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

Papa John's Int'l's stock was trading at $55.92 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, PZZA stock has decreased by 9.5% and is now trading at $50.59. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Papa John's Int'l in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Papa John's Int'l.

Papa John's Int'l is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Papa John's Int'l.

Papa John's Int'l, Inc. (NASDAQ:PZZA) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 26th. The company reported $0.37 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.32 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $417.51 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $403.74 million. Papa John's Int'l had a net margin of 0.30% and a negative return on equity of 15.60%. Papa John's Int'l's revenue for the quarter was up 5.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.18 earnings per share. View Papa John's Int'l's earnings history.

Papa John's Int'l announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 29th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.225 per share on Friday, February 21st. This represents a $0.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.78%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 7th. View Papa John's Int'l's dividend history.

Papa John's Int'l updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 26th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.35-1.55 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.52.

12 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Papa John's Int'l's shares. Their forecasts range from $58.00 to $75.00. On average, they anticipate Papa John's Int'l's stock price to reach $65.27 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 29.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Papa John's Int'l.

Media coverage about PZZA stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Papa John's Int'l earned a media sentiment score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutPapa John's Int'l.

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

Papa John's Int'l's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Alliancebernstein L.P. (10.72%), Jackson Square Partners LLC (8.10%), Bares Capital Management Inc. (3.68%), FIL Ltd (3.49%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.88%) and Westfield Capital Management Co. LP (2.63%). Company insiders that own Papa John's Int'l stock include Anthony Michael Sanfilippo, Caroline Miller Oyler, Jack H Swaysland, John H Schnatter and Robert Lynch. 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 Bares Capital Management Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., FIL Ltd, Penn Capital Management Co. Inc., Duality Advisers LP, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, and Atlas Brown Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Papa John's Int'l company stock in the last year include Caroline Miller Oyler, Jack H Swaysland, and John H Schnatter. View insider buying and selling activity for Papa John's Int'l.

PZZA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alliancebernstein L.P., Westfield Capital Management Co. LP, Norges Bank, Maverick Capital Ltd., Westwood Holdings Group Inc., Jackson Square Partners LLC, Nicholas Investment Partners LP, and Franklin Street Capital Partners LLC. Company insiders that have bought Papa John's Int'l stock in the last two years include Anthony Michael Sanfilippo, and Robert Lynch. View insider buying and selling activity 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of PZZA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $50.59.

Papa John's Int'l has a market capitalization of $1.63 billion and generates $1.62 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $4.87 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.17 on an earnings per share basis. Papa John's Int'l employs 16,500 workers across the globe. View additional information about Papa John's Int'l.

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 John's Boulevard, Louisville KY, 40299. The company can be reached via phone at 502-261-7272.