Jack In The Box, Inc (NASDAQ: JACK) is -36.29% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $26.33 and a high of $66.98 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The JACK stock was last observed hovering at around $26.93 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.4%.
Currently trading at $26.53, the stock is -14.76% and -25.95% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.02 million and changing -1.49% at the moment leaves the stock -40.67% off its SMA200. JACK registered -60.74% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -43.00%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $35.8276 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $44.71735.
The stock witnessed a -26.59% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -37.28%, and is -6.45% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.92% over the week and 5.07% over the month.
Jack In The Box, Inc (JACK) has around 8168 employees, a market worth around $500.31M and $1.55B in sales. Fwd P/E is 4.66. Profit margin for the company is -2.68%. Distance from 52-week low is 0.76% and -60.39% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-1.93%).
with sales reaching $345.45M over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -14.18% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -2.87% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -5.45% in year-over-year returns.
276.0 institutions hold shares in Jack In The Box, Inc (JACK), with institutional investors hold 114.89% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 18.85M, and float is at 18.23M with Short Float at 19.48%. Institutions hold 113.14% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 3.0 million shares valued at $152.6 million. The investor’s holdings represent 15.3983 of the JACK Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 2.57 million shares valued at $130.74 million to account for 13.0589 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS which holds 1.61 million shares representing 8.2585 and valued at over $81.84 million, while BIGLARI CAPITAL CORP. holds 5.5201 of the shares totaling 1.07 million with a market value of $54.7 million.
Jack In The Box, Inc (JACK) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Ostrom Ryan Lee, the company’s EVP, Chief Cust&Digtl Officer. SEC filings show that Ostrom Ryan Lee sold 328 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 20 ’25 at a price of $39.16 per share for a total of $12844.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 29320.0 shares.
Jack In The Box, Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Dec 23 ’24 that SUPER SARAH L (SVP, CHF LEGAL & RISK OFFICER) sold a total of 1,688 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Dec 23 ’24 and was made at $40.52 per share for $68398.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 16815.0 shares of the JACK stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 23 ’24, COOK RICHARD D (SVP, CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER) disposed off 1,349 shares at an average price of $40.52 for $54661.0. The insider now directly holds 16,237 shares of Jack In The Box, Inc (JACK).
