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

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 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.35%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 7th. View Papa John's Int'l's Dividend History.

Papa John's Int'l, Inc. (NASDAQ:PZZA) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 6th. The company reported $0.21 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.22 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $403.71 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $384.54 million. Papa John's Int'l had a negative net margin of 0.43% and a negative return on equity of 12.34%. Papa John's Int'l's revenue for the quarter was up 4.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.19 EPS. View Papa John's Int'l's Earnings History.

Papa John's Int'l is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Papa John's Int'l.

Papa John's Int'l will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 26th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

12 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Papa John's Int'l's stock. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $75.00. On average, they anticipate Papa John's Int'l's share price to reach $62.55 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.9%. View Analyst Price Targets for Papa John's Int'l.

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.

Headlines about PZZA stock have trended very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Papa John's Int'l earned a coverage optimism score of -3.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the company a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is very likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Papa John's Int'l.

Papa John's Int'l saw a decrease in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,740,000 shares, a decrease of 9.9% from the January 15th total of 7,480,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 758,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 8.9 days. Currently, 23.8% of the company's stock are sold short. View Papa John's Int'l's Current Options Chain.

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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 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, Lance F Tucker and Mark S Shapiro. 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 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, Maverick Capital Ltd., Westwood Holdings Group Inc., Jackson Square Partners LLC, Nicholas Investment Partners LP, Franklin Street Capital Partners LLC and Public Sector Pension Investment Board. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PZZA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $66.49.

Papa John's Int'l has a market capitalization of $2.12 billion and generates $1.57 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.65 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.34 on an earnings per share basis. Papa John's Int'l employs 18,000 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.