A new trading day began on Monday, with Papa John’s International, Inc. (NASDAQ: PZZA) stock price up 4.04% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $51.02. PZZA’s price has ranged from $39.90 to $78.67 over the past 52 weeks.
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Annual sales at Consumer Cyclical sector company grew by 5.33% over the past five years. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged -16.35%. With a float of $32.14 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $32.49 million.
Let’s look at the performance matrix of the company that is accounted for 13200 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 17.82%, operating margin of 7.19%, and the pretax margin is 4.31%.
Papa John’s International, Inc. (PZZA) Insider Updates
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Restaurants Industry. The insider ownership of Papa John’s International, Inc. is 1.50%, while institutional ownership is 123.11%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Aug 14 ’24, was worth 100,680. In this transaction Director of this company bought 2,250 shares at a rate of $44.75, taking the stock ownership to the 35,069 shares. Before that another transaction happened on May 14 ’24, when Company’s Interim CEO, and CFO bought 1,900 for $52.41, making the entire transaction worth $99,579. This insider now owns 38,920 shares in total.
Papa John’s International, Inc. (PZZA) Performance Highlights and Predictions
In its latest quarterly report, released on 6/30/2024, the company reported earnings of 0.53 per share, which was $0.1 lower than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.56 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -16.35% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 4.58% during the next five years compared to 100.40% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Papa John’s International, Inc. (NASDAQ: PZZA) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Papa John’s International, Inc.’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 0.68. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.82. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 24.65.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.10, a number that is poised to hit 0.42 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.55 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Papa John’s International, Inc. (PZZA)
Papa John’s International, Inc. (NASDAQ: PZZA) saw its 5-day average volume 0.75 million, a negative change from its year-to-date volume of 0.98 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 38.57%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.91.
During the past 100 days, Papa John’s International, Inc.’s (PZZA) raw stochastic average was set at 86.06%, which indicates a significant increase from 71.74% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 40.83% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 37.02% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $50.10, while its 200-day Moving Average is $56.27. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $54.22 in the near term. At $55.36, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $56.76. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $51.69, it is likely to go to the next support level at $50.29. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $49.15.
Papa John’s International, Inc. (NASDAQ: PZZA) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 1.73 billion, the company has a total of 32,972K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 2,136 M while annual income is 82,100 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 507,890 K while its latest quarter income was 12,240 K.
