---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000807882-25-000042"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JACK"
cik: "0000807882"
company_name: "JACK IN THE BOX INC"
filed_at: "2025-08-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T20:14:07.277061+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 Q3 EPS $1.15, same-store sales -7.1%; cuts FY guide

## Summary
- Diluted EPS $1.15; Operating EPS $1.02 vs $1.65 prior year, down 38%.
- Total revenue $333.0M (-9.8% YoY); Jack in the Box SSS -7.1%, Del Taco SSS -2.6%.
- Restaurant-level margin fell: JACK 17.9% vs 21.0%; Del Taco 9.7% vs 13.4%.
- FY2025 guidance: Adjusted EBITDA $270-275M, Operating EPS $4.55-4.73, JACK SSS negative low-to-mid single digits.
- No share repurchases in Q3; $175M remaining under buyback; dividend discontinued.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000807882-25-000042
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JACK
- cik: 0000807882
- company_name: JACK IN THE BOX INC
- filed_at: 2025-08-06T23:59:59+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/807882/000080788225000042/0000807882-25-000042-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/807882/000080788225000042/jack-20250806.htm

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