# Jack in the Box share price today (Jack in the Box Inc., JACK)

> Jack in the Box Inc.'s balance sheet is under water: its net worth is negative, so it owes more than it owns. This is a high-risk situation: shareholders can be wiped out by new shares or a restructuring before the business recovers. JACK · Consumer Discretionary · Restaurants · data as of 3 November 2026. Page: https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/jack

Sector Alpha also publishes a daily newsletter that explains one Indian stock at a time: https://newsletter.sectoralpha.in/?utm_source=sectoralpha&utm_medium=ai_text&utm_campaign=llms

## Key numbers

- Business trend: Getting worse, from fewer quarters than usual
- Price: $13.27 (−17.3% in a year)
- P/E: 7.6×, too little history to compare yet
- Revenue (Jul 2026): $258 M (−1.8% on a year ago)
- Profit (Jul 2026): $20.1 M (−8.6% on a year ago)
- Operating margin: 14.9% (−2.0 points on a year ago)
- ROE: 9%, FY25
- ROIC: 9.5%, against a 3.4% cost of capital: +6.1 points

Biggest thing to watch: the price is not yet in a clear uptrend, so timing is the risk more than the business. ## What is the Jack in the Box share price today? Jack in the Box Inc.'s share price was $13.27 at the close on 3 November 2026. That is 8.4% below its average price over the last 200 trading days. In the last 52 weeks it traded between $10 and $23, and at that close it sat 27% of the way up from that low. Over the past 13 weeks it has done worse than the S&P 500, and it has been behind for 8 weeks running. Over the last 1 year the share price moved −42% while the S&P 500 moved +21%, so it is behind the index over that whole period. It was last ahead over 13 weeks in the week of 11 September 2026. The chart above shows the 13-week comparison for every week. This page treats a rise as over when the price closes below its 200-day average on two Fridays in a row. ## What dividend does Jack in the Box pay? Jack in the Box Inc. paid $1.76 per share over the last four reported quarters. The most recent declaration was $0.44 for Apr 2025. At today's price of $13.27 that is a yield of 13.26%, based on dividends already paid, not a forecast. ## Which stock lists is Jack in the Box on? Jack in the Box is not in the Nasdaq 100, the S&P 500 or the Dow Jones 30, and is not on the US tech stocks list. ## Is Jack in the Box profitable? Jack in the Box Inc. earned $20.1 M of net profit in the Jul 2026 quarter, −8.6% on the same quarter a year earlier. The full FY25 year was a loss of $80.7 M. That is 7.8% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned $22.0 M. 3 of the last 12 reported quarters were loss-making. Why profit moved: revenue changed −1.8% on a year earlier and the margin moved −2.0 percentage points. Sales did the work while the margin got thinner. On average over the last four quarters, profit changed −63.2% and revenue −4.6%. Profit is growing slower than sales: rising costs are taking part of the growth. ## How much revenue does Jack in the Box make, and is it growing? Jack in the Box Inc. reported $258 M of revenue in the Jul 2026 quarter, −1.8% on the same quarter a year earlier. Over 4 years it has grown 6.4% a year on average. The last full year, FY25, came in at $1.5 B. The last four reported quarters add to $1.2 B. FY25 revenue was $1.5 B, −6.7% on the year before. Recent pace: the last four quarters grew −4.6% on average, against 6.4% a year over the longer run, so this year is growing slower than its own long-run rate. Is growth speeding up? Revenue over the last 12 months grew −4.9%, against −13.7% a year over the last 8 quarters (accelerating). ## How much of every $100 of sales does Jack in the Box keep? Jack in the Box Inc.'s operating margin was 14.9% in the Jul 2026 quarter, 2.0 percentage points lower than the same quarter a year ago. Across 5 years it has been between 13.4% and 24.4%. The latest quarter is within that range. Why the margin moved: operating margin changed −2.0 percentage points on the year while gross margin changed −1.6 points. So the drop came mostly from the gross margin, which means input costs and prices charged. ## Is Jack in the Box's profit turning into cash? Over the last 3 years, 140% of Jack in the Box Inc.'s reported profit came in as cash from its operations, so the profit is backed by cash. In FY25 it brought in $162 M of operating cash against −$80.7 M of profit. After $97.0 M of spending on assets, $65.3 M was left over as free cash. Cash-flow figures here are yearly, because quarterly cash statements are not published, so this section changes once a year. Why: the cash figure is clear, but the day counts behind it are not in our data, so we show it without guessing the reason. What to look at next: the main use of cash is spending on assets. The next section checks what that spending is building. ## Where does Jack in the Box's cash go? Jack in the Box Inc. does not report the customer, stock and supplier day counts a cash cycle needs, so this section looks at its spending on assets