Scarcity Meets Momentum
With insiders and institutions holding most of the float, just 9.7M shares are truly available. New contracts could ignite moves that Wall Street can't ignore.
Shares Stats
| Shares Outstanding | 32,750,000 |
| Shares Float | 32,350,000 |
| Shares Short | 4,410,000 |
| Insider Holdings | 122% |
| Institution Holdings | 112.36% |
About Papa John's International, Inc
Papa John's International, Inc. operates and franchises pizza delivery and carryout restaurants under the Papa Johns trademark in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Domestic Company-Owned Restaurants, North America Franchising, North America Commissaries, and International. The company also operates dine-in and delivery restaurants under the Papa Johns trademark internationally. It offers pizza and other food and beverage products. In addition, the company supplies pizza sauce, dough, food products, paper products, smallware, and cleaning supplies to restaurants. Papa John's International, Inc. was founded in 1984 and is based in Louisville, Kentucky.
General
| Name | Papa John's International, Inc |
| Ticker | PZZA |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Sector | Consumer Cyclical |
| Industry | Restaurants |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | December |
| Full Time Employees | 11,400 |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 52.18 |
| Market Cap | 1,662,600,000 |
| PE Ratio | 22.37 |
| PEG Ratio | 2.65 |
| EBITDA | 242,240,000 |
Financials
| Curr Year EPS Estimate | 1.78 |
| Next Quarter EPS Estimate | 0.43 |
| Profit Margin | 3.58% |
| Operating Margin | 7.85 |
| Return on Assets | 0.12 |
| Revenue | 2.1B |
| Earnings Per Share | 2.28 |
| Revenue Per Share | 63.61 |
| Gross Profit | 425,392,992 |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth | 0.04 |
Valuation
| Trailing PE | 22.11 |
| Forward PE | 21.19 |
| Price/Sales (Trailing 12 Mt.) | 0.79 |
Dividend
Papa John's International, Inc pays out a dividend of $1.95 per share, with a dividend yield of 3.85%.
PZZA's last dividend payment was made to shareholders on August 29, 2025.
They pay out 72.48% of their earnings out as a dividend.
Recent Dividends
| Aug 29, 2025 | $0.46 |
| May 30, 2025 | $0.46 |
| Feb 21, 2025 | $0.46 |
| Nov 29, 2024 | $0.46 |
| Aug 30, 2024 | $0.46 |
| May 31, 2024 | $0.46 |
| Feb 23, 2024 | $0.46 |
| Nov 24, 2023 | $0.46 |
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