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 paid a dividend of $0.225 per share on Friday, February 21st. This represents a $0.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.55%. 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 results on Wednesday, February, 26th. The company reported $0.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.32 by $0.05. The company earned $417.51 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $403.74 million. Papa John's Int'l had a negative net margin of 0.43% and a negative return on equity of 12.34%. Papa John's Int'l's quarterly revenue was up 5.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.18 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, May 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Papa John's Int'l.

Papa John's Int'l issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 26th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.35-1.55 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.52.

12 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Papa John's Int'l's stock. Their forecasts range from $58.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect Papa John's Int'l's share price to reach $64.55 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.9% from the stock's current price. 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.

News headlines about PZZA stock have been trending somewhat negative on Thursday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Papa John's Int'l earned a daily sentiment score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely 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 drop in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,740,000 shares, a drop of 9.9% from the January 15th total of 7,480,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 758,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 8.9 days. Approximately 23.8% of the company's shares are short sold. 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 variety 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 bought 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 $58.18.

Papa John's Int'l has a market capitalization of $1.86 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.