JACK IN THE BOX INC (JACK) Stock — Forensic Analysis, Red Flags & Rating | Stockonomy · Stockonomy
Forensic Analysis · Retail / Consumer Discretionary · as of Jun 28, 2026
JACK IN THE BOX INC (JACK)
A forensic read on JACK IN THE BOX INC built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.
B · Sound & dependable
Forensic grade
Grey Zone
Financial health
1.4
Altman Z-score
Clean
Earnings quality
3
Forensic signals
7.4
P / E (ttm)
87.4%
ROE
$263M
Market cap
2.56%
Dividend yield
JACK IN THE BOX INC earns a B (Sound & dependable) forensic quality grade, and its Altman Z-score is 1.4, placing it in the Grey zone. 3 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.
What the filings flag
-1%Return on invested capital.Return on invested capital is -1% and slipping from 7% — well below its ~9% cost of capital, so reinvested dollars may be destroying value, not building it.
$194MGoodwill impairments.Took $194M of goodwill writedowns across 2 year(s) (FY2024 ($163M), FY2025 ($32M)). Writedowns mean past acquisitions underperformed what was paid for them — worth weighing on capital-allocation skill.
-51%Dividend — cut.The payout was CUT ~51% in FY2025 (from FY2024). It still returns some cash, but it is NOT the dependable, rising dividend an unbroken streak implies — weigh the cut when judging reliability.
Key fundamentals
Net Margin-5.5%
Free Cash Flow$74.1M
Latest Revenue$1.47B
Revenue Growth YoY-6.7%
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