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

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

Jack in the Box announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 15th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 5th will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Friday, December 20th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.81%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, December 4th. View Jack in the Box's Dividend History.

Jack in the Box Inc. (NASDAQ:JACK) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November, 20th. The restaurant operator reported $0.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.96 by $0.01. The restaurant operator had revenue of $221.24 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $222.68 million. Jack in the Box's quarterly revenue was up 24.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.77 EPS. View Jack in the Box's Earnings History.

Jack in the Box is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 19th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Jack in the Box.

Jack in the Box will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 19th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

12 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Jack in the Box's stock. Their forecasts range from $69.00 to $105.00. On average, they anticipate Jack in the Box's share price to reach $94.82 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Jack in the Box.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Jack in the Box in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 1 hold rating and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Jack in the Box.

Headlines about JACK stock have trended somewhat positive on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Jack in the Box earned a coverage optimism score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Jack in the Box.

Jack in the Box saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,350,000 shares, an increase of 7.4% from the January 15th total of 3,120,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 509,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 6.6 days. Currently, 14.5% of the company's stock are short sold. View Jack in the Box's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Jack in the Box include Del Frisco's Restaurant Group (DFRG), Biglari (BH), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Brinker International (EAT), Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Chuy's (CHUY), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Denny's (DENN), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Domino's Pizza (DPZ) and Dunkin Brands Group (DNKN).

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Jack in the Box's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Franklin Resources Inc. (3.88%), State Street Corp (3.49%), Bessemer Group Inc. (2.26%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.84%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.76%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.74%). Company insiders that own Jack in the Box stock include Adrienne Ingoldt, Carol A Diraimo, David Goebel, Jennifer R Kennedy, Lance F Tucker, Leonard A Comma, Marcus D Tom, Mark H Blankenship, Melissa L Corrigan, Paul D Melancon, Phillip H Rudolph, Raymond Pepper and Vanessa C Fox. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Jack in the Box.

JACK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including J. Goldman & Co LP, Falcon Point Capital LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, State Street Corp, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Bank of New York Mellon Corp and Prudential Financial Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Jack in the Box company stock in the last year include Adrienne Ingoldt, Carol A Diraimo, David Goebel, Jennifer R Kennedy, Lance F Tucker, Leonard A Comma, Marcus D Tom, Mark H Blankenship, Melissa L Corrigan, Paul D Melancon, Phillip H Rudolph and Vanessa C Fox. View Insider Buying and Selling for Jack in the Box.

JACK stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bessemer Group Inc., Franklin Resources Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Advisory Research Inc., Maplelane Capital LLC, Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC, Landscape Capital Management L.L.C. and Comerica Bank. View Insider Buying and Selling for Jack in the Box.

Shares of JACK can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of JACK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $88.31.