Papa John’s International, Inc. (NASDAQ: PZZA) is -14.14% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $60.66 and a high of $86.38 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The PZZA stock was last observed hovering at around $67.19 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.74%.
Currently trading at $65.45, the stock is -5.42% and -8.82% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.23 million and changing -2.59% at the moment leaves the stock -9.70% off its SMA200. PZZA registered -12.65% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -4.47%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $1.47 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $14.86.
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The stock witnessed a -8.27% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -13.72%, and is 0.06% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.67% over the week and 2.97% over the month.
Papa John’s International, Inc. (PZZA) has around 13200 employees, a market worth around $2.14B and $2.14B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 26.45 and Fwd P/E is 20.97. Profit margin for the company is 3.84%. Distance from 52-week low is 7.90% and -24.23% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (17.34%).
Papa John’s International, Inc. quarterly earnings per share for the current quarter are estimated at $0.58 with sales reaching $545.12M over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -2.68% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 2.10% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 3.40% in year-over-year returns.
367 institutions hold shares in Papa John’s International, Inc. (PZZA), with institutional investors hold 117.67% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 32.49M, and float is at 32.18M with Short Float at 8.07%. Institutions hold 116.17% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is Blackrock Inc. with over 3.75 million shares valued at $277.18 million. The investor’s holdings represent 11.47% of the PZZA Shares outstanding. As of Jun 29, 2023, the second largest holder is T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. with 3.73 million shares valued at $275.1 million to account for 11.38% of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are Vanguard Group Inc which holds 3.13 million shares representing 9.55% and valued at over $230.78 million, while Bank of America Corporation holds 4.40% of the shares totaling 1.44 million with a market value of $106.37 million.
Papa John’s International, Inc. (PZZA) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by KOELLNER LAURETTE T, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that KOELLNER LAURETTE T sold 2,886 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 07 ’24 at a price of $70.21 per share for a total of $0.2 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 18804.0 shares.
