Papa John’s International, Inc (NASDAQ:PZZA) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.61M but it saw 1754711 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 1.34B USD, the company’s current market price of $41.02 came rising about 0.56 while comparing to the previous closing price of $40.79. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $68.66 and as low as $35.28. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $40.52 while lowest mark touched by it was $41.39.
Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Papa John’s International, Inc (PZZA) gives us an average price of $44.85, while its current price level is -40.26% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 16.27% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $43.29 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $46.21. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 4.63% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 4.90%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 40.22 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.
Stifel upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Hold” from “Sell” on April 22, 2024 while assigning a price target range of $65-$60. Stephens issued its recommendations for the stock as it resumed the price target for the stock is $75.
Over the week, PZZA’s stock price is moving -9.75% down while it is -11.29% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -0.12% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -38.15%.
The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report on 2025-Feb-26, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 0.35 while estimate for next year EPS is 1.8. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $512.1M as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $2.1B and seeing the company making $2.16B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $512.48M for current-quarter revenue.
Currently, Papa John’s International, Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 32.65M with 1.75% of that held by the insiders while 129.72% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 16.38%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 16.21 while having a 16.98 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.26. Stock has a price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 0.65. Its return on asset (ROA) is 8.68% on average.
