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 given a dividend of $0.225 per share on Friday, February 21st. This represents a $0.90 annualized dividend and a dividend 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) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 6th. The company reported $0.21 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.22 by $0.01. The firm earned $403.71 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $384.54 million. Papa John's Int'l had a negative return on equity of 12.34% and a negative net margin of 0.43%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 4.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $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 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for Papa John's Int'l's shares. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect Papa John's Int'l's stock price to reach $62.55 in the next twelve months. 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.

Media headlines about PZZA stock have trended negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Papa John's Int'l earned a news sentiment score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Papa John's Int'l.

Papa John's Int'l saw a decrease in short interest in 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 trading volume of 758,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 8.9 days. Approximately 23.8% of the company's shares 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 number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 purchased 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.