instead. It spent $287 M on assets over the last 3 years. Averaged over those years that is 6.5% of FY25 revenue a year. Nothing is estimated in place of the missing day counts, so no cash-cycle chart is drawn. Spending on assets: $287 M over the last 3 years. In short: the cash is going into new capacity, not getting stuck in the daily cycle. The question is whether the new capacity earns. ## What is Jack in the Box's P/E ratio, and how does it compare with its own history? Jack in the Box Inc.'s P/E is 7.6×, with too little history to compare. Its usual P/E (the middle reading) is 7.5×, over 6 months of weekly prices. This compares the share price with the company’s own past. It does not say what the business is worth. In short: there is too little history to say whether the multiple is high or low for this company, so the earnings trend underneath matters more than the multiple. ## Is the Jack in the Box business getting better or worse? Jack in the Box Inc.'s business is getting worse. Revenue and profit growth are shrinking: revenue growth is −4.9% in the latest quarter, against +15.3% at its best in 12 quarters. This is based on 12 quarters of 2 measures, with some gaps. Why it matters: falling lines mean any ratio below that looks low should be read with that direction in mind. The return-on-capital line is not shown: net worth is negative, so a return on capital means nothing. The balance sheet is in distress, and this reading uses the growth lines alone. One or more growth lines have an extreme jump caused by comparing with a near-zero or loss-making quarter. Those jumps are capped before reading and drawn at the edge of the chart, so one odd quarter does not decide the result. This reading has some gaps: at least one line is short, or the return line is not the quarterly series, so treat it with a little more caution. ## How much does Jack in the Box earn on its capital? Jack in the Box Inc. earned a ROE of 9% in FY25. That is up from a low of −20% in FY21. Its return on capital used (ROIC) is 6.1 percentage points above its cost of capital, so growth here adds value, not just size. It comes from a −5.5% net margin and 0.57× asset turnover (sales divided by assets). Why the return is what it is (FY25): a −5.5% net margin × 0.57× asset turnover × −2.76× leverage (assets divided by equity) ≈ 8.7% on equity. The margin does its share; borrowing plays a small part, so this return is earned, not borrowed. The key test, return on capital used minus the cost of capital: 9.5% − 3.4% = +6.1 percentage points. The 3.4% is an estimate of this company's own cost of capital. Read the sign and size of the gap, not the decimals. A gap this wide means each dollar put back into the business creates more than a dollar of value. ## Does Jack in the Box have too much debt? Jack in the Box Inc.'s net worth is negative: it owes more than it owns, so a debt-to-equity ratio means nothing here. Year by year, that ratio went from −2.73 in FY21 to −3.33 in FY25. So the returns on this page come from the business, not from borrowed money. ## What is the Jack in the Box shareholding pattern? 49.4% of Jack in the Box Inc.'s tradable shares are in short positions, which are bets that the price will fall, so a large group of traders is betting against it. At normal trading volumes, closing those positions would take about 11.8 days. US companies do not publish a quarter-by-quarter list of owners, so this page uses short interest instead. It is a single reading at one point in time; we do not have its history. Why it is at this level: the figure does not say who holds the short positions or why, so we show the level without guessing the story. ## How far is Jack in the Box from balance-sheet trouble? For Jack in the Box Inc., the Z-score is 2.31. A Z-score above about 3 is safe and below about 1.8 signals danger, so this is in the grey area between the two. It estimates how far the balance sheet is from trouble; it is not a forecast of failure. Why it matters: a Z-score of 2.31 is in the grey area, neither clearly safe nor clearly in trouble. ## How does Jack in the Box rank in its industry? There is no score against its industry: Jack in the Box Inc. is not among the largest members shown in this industry comparison for Restaurants. The score ranks a company within its industry: each measure is scored against the other members. Without that group there is no score, so none is shown. ## Which companies is Jack in the Box compared with? No sector comparison is shown here, not among the largest members shown in this industry comparison. ## Which companies are close to Jack in the Box in size? Jack in the Box is the 35th largest of 36 Restaurants companies on Sector Alpha by market value (scores of 3 November 2026). Just above it: El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc., Dine Brands Global, Inc., Kura Sushi USA, Inc., Nathan's Famous, Inc. and Portillo's Inc. Just below it: RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc. ### Restaurants companies close in size

