super, Steven Piano, Timothy E Mullany, Timothy T Linderman, Timothy T Linderman and Tony J Darden.
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Shares of JACK stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of JACK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $70.61.

Jack in the Box (NASDAQ:JACK) has a market capitalization of $1.42 billion and generates $1.47 billion in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $115.78 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.39 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 12,083 workers across the globe.

Jack in the Box's mailing address is 9330 BALBOA AVENUE, SAN DIEGO CA, 92123. The official website for the company is www.jackinthebox.com. The restaurant operator can be reached via phone at (858) 571-2121, via email at investor.relations@jackinthebox.com, or via fax at 858-571-2101.