NASDAQ:PZZA - Papa John's Int'l Stock Price, Price Target & More

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, May 2nd. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.225 per share on Friday, May 25th. This represents a $0.90 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.66%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 11th. View Papa John's Int'l's Dividend History.

Papa John's Int'l announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, August 2nd 2017, which allows the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy up to 198% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Papa John's Int'l, Inc. (NASDAQ:PZZA) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 8th. The company reported $0.50 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.62 by $0.12. The business had revenue of $427.37 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $440.74 million. Papa John's Int'l had a negative return on equity of 90.29% and a net margin of 5.17%. The firm's revenue was down 4.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.77 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 Monday, July, 30th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Papa John's Int'l.

9 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Papa John's Int'l's stock. Their predictions range from $54.00 to $90.00. On average, they expect Papa John's Int'l's stock price to reach $68.00 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Papa John's Int'l.

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News headlines about PZZA stock have trended somewhat positive on Saturday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Papa John's Int'l earned a media sentiment score of 0.20 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the company an impact score of 45.42 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Papa John's Int'l's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.43%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (5.93%), Neuberger Berman Group LLC (3.76%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.84%), Champlain Investment Partners LLC (2.25%) and Epoch Investment Partners Inc. (2.08%). Company insiders that own Papa John's Int'l stock include Caroline Miller Oyler, John H Schnatter, 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 BlackRock Inc., OppenheimerFunds Inc., Sei Investments Co., Neuberger Berman Group LLC, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Prudential Financial Inc., Engineers Gate Manager LP and Rhumbline Advisers. Company insiders that have sold Papa John's Int'l company stock in the last year include Caroline Miller Oyler, Lance F Tucker, Mark S Shapiro and Timothy C Ohern. View Insider Buying and Selling for Papa John's Int'l.

PZZA stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Champlain Investment Partners LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Seven Eight Capital LP, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Motley Fool Asset Management LLC, Trillium Asset Management LLC, Ceredex Value Advisors LLC and Waratah Capital Advisors Ltd.. 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 $54.33.

Papa John's Int'l has a market capitalization of $1.77 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.

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.