secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     JACK IN THE BOX INC (JACK)
CIK:        0000807882
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000807882-26-000039
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Jack in the Box Q1 same-store sales down 6.7%, EPS falls to $0.75
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- System same-store sales fell 6.7% (franchise -7.0%, company -4.7%); revenue down 5.8% to $349.5M.
- Diluted EPS from continuing ops $0.75 (prior $1.61); operating EPS $1.00 (prior $1.86).
- Net earnings from continuing ops $14.4M vs $31.0M; Adjusted EBITDA $68.2M vs $88.8M.
- Completed Del Taco sale Dec 22, 2025; discontinued ops loss $16.8M in Q1.
- FY2026 guidance reiterated: same-store sales -1% to +1%, adj. EBITDA $225-$240M, 50-100 closures.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/807882/000080788226000039/0000807882-26-000039-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/807882/000080788226000039/jack-20260218.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000807882-26-000039

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