---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000807882-25-000070"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JACK"
cik: "0000807882"
company_name: "JACK IN THE BOX INC"
filed_at: "2025-11-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T18:38:29.128842+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Jack in the Box Q4 EPS $0.30 vs $1.12; same-store sales -7.4%; guide weak

## Summary
- Diluted EPS $0.30, down 73% from $1.12; operating EPS $0.30 vs $1.16.
- Jack in the Box system same-store sales -7.4% Q4, -4.2% FY; Del Taco -3.9% Q4, -3.7% FY.
- Adjusted EBITDA $45.6M vs $65.5M; revenue $326.2M, down 6.6%.
- FY2026 guide: Jack in the Box SSS -1% to +1%, Adj. EBITDA $225-240M.
- Discontinued dividend and share repurchase; Del Taco in discontinued ops for FY2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000807882-25-000070
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JACK
- cik: 0000807882
- company_name: JACK IN THE BOX INC
- filed_at: 2025-11-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/807882/000080788225000070/0000807882-25-000070-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/807882/000080788225000070/jack-20251119.htm

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