1. [El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/loco) $473 million
2. [Dine Brands Global, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/din) $447 million
3. [Kura Sushi USA, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/krus) $442 million
4. [Nathan's Famous, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/nath) $418 million
5. [Portillo's Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/ptlo) $396 million
6. Jack in the Box Inc. $255 million
7. [RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/rick) $219 million

[All 36 Restaurants companies, largest first](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/sectors/restaurants#all-companies)

### Companies close in size in other industries

1. [Gencor Industries, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/genc) $251 million · Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery
2. [RCM Technologies, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/rcmt) $250 million · Conglomerates
3. Jack in the Box Inc. $250 million
4. [Fate Therapeutics, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/fate) $249 million · Biotechnology
5. [Abeona Therapeutics Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/abeo) $249 million · Biotechnology

## What else do people ask about Jack in the Box? ### What were Jack in the Box's latest quarterly results? Jack in the Box Inc. reported revenue of $258 M and net profit of $20.1 M for the Jul 2026 quarter. Revenue fell 1.8% and profit fell 8.6% compared with a year earlier. Earnings per share were $1.03 (as of 3 November 2026). ### What is Jack in the Box's market cap? Jack in the Box Inc.'s market capitalisation is $255 M at a stock price of $13.27. Market cap is the share price times the number of shares, so it changes whenever the price moves (as of 3 November 2026). ### How is Jack in the Box performing? Jack in the Box Inc.'s latest readings are below. In its latest quarter, revenue fell 1.8% and profit fell 8.6% compared with a year earlier. Over the past 13 weeks it has done worse than the S&P 500, for 8 weeks running (as of 3 November 2026). ### Will Jack in the Box's stock price go up? This page does not forecast Jack in the Box Inc.'s stock price. What it shows instead: the stock price is $13.27. Nobody can reliably say which way a price will move, and this site does not try (as of 3 November 2026). ### Is Jack in the Box's profit real cash? Yes, over the last 3 years, 140% of Jack in the Box Inc.'s reported profit came in as cash from operations. The latest year was lower at -201%, so the trend is worth watching. In FY25, operating cash was $162 M against reported profit of −$80.7 M. Most of that cash then goes into building new capacity. These are yearly figures (as of 3 November 2026). ### Where is Jack in the Box in its business cycle? Jack in the Box Inc.'s FY25 operating margin was 13.4%, against a 5-year range of 13.4% to 24.4%: the low end of its own range, which is often where recoveries start. The latest quarter was 14.9%. Comparing margins with a company's own long history is a good way to see where it is in its cycle (as of 3 November 2026). ### What could break the Jack in the Box story? Biggest thing to watch: the price is not yet in a clear uptrend, so timing is the risk more than the business. On price, this page treats a rise as over when the share price closes below its 200-day average on two Fridays in a row (as of 3 November 2026). ### Is Jack in the Box a stock worth studying right now? What the numbers show: Jack in the Box Inc.'s balance sheet is under water: its net worth is negative, so it owes more than it owns. This is a high-risk situation: shareholders can be wiped out by new shares or a restructuring before the business recovers. The main open question: whether the business can earn its way back to positive net worth before new shares or a restructuring get there first. Every number on this page is worked out by code from the published figures, with no forecasts and no price opinions (as of 3 November 2026). This is research, not advice. We’re not SEBI-registered.