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 declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 11th will be given a dividend of $0.225 per share on Friday, February 22nd. This represents a $0.90 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.15%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 8th. View Papa John's Int'l's Dividend History.

Papa John's Int'l declared that its board has approved a stock buyback program on Wednesday, August 2nd 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 198% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Papa John's Int'l, Inc. (NASDAQ:PZZA) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, August, 7th. The company reported $0.49 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.54 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $407.96 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $418.30 million. Papa John's Int'l had a negative return on equity of 27.98% and a net margin of 2.64%. 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 will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 26th at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 8773128816.

Papa John's Int'l updated its FY 2018 earnings guidance on Monday, February, 4th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.30-1.45 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.48.

6 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Papa John's Int'l's shares. Their predictions range from $35.00 to $64.00. On average, they anticipate Papa John's Int'l's share price to reach $54.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 30.2% 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 sell rating and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Papa John's Int'l.

News coverage about PZZA stock has trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring 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 five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Papa John's Int'l earned a media sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

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Papa John's Int'l's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.14%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.85%), Deprince Race & Zollo Inc. (2.05%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.39%), Northern Trust Corp (1.33%) and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (1.15%). 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 Millennium Management LLC, North Fourth Asset Management LP, Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC, Levin Capital Strategies L.P., Sheets Smith Wealth Management, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Nomura Holdings Inc. and SG Americas Securities LLC. 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.

PZZA stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Deprince Race & Zollo Inc., Granite Investment Partners LLC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, BlackRock Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Northern Trust Corp and Rhumbline Advisers. 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 $41.92.

Papa John's Int'l has a market capitalization of $1.32 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.