Jack in the Box Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:JACK)

17 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Jack in the Box in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 10 hold ratings and 6 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 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Jack in the Box's stock. Their JACK share price targets range from $70.00 to $133.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $86.56 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.1% from the stock's current price.
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Jack in the Box's stock was trading at $68.23 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, JACK stock has increased by 12.2% and is now trading at $76.52.
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Jack in the Box saw a increase in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,330,000 shares, an increase of 17.7% from the October 31st total of 1,130,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 358,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.7 days. Currently, 6.9% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, March 6th 2024.
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Jack in the Box Inc. (NASDAQ:JACK) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November, 21st. The restaurant operator reported $1.09 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.14 by $0.05. The restaurant operator had revenue of $372.50 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $372.48 million. Jack in the Box had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.71% and a net margin of 7.73%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 7.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.33 earnings per share.

Jack in the Box announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 17th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 14th will be given a dividend of $0.44 per share on Thursday, December 28th. This represents a $1.76 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.30%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 13th.
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Jack in the Box (NASDAQ:JACK) pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.29%. The dividend payout ratio is 27.94%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, JACK will have a dividend payout ratio of 24.86% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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 updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Tuesday, November, 21st. The company provided EPS guidance of $6.25-$6.50 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.60. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

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's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include LSV Asset Management (2.84%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (2.22%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.77%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.65%), Morgan Stanley (1.34%) and Earnest Partners LLC (1.34%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew T Martin, Chad Gretzema, Darin S Harris, 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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