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Papa John's International (PZZA) Competitors

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$47.37 -0.85 (-1.76%)
Closing price 09/4/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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PZZA vs. ARCO, CAKE, WEN, CBRL, BJRI, BH, BLMN, NATH, DIN, and JACK

Should you be buying Papa John's International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Papa John's International include Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Wendy's (WEN), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Biglari (BH), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Nathan's Famous (NATH), Dine Brands Global (DIN), and Janus Henderson Sustainable & Impact Core Bond ETF (JACK). These companies are all part of the "retail - restrnts" industry.

Papa John's International vs. Its Competitors

Papa John's International (NASDAQ:PZZA) and Arcos Dorados (NYSE:ARCO) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.

Papa John's International pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Arcos Dorados pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Papa John's International pays out 81.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Arcos Dorados pays out 38.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Papa John's International has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Arcos Dorados has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Papa John's International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Papa John's International currently has a consensus target price of $52.33, indicating a potential upside of 10.48%. Arcos Dorados has a consensus target price of $8.80, indicating a potential upside of 27.09%. Given Arcos Dorados' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Arcos Dorados is more favorable than Papa John's International.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Papa John's International
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45
Arcos Dorados
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

55.9% of Arcos Dorados shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Papa John's International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Papa John's International has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arcos Dorados has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Papa John's International has a net margin of 3.58% compared to Arcos Dorados' net margin of 2.89%. Arcos Dorados' return on equity of 24.54% beat Papa John's International's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Papa John's International3.58% -14.42% 6.78%
Arcos Dorados 2.89%24.54%4.10%

Arcos Dorados has higher revenue and earnings than Papa John's International. Arcos Dorados is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Papa John's International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Papa John's International$2.06B0.75$83.49M$2.2620.96
Arcos Dorados$4.47B0.33$148.76M$0.6310.99

In the previous week, Papa John's International had 6 more articles in the media than Arcos Dorados. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Papa John's International and 2 mentions for Arcos Dorados. Papa John's International's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Arcos Dorados' score of 1.39 indicating that Papa John's International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Papa John's International
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Arcos Dorados
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Papa John's International beats Arcos Dorados on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PZZA vs. The Competition

MetricPapa John's InternationalRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.58B$11.34B$27.31B$9.85B
Dividend Yield3.82%3.23%173.94%4.51%
P/E Ratio20.9633.7527.2826.43
Price / Sales0.752.037.95119.09
Price / Cash10.7716.4060.0858.92
Price / Book-3.734.844.906.06
Net Income$83.49M$405.16M$872.94M$266.28M
7 Day Performance-2.75%0.50%0.71%-0.32%
1 Month Performance17.92%-0.94%4.93%3.44%
1 Year Performance-0.42%2.01%20.58%23.11%

Papa John's International Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PZZA
Papa John's International
3.4174 of 5 stars
$47.37
-1.8%
$52.33
+10.5%
-4.6%$1.58B$2.06B20.9611,400Positive News
ARCO
Arcos Dorados
4.4254 of 5 stars
$7.00
-2.2%
$8.80
+25.8%
-20.7%$1.47B$4.47B11.1098,615Short Interest ↓
CAKE
Cheesecake Factory
3.9635 of 5 stars
$61.46
-0.9%
$61.94
+0.8%
+57.3%$3.06B$3.67B18.9147,500Positive News
WEN
Wendy's
4.8348 of 5 stars
$10.61
+1.0%
$13.82
+30.2%
-39.3%$2.02B$2.25B11.0514,500Ex-Dividend
CBRL
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
3.4686 of 5 stars
$59.82
-0.4%
$55.14
-7.8%
+34.8%$1.33B$3.47B23.1977,600
BJRI
BJ's Restaurants
3.8297 of 5 stars
$33.56
-0.4%
$39.67
+18.2%
+12.5%$742.35M$1.36B28.2021,000Positive News
BH
Biglari
2.3871 of 5 stars
$311.68
-2.5%
N/A+80.2%$709.38M$377.18M2.132,535Short Interest ↑
BLMN
Bloomin' Brands
3.6043 of 5 stars
$7.35
+0.8%
$9.88
+34.4%
-58.3%$625.26M$3.95B-147.0081,000
NATH
Nathan's Famous
3.5331 of 5 stars
$104.70
-1.4%
N/A+37.1%$428.12M$150.41M18.18130Positive News
DIN
Dine Brands Global
2.8848 of 5 stars
$23.90
+3.9%
$26.00
+8.8%
-26.5%$367.58M$812.31M7.973,520Positive News
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JACK
Janus Henderson Sustainable & Impact Core Bond ETF
3.798 of 5 stars
$19.30
+3.0%
$32.79
+69.9%
-57.9%$364.44M$1.49B-5.598,168

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This page (NASDAQ:PZZA) was last updated on 9/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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