Jack in the Box Inc. is a restaurant company. Co. is engaged in developing, operating, and franchising quick-service restaurants (QSR). Co. operates and franchises Jack in the Box, hamburger chains with approximately 2,200 restaurants across 22 states and Del Taco a QSR chain by units in the U.S. with approximately 600 restaurants across 16 states. Jack in the Box is a hamburger chain, which offers a selection of products, including classic burgers, such as Jumbo Jack burgers, and product lines, such as Buttery Jack burgers. Co. also offers breakfast sandwiches with freshly cracked eggs, tacos, curly fries, egg rolls, specialty sandwiches and real ice cream shakes, among other items. We show 60 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our JACK shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute JACK market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing JACK market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing JACK's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of JACK versus a peer is one thing; comparing
JACK market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like JACK can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching JACK by allowing them to research the JACK market cap history. |
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