NASDAQ:PZZAPapa John's Int'l Stock Price, Forecast & News

Papa John's Int'l's stock was trading at $55.92 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, PZZA shares have increased by 58.5% and is now trading at $88.64. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

15 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 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Papa John's Int'l.

Papa John's Int'l is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Papa John's Int'l.

Papa John's Int'l, Inc. (NASDAQ:PZZA) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 6th. The company reported $0.15 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.40 by $0.25. The firm had revenue of $409.86 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $413.61 million. Papa John's Int'l had a net margin of 0.92% and a negative return on equity of 14.40%. Papa John's Int'l's revenue was up 2.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.31 earnings per share. View Papa John's Int'l's earnings history.

Papa John's Int'l announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 11th will be given a dividend of $0.225 per share on Friday, May 22nd. This represents a $0.90 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.02%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 8th. View Papa John's Int'l's dividend history.

15 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Papa John's Int'l's stock. Their forecasts range from $58.00 to $95.00. On average, they anticipate Papa John's Int'l's stock price to reach $82.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.9%. View analysts' price targets for Papa John's Int'l.

Media headlines about PZZA stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Papa John's Int'l earned a media sentiment score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Papa John's Int'l.

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

Papa John's Int'l's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Acorn Financial Advisory Services Inc. ADV (0.05%), Diligent Investors LLC (0.04%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.02%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%), KG&L Capital Management LLC (0.02%) and Alpha Windward LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own Papa John's Int'l stock include Anthony Michael Sanfilippo, Caroline Miller Oyler, Jack H Swaysland, John H Schnatter and Robert Lynch. 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 KG&L Capital Management LLC, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Acorn Financial Advisory Services Inc. ADV, and Diligent Investors LLC. 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 activity for Papa John's Int'l.

PZZA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alpha Windward LLC, Contravisory Investment Management Inc., and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. Company insiders that have bought Papa John's Int'l stock in the last two years include Anthony Michael Sanfilippo, and Robert Lynch. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $88.64.

Papa John's Int'l has a market capitalization of $2.88 billion and generates $1.62 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $4.87 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.17 on an earnings per share basis. Papa John's Int'l employs 16,500 workers across the globe.

The official website for Papa John's Int'l is 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.