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$JACK turnaround story?
Bullish on $JACK turnaround due to debt restructuring, P/E < 5, and proven CEO; sees it as a high-risk, high-reward value play.
- Completed $500M debt restructuring pushes repayments to 2029, providing breathing room.
- Extremely undervalued with a P/E below 5 and positive net cash flow.
- New CEO has a proven track record of scaling brands and can cut costs to boost EPS.
- Currently experiencing a difficult phase of sales decline and ongoing restructuring.
- High risk investment due to significant debt burden and reliance on a successful turnaround.
Yesterday Jack in the Box ($JACK) announced, that they have completed a $500million debt restructuring, to push back debt repayments till 2029. This gives the company a lot of room to breathe and pursue the turnaround.
Although the company is currently going through a difficult phase of sales decline and restructuring, I think they‘re now well positioned for a turnaround. They still have positive NCF and earn a decent amount of money compared to their current valuation. Also they have great brand recognition and a new CEO which has proven himself at scaling TacoBell.
I strongly believe, that their CEO will be able to turn the ship around by cutting costs and increasing EPS over the next few quarters to repay debt and return to revenue growth. With a current P/E of below 5 they just seem to be very undervalued. This low price could also lead to a takeover by PE. Overall this does seem like a decent high risk, high reward play to me.
Am I missing something?
I currently own 1000 shares with a cost basis of 11,9$ and I‘m $JACKed to the tits🚀