Wedbush Equities Analysts Lower Earnings Estimates for PZZA

Papa Johns International, Inc. (NASDAQ:PZZA) – Wedbush dropped their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Papa Johns International in a report released on Wednesday, January 15th. Wedbush analyst N. Setyan now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.70 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.76. Wedbush has a “Outperform” rating and a $60.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Papa Johns International’s current full-year earnings is $2.21 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Papa Johns International’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.60 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $0.55 EPS.

Other analysts have also issued reports about the stock. Stephens reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $62.00 price target on shares of Papa Johns International in a research report on Monday, January 13th. KeyCorp downgraded shares of Papa Johns International from an “overweight” rating to a “sector weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 14th. Bank of America lifted their target price on shares of Papa Johns International from $66.00 to $71.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 22nd. UBS Group dropped their price target on shares of Papa Johns International from $56.00 to $45.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reduced their price objective on Papa Johns International from $55.00 to $42.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $58.33.

Papa Johns International Trading Down 1.6 %

Shares of Papa Johns International stock opened at $36.01 on Friday. Papa Johns International has a 1 year low of $35.28 and a 1 year high of $78.67. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $44.28 and a 200 day moving average price of $46.77. The company has a market cap of $1.18 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.55, a P/E/G ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 1.19.

Papa Johns International (NASDAQ:PZZA) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, November 7th. The company reported $0.43 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.42 by $0.01. Papa Johns International had a negative return on equity of 19.61% and a net margin of 4.51%. The business had revenue of $506.80 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $497.28 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.53 earnings per share. Papa Johns International’s revenue was down 3.1% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in PZZA. River Road Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in Papa Johns International by 88.1% during the third quarter. River Road Asset Management LLC now owns 2,285,665 shares of the company’s stock valued at $123,129,000 after purchasing an additional 1,070,485 shares during the last quarter. Earnest Partners LLC grew its position in shares of Papa Johns International by 25.9% in the second quarter. Earnest Partners LLC now owns 2,170,945 shares of the company’s stock valued at $101,991,000 after purchasing an additional 446,477 shares during the last quarter. 1832 Asset Management L.P. acquired a new stake in shares of Papa Johns International in the second quarter valued at about $93,586,000. Irth Capital Management LP bought a new position in shares of Papa Johns International in the fourth quarter worth about $66,883,000. Finally, Sei Investments Co. lifted its position in shares of Papa Johns International by 30.2% during the 2nd quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 1,214,184 shares of the company’s stock worth $57,042,000 after purchasing an additional 281,399 shares during the last quarter.

Papa Johns International Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 29th. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 18th were paid a dividend of $0.46 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, November 18th. This represents a $1.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.11%. Papa Johns International’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 64.11%.

Papa Johns International Company Profile

Papa John’s International, Inc engages in the operation and franchise of pizza delivery and carryout restaurants. It operates through the following segments: Domestic Company-owned Restaurants, North America Franchising, North America Commissaries, International Operations, and All Others. The Domestic Company-Owned Restaurants segment consists of retail sales of pizza and side items, breadsticks, cheese sticks, chicken poppers and wings, dessert items, and canned and bottled beverages.