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Jack IN The BOX Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Jack IN The BOX Inc had a net margin of -5.5%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Sept 20092010Oct 20102011Oct 20112012Sept 20122013Sept 20132014Sept 20142015Sept 20152016Oct 20162017Oct 20172018Sept 20182019Sept 20192020Sept 20202021Oct 20212022Oct 20222023Oct 20232024Sept 20242025Sept 2025LTMJul 2026
Net margin4.8%3.7%4.9%3.8%3.4%6.0%7.1%10.7%12.3%14.0%9.9%8.8%14.5%7.9%7.7%−2.3%−5.5%2.4%
Return on equity22.6%13.4%17.4%14.1%11.6%24.4%79.5%———————————
Return on assets8.1%4.9%5.7%4.0%3.7%6.9%8.5%9.4%10.5%11.8%10.6%6.3%9.1%5.0%4.4%−1.3%−3.0%1.5%
Effective tax rate37.7%34.0%36.1%33.2%32.8%35.3%36.9%36.3%36.9%43.9%20.8%26.8%25.2%28.5%30.9%———
SG&A as % of revenue10.5%12.8%13.7%14.9%14.8%13.9%14.4%13.1%10.7%12.1%8.0%7.9%7.2%8.9%10.2%9.1%10.2%9.8%
Dividends ÷ net income———0.0%0.0%17.8%34.4%32.5%36.2%37.4%43.6%30.7%22.5%31.9%27.4%——0.0%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

0 of 2 checks passed · July 5, 2026
What it owns · $1.9bn
Short-term assets $214mLonger-term assets $1.7bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $369m
Short-term liabilities $369mShareholders' equity $-901m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $214m of assets due within a year against $369m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $90m of operating cash flow against $1.5bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Jack IN The BOX Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

58 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Jack IN The BOX's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 5 / 20

    Net income has been a median 4.6% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 14 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 72.9%, moving by 7.7 percentage points (standard deviation) across 5 years.

  • Durability 5 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 18.5%; its worst year was -3.5%.

  • Cash conversion 14 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 7.2% of revenue.

  • Discipline 20 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 15.9% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.8% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Jack IN The BOX Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Jack IN The BOX Inc.