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

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Papa John's International in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" PZZA shares.
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13 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Papa John's International's shares. Their PZZA share price forecasts range from $77.00 to $106.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $92.17 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 34.7% from the stock's current price.
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Papa John's International's stock was trading at $82.31 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, PZZA stock has decreased by 16.9% and is now trading at $68.44.
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Papa John's International saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,810,000 shares, an increase of 35.7% from the August 31st total of 2,070,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 775,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.6 days. Approximately 8.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 2nd 2023.
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Papa John's International will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, November 2nd at 8:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Papa John's International, Inc. (NASDAQ:PZZA) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 3rd. The company reported $0.59 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.59. The business earned $514.53 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $530.10 million. Papa John's International had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 23.66% and a net margin of 3.46%.

Papa John's International announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, July 31st. Investors of record on Monday, August 14th will be given a dividend of $0.46 per share on Friday, August 25th. This represents a $1.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 11th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.42.
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Papa John's International (NASDAQ:PZZA) pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.73%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 88.46%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, PZZA will have a dividend payout ratio of 60.33% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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165 employees have rated Papa John's International Chief Executive Officer Rob Lynch on Glassdoor.com. Rob Lynch has an approval rating of 76% among the company's employees.

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Papa John's International trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PZZA."

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One share of PZZA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $68.44.

Papa John's International (NASDAQ:PZZA) has a market capitalization of $2.24 billion and generates $2.10 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $67.77 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.08 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 12,000 workers across the globe.

Papa John's International's mailing address is 2002 Papa John's Boulevard, Louisville KY, 40299. The official website for the company is www.papajohns.com. The company can be reached via phone at (502) 261-7272, via email at investor_relations@papajohns.com, or via fax at 502-266-2925.