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Jack in The Box’s (JACK) Outperform Rating Reaffirmed at Wedbush

by Nick

Several research firms have recently released reports on Jack in the Box (NASDAQ). Loop Capital reduced their target price from $118.00 to $112.00, maintaining a buy rating on May 15th. Piper Sandler lowered their target price from $81.00 to $67.00, giving the company a neutral rating on May 8th. UBS Group decreased their target price from $87.00 to $60.00, also with a neutral rating on May 9th. TD Cowen reaffirmed a hold rating with a $59.00 target price on June 13th. Royal Bank of Canada reiterated an outperform rating and set a $75.00 target price on June 7th. Overall, the stock has one sell rating, ten hold ratings, and seven buy ratings, with an average rating of Hold and a target price of $75.17, according to MarketBeat.com.

Jack in the Box opened at $60.07 on Tuesday. The stock’s 12-month low is $46.10, while its 12-month high is $99.56. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $53.14 and a 200-day simple moving average of $62.55. The company’s market cap is $1.16 billion, with a P/E ratio of 10.58, a PEG ratio of 0.75, and a beta of 1.92.

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Earnings Report

Jack in the Box posted its quarterly earnings on May 14th. The company reported an EPS of $1.46, surpassing the consensus estimate of $1.43. The net margin was 7.07%, and the return on equity was a negative 16.97%. Revenue for the quarter was $365.40 million, below the estimated $369.53 million and down 7.7% from the previous year’s same quarter. Analysts predict an EPS of 6.29 for the current year.

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Dividend Announcement

Jack in the Box recently announced a quarterly dividend paid on June 25th. Shareholders of record on June 6th received a dividend of $0.44 per share. The ex-dividend date was June 6th. This results in an annualized dividend of $1.76 with a yield of 2.93%. The payout ratio is currently 30.99%.

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Insider Transactions

CEO Darin S. Harris sold 598 shares on June 25th at an average price of $51.64, totaling $30,880.72. Harris now owns 90,887 shares valued at approximately $4,693,404.68. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 800 shares valued at $41,514. Insiders own 1.60% of the company’s stock.

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Institutional Trading

Large investors have been active in trading Jack in the Box shares. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. increased its stake by 9.9% in the fourth quarter, owning 1,993 shares valued at $163,000 after adding 179 shares. Quadrant Capital Group LLC boosted its holdings by 21.8% in the fourth quarter, now owning 1,541 shares valued at $126,000 after purchasing 276 more shares. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund raised its holdings by 2.5% in the first quarter, now owning 11,378 shares valued at $779,000 after adding 277 shares.

EntryPoint Capital LLC increased its holdings by 73.2% in the first quarter, now owning 866 shares valued at $59,000 after adding 366 shares. Inspire Investing LLC boosted its holdings by 8.8% in the first quarter, owning 5,796 shares valued at $397,000 after purchasing an additional 471 shares. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.79% of the company’s stock.

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