Q2 EPS Estimates for Papa Johns International Cut by Wedbush

Papa Johns International, Inc. (NASDAQ:PZZA) – Investment analysts at Wedbush lowered their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Papa Johns International in a research report issued 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 previous estimate of $0.76. Wedbush currently 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.

Several other brokerages have also commented on PZZA. Stephens restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $62.00 price target on shares of Papa Johns International in a research note on Monday, January 13th. UBS Group lowered their target price on Papa Johns International from $56.00 to $45.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. KeyCorp lowered Papa Johns International from an “overweight” rating to a “sector weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 14th. Bank of America raised their price target on Papa Johns International from $66.00 to $71.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 22nd. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group cut their price objective on shares of Papa Johns International from $55.00 to $42.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $58.33.

Papa Johns International Stock Down 1.6 %

Shares of NASDAQ:PZZA opened at $36.01 on Friday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $44.28 and its 200 day moving average price is $46.77. The company has a market cap of $1.18 billion, a PE ratio of 12.55, a P/E/G ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 1.19. Papa Johns International has a fifty-two week low of $35.28 and a fifty-two week high of $78.67.

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

Papa Johns International Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 29th. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 18th were given a dividend of $0.46 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 64.11%.

Institutional Trading of Papa Johns International

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Signaturefd LLC boosted its holdings in Papa Johns International by 66.9% during the third quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 646 shares of the company’s stock worth $35,000 after buying an additional 259 shares in the last quarter. Copeland Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Papa Johns International during the 3rd quarter worth $42,000. US Bancorp DE boosted its stake in shares of Papa Johns International by 225.4% during the 3rd quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 1,331 shares of the company’s stock worth $72,000 after acquiring an additional 922 shares in the last quarter. CWM LLC grew its holdings in shares of Papa Johns International by 27.5% in the 3rd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 1,690 shares of the company’s stock worth $91,000 after acquiring an additional 365 shares during the last quarter. Finally, nVerses Capital LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Papa Johns International during the third quarter worth $156,000.

About Papa Johns International

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.