Jack in the Box - JACK Stock Forecast, Price & News

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Jack in the Box in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 10 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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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16 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Jack in the Box's shares. Their JACK share price forecasts range from $73.00 to $97.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $82.65 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.4% 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 shares have increased by 10.7% and is now trading at $75.56.
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Jack in the Box saw a decrease in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,370,000 shares, a decrease of 8.1% from the December 31st total of 1,490,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 362,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.8 days. Approximately 10.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, March 1st 2023.
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Jack in the Box will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, March 1st at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Jack in the Box Inc. (NASDAQ:JACK) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 22nd. The restaurant operator reported $1.33 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.35 by $0.02. The restaurant operator had revenue of $402.77 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $392.44 million. Jack in the Box had a net margin of 7.89% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.07%.

Jack in the Box declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 18th. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 7th will be given a dividend of $0.44 per share on Thursday, December 22nd. This represents a $1.76 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.33%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 6th.
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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 2.33%. The dividend payout ratio is 32.18%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, JACK will have a dividend payout ratio of 27.63% 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 FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, December, 22nd. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.25-$5.65 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $6.59. 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 trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "JACK."

Jack in the Box's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (4.41%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.55%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.18%), True Signal LP (0.09%), Community Capital Management LLC (0.06%) and Yousif Capital Management LLC (0.06%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew T Martin, Darin S Harris, David Goebel, Dawn E Hooper, John P Gainor Jr, Lance F Tucker, Leonard A Comma, 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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One share of JACK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $75.56.

Jack in the Box (NASDAQ:JACK) has a market capitalization of $1.57 billion and generates $1.47 billion in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $115.78 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.47 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.