Pizza Pizza Royalty (PZA) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Pizza Pizza Royalty Corp., through its subsidiary, Pizza Pizza Royalty Limited Partnership, owns and franchises quick-service restaurants under the Pizza Pizza and Pizza73 brands. It offers a flavorful, varied and high-quality menu to pizza-lovers of all ages and tastes and it is composed of more than 600 traditional and non-traditional restaurants coast to coast, employing over 3,000 Canadians. The business activity of the group primarily functions through Canada.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$16.22 to C$16.38
• 50-Day Range: C$14.89 to C$16.34
• 52-Week Range: C$12.31 to C$16.42
• Volume: 34,172 shs
• Average Volume: 43,860 shs
• Market Capitalization: C$402.57 million
• P/E Ratio: 17.29
• Dividend Yield: 5.69%
• Price Target: C$17.00
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Pizza Pizza Royalty Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Pizza Pizza Royalty scored higher than 17% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Pizza Pizza Royalty has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Pizza Pizza Royalty has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Pizza Pizza Royalty is 17.29, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 28.45.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Pizza Pizza Royalty is 17.29, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Cyclical sector average P/E ratio of about 73.08.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Pizza Pizza Royalty has a P/B Ratio of 1.80. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for PZA.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Pizza Pizza Royalty is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 7.09%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Pizza Pizza Royalty does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Pizza Pizza Royalty is 98.39%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for PZA.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.43

News Sentiment

Pizza Pizza Royalty has a news sentiment score of 0.43. 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 news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Consumer Cyclical companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Pizza Pizza Royalty this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

2 people have searched for PZA on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Pizza Pizza Royalty to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Pizza Pizza Royalty insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.29% of the stock of Pizza Pizza Royalty is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 16.64% of the stock of Pizza Pizza Royalty is held by institutions.

PZA Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have PZA shares performed this year?

Pizza Pizza Royalty's stock was trading at C$13.01 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, PZA stock has increased by 25.6% and is now trading at C$16.34.

How were Pizza Pizza Royalty's earnings last quarter?

Pizza Pizza Royalty Corp. (TSE:PZA) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November, 4th. The company reported $0.24 earnings per share for the quarter. Pizza Pizza Royalty had a net margin of 77.80% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.43%.
Read the conference call transcript.

How do I buy shares of Pizza Pizza Royalty?

Shares of PZA stock and other Canadian stocks can be purchased through an online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the Canadian stock market include BMO InvestorLine, CIBC Investor's Edge, Desjardins Online Brokerage, HSBC InvestDirect, Laurentian Bank Discount Brokerage, National Bank Direct Brokerage, Qtrade Investor, Questrade, RBC Direct Investing, Scotia iTrade, TD Direct Investing, and Virtual Brokers.

What other stocks do shareholders of Pizza Pizza Royalty own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Pizza Pizza Royalty investors own include Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), BCE (BCE), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Enbridge (ENB), NVIDIA (NVDA), Suncor Energy (SU) and TELUS (T).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 11/04/2024
• Ex-Dividend for 6/13 Dividend: 5/30/2025
• Record date for 6/13 Dividend: 6/13/2025
• Dividend Payable: 6/13/2025
• Record date for 8/15 Dividend: 7/31/2025
• Dividend Payable: 8/15/2025
• Today: 8/23/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Consumer Cyclical
• Industry: Restaurants
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: TSE:PZA
• Previous Symbol: TSE:PZA.UN
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.pizzapizza.ca
• Phone: +1-416-9671010
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: N/A
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Pizza Pizza Royalty: C$17.00
• High Price Target: C$17.00
• Low Price Target: C$17.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +4.0%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$0.95
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 17.29
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.51
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: C$23.30 million
• Net Margins: 77.80%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 10.43%
• Return on Assets: 6.68%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 15.72
• Current Ratio: 0.19
• Quick Ratio: 3.03

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$29.95 million
• Price / Sales: 13.44
• Cash Flow: C$0.26 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 63.53
• Book Value: C$9.08 per share
• Price / Book: 1.80

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 24,637,150
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$402.57 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.91