Jack in the Box Inc. logo JACK - Jack in the Box Inc.

Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Hold DETAILS
STRONG
BUY
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BUY 13
HOLD 25
SELL 3
STRONG
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| PRICE TARGET: $16.23 DETAILS
HIGH: $23.00
LOW: $12.00
MEDIAN: $15.00
CONSENSUS: $16.23
DOWNSIDE: 5.64%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 50% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 253.3% above fair value
Current Price $17.20
Bear Case $0.00 100.0% downside ($0.00 - $17.20) / $17.20 = -100.0% 4% stage 1 growth, 12% discount
Fair Value $4.87 71.7% downside ($4.87 - $17.20) / $17.20 = -71.7% 7% stage 1 growth, 12% discount
Bull Case $0.00 100.0% downside ($0.00 - $17.20) / $17.20 = -100.0% 10% stage 1 growth, 12% discount

Adjust Assumptions

7.5%
12.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (7% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 32%
Implied Market Multiple 50.0x
Market is pricing in (growth) 23.3% vs our 7.5% base

Plain-Language Summary

Our base-case estimate uses a two-stage discounted cash flow model based on free cash flow. We then blend that result with the average analyst price target of $16.23 from 41 analysts, using a 30% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $4.87 per share.

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $16.23 (from 41 analysts). Our estimate is 100% below the consensus -- consider that gap carefully.

Key Risks

  • P/E alone misleads — earnings depressed by growth investment
  • Cyclical or commodity businesses may be misclassified as platforms
  • Terminal value dominance suggests sensitivity to long-run assumptions