---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000807882-24-000017"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JACK"
cik: "0000807882"
company_name: "JACK IN THE BOX INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T01:34:20.302153+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Jack in the Box Q2: diluted EPS $1.26, adj. EPS $1.46; same-store sales -2.5%; guides lower

## Summary
- Q2 same-store sales: Jack in the Box -2.5% (franchise -2.6%, company -0.6%); Del Taco -1.4%.
- Total revenues $365.3M (down 7.7% YoY); net earnings $25.0M vs $26.5M; adj. EBITDA $75.7M vs $80.6M.
- FY2024 same-store sales guidance trimmed to flat-to-low single digits; adj. EBITDA $325–330M; op. EPS $6.25–6.40.
- Board declared $0.44/share dividend payable June 25, 2024; $15M share repurchases in Q2; $210M remaining under buyback.
- Expansion: Jack in the Box signed 31 restaurant commitments in Florida; Del Taco 3 in NC and 10 in Atlanta.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000807882-24-000017
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JACK
- cik: 0000807882
- company_name: JACK IN THE BOX INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/807882/000080788224000017/0000807882-24-000017-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/807882/000080788224000017/jack-20240514.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000807882-24-000017.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  JACK IN THE BOX INC reported second quarter fiscal 2024 ended April 14, 2024 results: revenue 365.3 million, net income 25.0 million, EPS 1.26.
  - Period: second quarter fiscal 2024 ended April 14, 2024
  - Revenue: 365.3 million
  - Net income: 25.0 million
  - EPS: 1.26
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Earnings Per Share (2) , a non-GAAP measure, was $1.46 in the second quarter of fiscal 2024 compared with $1.47 in the prior year quarter. Total revenues decreased 7.7% to $365.3 million, compared to $395.7 million in the prior year quarter. The lower revenue is primarily the result of the Del Taco refranchising efforts. Net earnings was $25.0 million for the
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/807882/000080788224000017/0000807882-24-000017-index.htm

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