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

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

Papa John's Int'l announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 1st. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.225 per share on Friday, November 23rd. This represents a $0.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.12%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 8th. View Papa John's Int'l's Dividend History.

Papa John's Int'l announced that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, August 2nd 2017, which permits the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 198% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Papa John's Int'l, Inc. (NASDAQ:PZZA) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November, 6th. The company reported $0.20 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.23 by $0.03. The firm earned $364.01 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $390.62 million. Papa John's Int'l had a net margin of 2.64% and a negative return on equity of 27.98%. Papa John's Int'l's revenue for the quarter was down 15.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.60 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 Tuesday, February 26th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Papa John's Int'l.

Papa John's Int'l updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, November, 6th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.30-1.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.50. Papa John's Int'l also updated its FY 2018 guidance to $1.30-1.60 EPS.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Papa John's Int'l's shares. Their forecasts range from $48.00 to $64.00. On average, they expect Papa John's Int'l's share price to reach $57.20 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 34.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Papa John's Int'l.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Papa John's Int'l in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 5 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 somewhat positive on Tuesday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of 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 1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

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Papa John's Int'l's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Sheets Smith Wealth Management (0.26%). Company insiders that own Papa John's Int'l stock include Caroline Miller Oyler, 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 Sheets Smith Wealth Management. Company insiders that have sold Papa John's Int'l company stock in the last year include Caroline Miller Oyler, Lance F Tucker and Mark S Shapiro. 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 $42.49.

Papa John's Int'l has a market capitalization of $1.34 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.

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 Johns Boulevard, Louisville KY, 40299. The company can be reached via phone at 502-261-7272.