NASDAQ:PZZA - Papa John's Int'l Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Papa John's Int'l announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 1st. Investors of record on Monday, November 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.225 per share on Friday, November 23rd. This represents a $0.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.12%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 8th. View Papa John's Int'l's Dividend History.

Papa John's Int'l declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Wednesday, August 2nd 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 198% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Papa John's Int'l, Inc. (NASDAQ:PZZA) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 6th. The company reported $0.20 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.23 by $0.03. The company earned $364.01 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $390.62 million. Papa John's Int'l had a net margin of 2.64% and a negative return on equity of 27.98%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 15.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.60 earnings per share. View Papa John's Int'l's Earnings History.

Papa John's Int'l is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 26th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Papa John's Int'l.

Papa John's Int'l issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, November, 6th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.30-1.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.50. Papa John's Int'l also updated its FY 2018 guidance to $1.30-1.60 EPS.

6 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Papa John's Int'l's shares. Their forecasts range from $48.00 to $64.00. On average, they anticipate Papa John's Int'l's share price to reach $57.20 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 34.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Papa John's Int'l.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Papa John's Int'l in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Papa John's Int'l.

News stories about PZZA stock have been trending very positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Papa John's Int'l earned a news sentiment score of 3.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

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Papa John's Int'l's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Sheets Smith Wealth Management (0.26%). Company insiders that own Papa John's Int'l stock include Caroline Miller Oyler, Lance F Tucker, Mark S Shapiro, Steve M Ritchie, Timothy C Ohern and Wayne Kent Taylor. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Papa John's Int'l.

PZZA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sheets Smith Wealth Management. Company insiders that have sold Papa John's Int'l company stock in the last year include Caroline Miller Oyler, Lance F Tucker and Mark S Shapiro. View Insider Buying and Selling for Papa John's Int'l.

Shares of PZZA can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PZZA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $42.49.

Papa John's Int'l has a market capitalization of $1.34 billion and generates $1.78 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $102.29 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.62 on an earnings per share basis. Papa John's Int'l employs 22,400 workers across the globe.

The official website for Papa John's Int'l is http://www.papajohns.com.

Papa John's Int'l's mailing address is 2002 Papa Johns Boulevard, Louisville KY, 40299. The company can be reached via phone at 502-261-7272.