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Jack In The Box, Inc (NASDAQ: JACK) closed the day trading at $42.85 down -0.83% from the previous closing price of $43.21. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.83 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.54 million shares were traded. JACK stock price reached its highest trading level at $44.24 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $42.49.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of JACK, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.41 and its Current Ratio is at 0.42.
On June 13, 2024, Goldman started tracking the stock assigning a Sell rating and target price of $55.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Dec 16 ’24 when HOOPER DAWN E sold 237 shares for $44.81 per share. The transaction valued at 10,619 led to the insider holds 9,937 shares of the business.
DARDEN TONY J sold 247 shares of JACK for $12,086 on Dec 04 ’24. The SVP, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER now owns 8,052 shares after completing the transaction at $48.93 per share. On Dec 04 ’24, another insider, Ostrom Ryan Lee, who serves as the EVP, Chief Mktng&Digtl Officer of the company, sold 707 shares for $48.93 each. As a result, the insider received 34,594 and left with 27,744 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, JACK now has a Market Capitalization of 806886912 and an Enterprise Value of 4031994624. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.51. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.529 whereas that against EBITDA is 12.827.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, JACK has reached a high of $86.20, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $40.84. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -9.16%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -19.33%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, JACK traded about 544.63K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, JACK traded about 479460 shares per day. A total of 18.83M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 18.20M. Insiders hold about 3.35% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 110.61% stake in the company. Shares short for JACK as of 1730332800 were 1833283 with a Short Ratio of 3.33, compared to 1727654400 on 1932786. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1833283 and a Short% of Float of 13.51.
Dividends & Splits
The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.21.
