Papa John's International, Inc. (PZZA)
Consumer · NMS
Price as at 30 Sept 2026, 23:54 UTC. Quotes are delayed.
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Papa John's International, Inc. trades at $19.71, which is 38% above the $12.14 our fair value estimate puts on the business. On that measure it screens as expensive, which is not the same as saying it will fall.
Our moat model scores it 14 out of 100, which is little in the way of a moat. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 38.4 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
PZZA dividend history
Dividends per share by year
| Year | Total per share | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | $0.920 | 2 |
| 2025 | $1.84 | 4 |
| 2024 | $1.84 | 4 |
| 2023 | $1.76 | 4 |
| 2022 | $1.54 | 4 |
| 2021 | $1.15 | 4 |
| 2020 | $0.900 | 4 |
| 2019 | $0.900 | 4 |
| 2018 | $0.900 | 4 |
| 2017 | $0.850 | 4 |
| 2016 | $0.750 | 4 |
Split-adjusted amounts in the listing currency, grouped by the calendar year of the ex-dividend date, from the filed record. Growth and streak figures compare complete years only.
PZZA earnings and analyst estimates
Recommendation mix, 14 published ratings
Estimates are the published analyst consensus and move often. An earnings date is scheduled, not certain, and a share tends to reprice most violently on the day itself.
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 operates dine-in and delivery restaurants. It also 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.
Company profile, industry and headcount are as reported by our data provider and can lag a company's own filings by a reporting period. The annual report is the authority.
PZZA passes 3 of our 30 screens today
Each screen prints the exact criteria it used, and the circumstances in which it is wrong.
Super investor ownership
5 of the funds we track reported a position in their latest SEC 13F filing. Largest first:
- D. E. Shaw, D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.$4.75M · 0.0% of book
- George Soros, SOROS FUND MANAGEMENT LLC$3.68M · 0.1% of book
- Steve Cohen, Point72 Asset Management, L.P.$3.49M · 0.0% of book
- Cliff Asness, AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC$2.39M · 0.0% of book
- Two Sigma, TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP$333.1K · 0.0% of book
A word of warning on reading these figures: a 13F reports the market value of a holding, so a fund that traded nothing at all still appears to have sold when the price fell. We found 102 companies where the standard reading gives the opposite answer. Only the share count is honest.
Politician trades in PZZA
Trades in PZZA disclosed by members of Congress and executive-branch officials, latest first:
- Donald J Trump · Executive branchSell · $15,001 - $50,000 · traded 29 Jul 2024 · disclosed 22 Sept 2026
- Donald J Trump · Executive branchSell · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 8 Jul 2024 · disclosed 22 Sept 2026
- Donald J Trump · Executive branchSell · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 4 Jun 2024 · disclosed 22 Aug 2026
A disclosure reports a value band, not an amount, and is due up to 45 days after the trade; some arrive later. Every filer we track, each with their own page, is on the Congress trading tracker.
PZZA peers
The largest companies in the same industry (Restaurants), then in the same sector.
- MCD McDonald's Corporation
- QSR Restaurant Brands International Inc.
- RSTRF Restaurant Brands International Limited Partnership
- BROS Dutch Bros Inc.
- LKNCY Luckin Coffee Inc.
- CAVA CAVA Group, Inc.
- EAT Brinker International, Inc.
- CAKE The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated
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Common questions
Is Papa John's International, Inc. (PZZA) undervalued?
Against our fair value estimate of $12.14, PZZA at $19.71 is 38% above fair value. That is one model's answer, not a recommendation. It is built from normalized earning power with growth capped deliberately low, which understates companies whose value is mostly future growth.
Which funds own PZZA?
5 of the institutions we track reported a position in PZZA in their most recent SEC 13F filing. A 13F is filed up to 45 days after quarter end, so it tells you what a fund held then, not what it holds now.
What is PZZA's P/E ratio?
PZZA trades at 38.4 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
Does Papa John's International, Inc. (PZZA) pay a dividend?
Yes. Papa John's International, Inc. yields 5.76% at the current share price. It has paid $1.38 per share over the trailing twelve months. It has paid a dividend in each of the last 13 complete calendar years. A dividend is declared by the board and can be cut at any time; a yield is a fact about the current price, not a promise.
Where does SteadyShares get its PZZA data?
Fundamentals for PZZA come from company filings and exchange data, as listed on NMS; institutional ownership comes from SEC 13F filings. The share price shown was last refreshed on 30 Sept 2026, 23:54 UTC and is delayed. Our data quality score for this company is 79/100, which is the share of the inputs behind our scores that were actually available rather than assumed. Metrics we do not hold are left out of the page rather than estimated.
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Data from company filings, exchange quotes and SEC EDGAR 13F disclosures. Quotes are delayed. Metrics we do not have are left out rather than estimated. Educational information, not financial advice.