Jack in the Box

JACK

Restaurants · Consumer Cyclical

Price

$14.98

-1.26 (-7.76%)

Market Cap

$285.7M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Jack in the Box Inc. operates and franchises Jack in the Box quick-service restaurants. As of November 23, 2021, it operated and franchised approximately 2,200 Jack in the Box quick-service restaurants in 21 states and Guam. The company was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Winston Score History

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Quality

Gross Margin

25.6%

Modest — 25.6% gross margin

Operating Margin

15.2%

Healthy — 15.2% operating margin

ROCE

4.8%

Weak — 4.8% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

-17.2%

Shrinking sales (-17.2% YoY)

EPS YoY

N/A

Data not available

EPS Consistency

4/8 quarters

Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

212%

Turns 212% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

-0.8%

Burning cash (-0.8%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

N/A

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Data not available

Interest Cover

2.01x

Tight — interest eats into profit (2.0x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

10.3x

no trend

Attractive valuation — P/E 10.3

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward

+5.4

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (10.3 → 4.9)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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