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 Tuesday, October 22nd. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 11th will be given a dividend of $0.225 per share on Friday, November 22nd. This represents a $0.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.39%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 7th. View Papa John's Int'l's Dividend History.

Papa John's Int'l, Inc. (NASDAQ:PZZA) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 6th. The company reported $0.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.22 by $0.01. The company earned $403.71 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $384.54 million. Papa John's Int'l had a negative net margin of 0.43% and a negative return on equity of 12.34%. The firm's revenue was up 4.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.19 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 25th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Papa John's Int'l.

Papa John's Int'l issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 6th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.00-1.20 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.13.

12 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for Papa John's Int'l's shares. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect Papa John's Int'l's stock price to reach $62.55 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.7%. 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 coverage about PZZA stock has been trending somewhat positive on Tuesday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog 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 daily sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press 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 stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Papa John's Int'l.

Papa John's Int'l saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 7,480,000 shares, an increase of 10.3% from the December 31st total of 6,780,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 761,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 9.8 days. Currently, 26.4% of the company's stock are sold short. View Papa John's Int'l's Current Options Chain.

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Papa John's Int'l's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Columbus Circle Investors (0.82%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.36%), Atlas Brown Inc. (0.22%), Strs Ohio (0.16%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.15%) and Acorn Financial Advisory Services Inc. ADV (0.06%). 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 Atlas Brown Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Strs Ohio, Diligent Investors LLC, Arizona State Retirement System, Nwam LLC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Columbus Circle Investors, California Public Employees Retirement System, Acorn Financial Advisory Services Inc. ADV, Zeke Capital Advisors LLC, Dupont Capital Management Corp and CNB Bank. 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 $64.94.

Papa John's Int'l has a market capitalization of $2.07 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.