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Papa John's International (PZZA) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$43.32 -0.68 (-1.55%)
Closing price 08/8/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$43.52 +0.20 (+0.47%)
As of 08/8/2025 07:03 PM Eastern
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About Papa John's International Stock (NASDAQ:PZZA)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$42.80
$44.20
50-Day Range
$40.08
$51.79
52-Week Range
$30.16
$60.75
Volume
861,112 shs
Average Volume
927,764 shs
Market Capitalization
$1.42 billion
P/E Ratio
19.17
Dividend Yield
4.25%
Price Target
$51.38
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Papa John's International Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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59th Percentile Overall Score

PZZA MarketRank™: 

Papa John's International scored higher than 59% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 131st out of 210 stocks in the retail/wholesale sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Papa John's International has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 5 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Papa John's International has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Papa John's International's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Papa John's International are expected to grow by 9.13% in the coming year, from $2.19 to $2.39 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Papa John's International is 19.17, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 27.88.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Papa John's International is 19.17, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Retail/Wholesale sector average P/E ratio of about 27.35.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Papa John's International has a PEG Ratio of 3.82. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    11.96% of the float of Papa John's International has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Papa John's International has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.4, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Papa John's International has recently decreased by 0.78%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.
  • Dividend Leadership

    Papa John's International is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.18%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

  • Dividend Growth

    Papa John's International has only been increasing its dividend for 4 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Papa John's International is 78.30%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on EPS estimates, Papa John's International will have a dividend payout ratio of 76.99% in the coming year. This indicates that Papa John's International may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

  • Read more about Papa John's International's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    11.96% of the float of Papa John's International has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Papa John's International has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.4, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Papa John's International has recently decreased by 0.78%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.
  • News Sentiment

    Papa John's International has a news sentiment score of 0.87. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.66 average news sentiment score of Retail/Wholesale companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 27 news articles for Papa John's International this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    5 people have searched for PZZA on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.
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PZZA Stock News Headlines

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PZZA Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Papa John's International's stock was trading at $41.07 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, PZZA stock has increased by 5.5% and is now trading at $43.32.

Papa John's International, Inc. (NASDAQ:PZZA) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 7th. The company reported $0.41 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.34 by $0.07. Papa John's International's revenue was up 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript
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Top institutional shareholders of Papa John's International include Geode Capital Management LLC (2.46%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.12%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.50%) and Alberta Investment Management Corp (0.39%). Insiders that own company stock include Ravi Thanawala and Laurette T Koellner.
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Shares of PZZA stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Papa John's International investors own include American Water Works (AWK), Humana (HUM), Waste Connections (WCN), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR), AU Optronics (AUOTY) and The RMR Group (RMR).

Company Calendar

Record date for 5/30 Dividend
5/19/2025
Ex-Dividend for 5/30 Dividend
5/19/2025
Dividend Payable
5/30/2025
Last Earnings
8/07/2025
Today
8/08/2025
Record date for 8/29 Dividend
8/18/2025
Ex-Dividend for 8/29 Dividend
8/18/2025
Dividend Payable
8/29/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Industry
RETAIL - RESTRNTS
Sub-Industry
Restaurants
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:PZZA
Previous Symbol
NASDAQ:PZZA
CIK
901491
Employees
11,400
Year Founded
1985

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$71.00
Low Price Target
$38.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+19.5%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score (0-4)
2.46
Research Coverage
13 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$2.35
Trailing P/E Ratio
24.04
Forward P/E Ratio
19.78
P/E Growth
3.82
Net Income
$83.49 million
Net Margins
3.58%
Pretax Margin
4.89%
Return on Equity
-14.42%
Return on Assets
6.78%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
N/A
Current Ratio
0.82
Quick Ratio
0.72

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$2.06 billion
Price / Sales
0.69
Cash Flow
$4.41 per share
Price / Cash Flow
9.83
Book Value
($12.73) per share
Price / Book
-3.40

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
32,740,000
Free Float
32,312,000
Market Cap
$1.42 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.13

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This page (NASDAQ:PZZA) was last updated on 8/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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