Papa John's International - PZZA Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Papa John's International in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" PZZA shares.
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12 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Papa John's International's shares. Their PZZA share price forecasts range from $92.00 to $155.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $124.21 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 33.7% from the stock's current price.
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Papa John's International's stock was trading at $133.47 at the start of the year. Since then, PZZA stock has decreased by 30.4% and is now trading at $92.89.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 3rd 2022.
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Papa John's International, Inc. (NASDAQ:PZZA) posted its earnings results on Thursday, August, 4th. The company reported $0.74 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.76 by $0.02. The business earned $522.67 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $531.70 million. Papa John's International had a net margin of 4.26% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 63.53%. Papa John's International's quarterly revenue was up 1.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.93 earnings per share.

Papa John's International declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, August 2nd. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 15th will be given a dividend of $0.42 per share on Friday, August 26th. This represents a $1.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.81%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 12th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.35.
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Papa John's International (NASDAQ:PZZA) pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.51%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 57.14%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, PZZA will have a dividend payout ratio of 38.89% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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165 employees have rated Papa John's International Chief Executive Officer Rob Lynch on Glassdoor.com. Rob Lynch has an approval rating of 76% among the company's employees.

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

Papa John's International's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (3.87%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (2.92%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.53%), Stephens Investment Management Group LLC (2.12%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.77%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.74%). Insiders that own company stock include Caroline Miller Oyler, Jack H Swaysland, Jeffrey C Smith, John H Schnatter, Olivia F Kirtley, Robert Lynch and Steven R Coke.
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Shares of PZZA stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of PZZA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $92.89.

Papa John's International (NASDAQ:PZZA) has a market capitalization of $3.28 billion and generates $2.07 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $120.02 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.45 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 14,000 workers across the globe.

Papa John's International was founded in 1985.

Papa John's International's mailing address is 2002 Papa John's Boulevard, Louisville KY, 40299. The official website for the company is www.papajohns.com. The company can be reached via phone at (502) 261-7272, via email at investor_relations@papajohns.com, or via fax at 502-266-2925.