Papa John’s International, Inc (PZZA) is -2.04% away from 50-day simple Moving Average despite all headwinds

A new trading day began on Monday, with Papa John’s International, Inc (NASDAQ: PZZA) stock price up 3.18% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $48.75. PZZA’s price has ranged from $39.90 to $78.67 over the past 52 weeks.

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A company in the Consumer Cyclical sector has jumped its sales by 5.33% annually for the last half of the decade. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged -18.11%. With a float of $32.15 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $32.64 million.

In an organization with 13200 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 20.39%, operating margin of 8.83%, and the pretax margin is 5.97%.

Papa John’s International, Inc (PZZA) Insider and Institutional Ownership

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 128.36%. 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) Latest Financial update

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -18.11% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 2.87% 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 0.66. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.78. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 33.26.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.88, a number that is poised to hit 0.51 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.43 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Papa John’s International, Inc (PZZA)

Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 0.91 million. That was inferior than the volume of 1.0 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 62.91%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.01.

During the past 100 days, Papa John’s International, Inc’s (PZZA) raw stochastic average was set at 49.88%, which indicates a significant decrease from 84.42% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 34.04% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 39.01% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $51.35, while its 200-day Moving Average is $52.93. However, in the short run, Papa John’s International, Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $51.02. Second resistance stands at $51.74. The third major resistance level sits at $52.63. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $49.41, it is likely to go to the next support level at $48.52. The third support level lies at $47.80 if the price breaches the second support level.

Papa John’s International, Inc (NASDAQ: PZZA) Key Stats

With a market capitalization of 1.64 billion, the company has a total of 32,642K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 2,136 M while annual income is 82,100 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 506,810 K while its latest quarter income was 41,810 K.