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. Investors 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 1.73%. 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 authorized a share buyback program on Wednesday, August 2nd 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 198% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Papa John's Int'l, Inc. (NASDAQ:PZZA) released its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 8th. The company reported $0.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.62 by $0.12. The firm had revenue of $427.37 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $440.74 million. Papa John's Int'l had a net margin of 5.17% and a negative return on equity of 90.29%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 4.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.77 earnings per share. 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.

10 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Papa John's Int'l's shares. Their predictions range from $54.00 to $90.00. On average, they anticipate Papa John's Int'l's stock price to reach $71.1111 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Papa John's Int'l.

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News headlines about PZZA stock have been trending somewhat positive on Monday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Papa John's Int'l earned a coverage optimism score of 0.02 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company an impact score of 46.40 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

Papa John's Int'l's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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 acquired 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 $52.09.

Papa John's Int'l has a market capitalization of $1.65 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.