Fast-food chain Jack in the Box (NASDAQ: JACK) will be reporting results this Wednesday after market close. Here’s what investors should know.
Jack in the Box missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 2.1% last quarter, reporting revenues of $333 million, down 9.8% year on year. It was a softer quarter for the company, with a miss of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and a miss of analysts’ same-store sales estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Jack in the Box’s revenue to decline 8.9% year on year to $318.3 million, a further deceleration from the 6.2% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.48 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Jack in the Box has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates six times over the last two years.
Looking at Jack in the Box’s peers in the traditional fast food segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Dutch Bros delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 25.2%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.3%, and Wendy's reported a revenue decline of 3%, topping estimates by 3.1%. Dutch Bros traded down 5.4% following the results while Wendy's was also down 3.3%.
Read our full analysis of Dutch Bros’s results here and Wendy’s results here.
The euphoria surrounding Trump’s November win lit a fire under major indices, but potential tariffs have caused the market to do a 180 in 2025. While some of the traditional fast food stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 8.6% on average over the last month. Jack in the Box is down 17.3% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $22.21 (compared to the current share price of $14.40).
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