During the last session, Papa John’s International, Inc (NASDAQ:PZZA)’s traded shares were 0.74 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 1.13. At the end of the trading day, the stock’s price was $47.02, reflecting an intraday loss of -2.08% or -$1.0. The 52-week high for the PZZA share is $60.75, that puts it down -29.2 from that peak though still a striking 35.86% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $30.16. The company’s market capitalization is $1.54B, and the average intraday trading volume over the past 10 days was 1.1 million shares, and the average trade volume was 1.18 million shares over the past three months.
Papa John’s International, Inc (PZZA) received a consensus recommendation of Buy from analysts. That translates to a mean rating of 2.29. PZZA has a Sell rating from 0 analyst(s) out of 12 analysts who have looked at this stock. 5 analyst(s) recommend to Hold the stock while 0 suggest Overweight, and 7 recommend a Buy rating for it. 0 analyst(s) has rated the stock Underweight. Company’s earnings per share (EPS) for the current quarter are expected to be 0.36.
Papa John’s International, Inc (NASDAQ:PZZA) trade information
Papa John’s International, Inc (PZZA) registered a -2.08% downside in the last session and has traded in the red over the past 5 sessions. The stock plummet -2.08% in intraday trading to $47.02, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is -4.04%, and it has moved by -2.45% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is 14.49%. The short interest in Papa John’s International, Inc (NASDAQ:PZZA) is 4.13 million shares and it means that shorts have 3.28 day(s) to cover.
The consensus price target of analysts on Wall Street is $38, which implies a decrease of -23.74% to the stock’s current value. The extremes of the forecast give a target low and a target high price of $38 and $38 respectively. As a result, PZZA is trading at a premium of 19.18% off the target high and 19.18% off the low.
Papa John’s International, Inc (PZZA) estimates and forecasts
In the rating firms’ projections, revenue will increase 2.24% compared to the previous financial year.
As companies strive to predict their financial trajectories, we turn our attention to the forthcoming financial quarter. Here are the insights gathered from industry analysts. Revenue for the current quarter is expected to be 515.48M as predicted by 14 analyst(s). Meanwhile, a consensus of 14 analyst(s) estimates revenue growth to 524.69M by the end of current fiscal year. As per earnings report from last fiscal year’s results, sales for the corresponding quarters totaled 507.89M and 506.81M respectively. In this case, analysts expect current quarter sales to grow by 1.49% and then jump by 3.53% in the coming quarter.
While earnings are projected to return -26.87% in 2025, the next five years will return 4.92% per annum.
PZZA Dividends
Papa John’s International, Inc is due to release its next quarterly earnings on 2025-May-08. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance. Investors should also take the other fundamental and operational aspects into account before investing in the stock. The forward dividend ratio for Papa John’s International, Inc is 2.30, with the dividend yield indicating at 4.89 percent, continuing the trend of increasing dividends in recent years. The average dividend yield of the company for the last 5 years is 2.19%.
Papa John’s International, Inc (NASDAQ:PZZA)’s Major holders
Papa John’s International, Inc insiders own 1.25% of total outstanding shares while institutional holders control 118.59%, with the float percentage being 120.09%. BLACKROCK INC. is the largest shareholder of the company, while 358.0 institutions own stock in it. As of 2024-06-30, the company held over 5.16 million shares (or 15.7695% of all shares), a total value of $242.48 million in shares.
The next largest institutional holding, with 3.85 million shares, is of VANGUARD GROUP INC’s that is approximately 11.7521% of outstanding shares. At the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were valued at $180.71 million.
Also, the Mutual Funds coming in first place with the largest holdings of Papa John’s International, Inc (PZZA) shares are iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund . Data provided on May 31, 2025 indicates that iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF owns about 1.96 shares. This amounts to just over 5.98 percent of the company’s overall shares, with a $92.11 million market value. The same data shows that the other fund manager holds slightly less at 1.02, or about 3.11% of the stock, which is worth about $47.93 million.
