---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-22-000696"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JACK"
cik: "0000807882"
company_name: "JACK IN THE BOX INC"
filed_at: "2022-05-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T06:59:02.138224+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 Q2: GAAP EPS $0.37, Operating EPS $1.16; SSS -0.8%; lowers FY22 margin outlook

## Summary
- GAAP net earnings $7.8M ($0.37 diluted EPS); Operating EPS $1.16 vs $1.40 prior year.
- Jack in the Box system same-store sales -0.8% (+19.8% two-year stack); Del Taco +2.5%.
- Restaurant-level margin fell to 15.0% (18.3% ex-Evolving Markets); FY22 guidance cut to ~17%.
- FY22 Operating EPS guidance $5.80-$6.10; commodity cost guidance raised to +12-14%.
- Board declared $0.44/share dividend payable June 22; share buyback ongoing but no Q2 repurchases.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-22-000696
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JACK
- cik: 0000807882
- company_name: JACK IN THE BOX INC
- filed_at: 2022-05-26T23:59:59+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/807882/000115752322000696/0001157523-22-000696-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/807882/000115752322000696/a52731673.htm

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