Papa John's International (PZZA) Stock Price, News & Analysis

11 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Papa John's International in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" PZZA shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in PZZA, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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11 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Papa John's International's stock. Their PZZA share price targets range from $65.00 to $106.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $82.10 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 34.7% from the stock's current price.
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Papa John's International's stock was trading at $76.23 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, PZZA shares have decreased by 20.0% and is now trading at $60.95.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 9th 2024.
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Papa John's International will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, May 9th at 8:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Papa John's International, Inc. (NASDAQ:PZZA) announced its earnings results on Thursday, February, 29th. The company reported $0.91 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.73 by $0.18. The company had revenue of $571.32 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $578.15 million. Papa John's International had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.46% and a net margin of 3.84%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 8.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.71 EPS.

Papa John's International declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, January 29th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.46 per share on Friday, February 23rd. This represents a $1.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.02%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 9th.
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Papa John's International (NASDAQ:PZZA) pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.97%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 74.80%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, PZZA will have a dividend payout ratio of 58.79% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Papa John's International (NASDAQ:PZZA) stock in their portfolio include American Customer Satisfaction ETF (ACSI) and Invesco S&P SmallCap Consumer Discretionary ETF (PSCD).AdvisorShares Restaurant ETF (EATZ).

165 employees have rated Papa John's International Chief Executive Officer Rob Lynch on Glassdoor.com. Rob Lynch has an approval rating of 76% among the company's employees.

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Papa John's International's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include IMC Chicago LLC (0.00%) and Moody National Bank Trust Division (0.02%). Insiders that own company stock include Jack H Swaysland, Jeffrey C Smith, Laurette T Koellner, Marvin Boakye, Olivia F Kirtley and Robert Lynch.
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Shares of PZZA stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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