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 declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.225 per share on Friday, February 22nd. This represents a $0.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.99%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 8th. View Papa John's Int'l's Dividend History.

Papa John's Int'l declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, August 2nd 2017, which permits the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 198% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Papa John's Int'l, Inc. (NASDAQ:PZZA) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August, 7th. The company reported $0.49 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.54 by $0.05. The business earned $407.96 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $418.30 million. Papa John's Int'l had a net margin of 2.64% and a negative return on equity of 27.98%. 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 FY 2018 earnings guidance on Monday, February, 4th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.30-1.45 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.48.

6 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Papa John's Int'l's shares. Their forecasts range from $6.00 to $64.00. On average, they anticipate Papa John's Int'l's share price to reach $48.80 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.8% 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 headlines about PZZA stock have trended positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public 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 2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.

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Papa John's Int'l's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.14%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.85%), Deprince Race & Zollo Inc. (2.05%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.39%), Northern Trust Corp (1.33%) and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (1.15%). 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 Millennium Management LLC, North Fourth Asset Management LP, Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC, Levin Capital Strategies L.P., Sheets Smith Wealth Management, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Nomura Holdings Inc. and SG Americas Securities LLC. 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.

PZZA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Deprince Race & Zollo Inc., Granite Investment Partners LLC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, BlackRock Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Northern Trust Corp and Rhumbline Advisers. 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 $45.26.

Papa John's Int'l has a market capitalization of $1.43 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.