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Jack In The Box (Jack In The Box) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 8.23 (As of Jan. 2024)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Jack In The Box's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $189 Mil. Jack In The Box's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $2,997 Mil. Jack In The Box's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $387 Mil. Jack In The Box's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 8.23.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Jack In The Box's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

JACK' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 4.35   Max: 10.36
Current: 10.12

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Jack In The Box was 10.36. The lowest was 2.00. And the median was 4.35.

JACK's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
86.67% of 270 companies
in the Restaurants industry
Industry Median: 2.94 vs JACK: 10.12

Jack In The Box Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Jack In The Box's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Jack In The Box Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.98 9.64 6.63 10.36 9.39

Jack In The Box Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Jan24
Debt-to-EBITDA Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.67 10.41 10.21 12.02 8.23

Competitive Comparison

For the Restaurants subindustry, Jack In The Box's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Jack In The Box Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Jack In The Box's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Jack In The Box's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Jack In The Box Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Jack In The Box's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(172.482 + 2990.447) / 336.795
=9.39

Jack In The Box's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(188.986 + 2996.76) / 387.044
=8.23

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Jan. 2024) EBITDA data.


Jack In The Box  (NAS:JACK) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


Jack In The Box Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Jack In The Box (Jack In The Box) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
9357 Spectrum Center Boulevard, San Diego, CA, USA, 92123
Jack In The Box Inc operates quick-service restaurants and fast-casual restaurants in California, the USA under the brands Jack in the Box. The company menu offers burgers, tacos, regular and curly fries, specialty sandwiches, salads and ice cream shakes. These foods are available with the option of customization as per customer requirements. The company also offer catering and delivery services to its customers. Jack in the Box and Del Taco restaurant brands are the two operating segments, out of which Jack in the box generates maximum revenue.
Executives
Darin S Harris director, officer: Director & CEO C/O JACK IN THE BOX INC. 9330 BALBOA AVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92123
Steven Piano officer: SVP, Chief People Officer 1550 UTICA AVENUE SOUTH, SUITE 100, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55416
Ryan Lee Ostrom officer: EVP, Chief Marketing Officer 300 SIXTH AVENUE, PITTSBURGH PA 15222
Sarah L Super officer: SVP - CHF LEGAL & RISK OFFICER C/O JACK IN THE BOX INC. 9330 BALBOA AVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92123
Dean C Gordon officer: SVP - CHF SUPPLY CHAIN OFFICER C/O JACK IN THE BOX INC, 9330 BALBOA AVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92123
Richard D Cook officer: SVP, Chief Technology Officer C/O JACK IN THE BOX INC., 9357 SPECTRUM CENTER BLVD, SAN DIEGO CA 92123
Timothy T Linderman officer: SVP Chf Fran&Corp Dev Officer C/O JACK IN THE BOX INC., 9357 SPECTRUM CENTER BLVD, SAN DIEGO CA 92123
Tony J Darden officer: SVP, Chief Operating Officer C/O JACK IN THE BOX INC., 9357 SPECTRUM CENTER BLVD, SAN DIEGO CA 92123
Dawn E Hooper officer: SVP Controller / Interim PFO C/O JACK IN THE BOX INC., 9357 SPECTRUM CENTER BLVD, SAN DIEGO CA 92123
Brian M. Scott officer: EVP, Chief Financial Officer 12400 HIGH BLUFF DRIVE, SUITE 100, SAN DIEGO CA 92130
Chad Gretzema officer: DEL TACO BRAND PRESIDENT 25521 COMMERCENTRE DRIVE, SUITE 200, LAKE FOREST CA 92630
Michael W Murphy director C/O JACK IN THE BOX, 9330 BALBOA AVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92123
Timothy E Mullany officer: EVP, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 3551 PLANO PARKWAY, THE COLONY TX 75056
Guillermo Jr Diaz director C/O JACK IN THE BOX INC, 9357 SPECTRUM CENTER BLVD, SAN DIEGO CA 92123
Madeleine Kleiner director C/O NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION, 2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE, FALLS CHURCH VA 22042