Papa John’s International, Inc (PZZA) is heading in the right direction with an average volume of $1.06M

As on Thursday, Papa John’s International, Inc (NASDAQ: PZZA) got off with the flyer as it spiked 1.45% to $40.70, before settling in for the price of $40.12 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, PZZA posted a 52-week range of $38.25-$78.67.

In the past 5-years timespan, the Consumer Cyclical sector firm’s annual sales growth was 5.33%. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 100.40%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is -18.13%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $32.64 million, simultaneously with a float of $32.15 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $1.33 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $49.32, while the 200-day Moving Average is $51.22.

Papa John’s International, Inc (PZZA) Ownership Facts and Figures

Another important factor to analyze is how key investors are playing towards the stock of the Restaurants industry. Papa John’s International, Inc’s current insider ownership accounts for 1.50%, in contrast to 128.36% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Aug 14 ’24, this organization’s Director bought 2,250 shares at the rate of 44.75, making the entire transaction reach 100,680 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 35,069. Preceding that transaction, on May 14 ’24, Company’s Interim CEO, and CFO bought 1,900 for 52.41, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 99,579. This particular insider is now the holder of 38,920 in total.

Papa John’s International, Inc (PZZA) Earnings and Revenue Records

Papa John’s International, Inc’s EPS decrease for this current 12-month fiscal period is -18.13% and is forecasted to reach 2.43 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 2.87% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 100.40% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.

Papa John’s International, Inc (NASDAQ: PZZA) Trading Performance Indicators

Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Papa John’s International, Inc (PZZA). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 0.66. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 1.91. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $14.12, and its Beta score is 1.17. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 0.63. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 26.91.

In the same vein, PZZA’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 2.88, a figure that is expected to reach 0.51 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 2.43 at the market close of one year from today.

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

Through scrutinizing the latest numbers posted by the [Papa John’s International, Inc, PZZA], it can be observed that its last 5-days Average volume of 1.1 million was better the volume of 1.01 million, it posted the year before. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 22.94% While, its Average True Range was 1.86.

Raw Stochastic average of Papa John’s International, Inc (PZZA) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 10.89%, which indicates a major fall in contrast to 19.45% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 41.82% that was higher than 40.81% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.