Papa John's
PZZA
19.38
+0.02
+0.10%
Papa John's
US · PZZA
#3586 by market cap
19.38
+0.02
+0.10%
Live - 5344 symbols - heartbeat 27s ago
· 2026-10-08 10:00
Pre-market
19.48
+0.62%
After-hours
19.37
+0.05%
- Market cap
- 638.02M
- P/E (TTM)i
- 24.23
- P/Bi
- -1.41
- EPSi
- 0.90
- Div yieldi
- 9.49%
- 52W posi
- 1%
Reader sentiment
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✦ Quant Financial Health how this is computed
Good
- Altman Z-Score is 3.36, above the 3.0 "safe zone" threshold.
- Most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies; less meaningful for banks, insurers and other financials.
Revenue annual, last 8 years
Latest year -0.27% YoY
Margins
- Gross margin
- 20.73%
- Operating margin
- 4.12%
- Net margin
- 1.44%
Key ratios & quality
- Enterprise valuei
- 1.35B
- Altman Z-Scorei
- 3.36
Altman Z-Score below ~1.8 suggests financial distress risk, above ~3.0 suggests low risk; the model is most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies and less meaningful for banks and other financial firms.
Income statement
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1.66B | 1.62B | 1.81B | 2.07B | 2.10B | 2.14B | 2.06B | 2.05B |
| Gross profit | 271.78M | 290.54M | 344.20M | 429.32M | 388.43M | 419.32M | 416.63M | 425.67M |
| Selling & admin expenses | 193.53M | 223.46M | 198.26M | 212.27M | 215.30M | 208.08M | 204.53M | 248.74M |
| Research & development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Operating profit | 31.84M | 19.80M | 96.24M | 168.24M | 121.10M | 147.14M | 142.69M | 84.69M |
| Pretax profit | 6.70M | 5.05M | 75.36M | 150.95M | 83.77M | 103.67M | 114.13M | 48.38M |
| Tax | 2.62M | -611.00K | 14.75M | 25.99M | 14.42M | 20.87M | 29.93M | 16.26M |
| Net profit | 4.07M | 5.66M | 60.61M | 124.96M | 69.35M | 82.80M | 84.20M | 32.12M |
| Basic EPS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Diluted EPS | 0.08 | -0.24 | 1.28 | 0.12 | 1.89 | 2.48 | 2.54 | 0.90 |
| Line item | 2025-03 | 2025-06 | 2025-09 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 518.31M | 529.17M | 508.15M | 498.18M | 478.61M | 482.40M |
| Gross profit | 151.81M | 157.45M | 139.02M | -22.61M | 137.72M | 143.37M |
| Selling & admin expenses | 107.37M | 114.14M | 97.71M | -68.00M | 95.85M | 100.94M |
| Research & development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Operating profit | 26.10M | 24.49M | 16.40M | 15.22M | 24.14M | 23.19M |
| Pretax profit | 13.89M | 13.91M | 6.23M | 14.36M | 11.08M | 13.67M |
| Tax | 4.54M | 4.24M | 1.75M | 5.73M | 4.14M | 4.97M |
| Net profit | 9.34M | 9.67M | 4.47M | 8.63M | 6.94M | 8.70M |
| Basic EPS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Diluted EPS | 0.27 | 0.28 | 0.13 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.24 |
Balance sheet
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total current assets | 196.28M | 181.55M | 306.41M | 255.01M | 251.04M | 231.02M | 230.61M | 237.43M |
| Cash & ST investments | 33.26M | 27.91M | 130.20M | 70.61M | 47.37M | 40.59M | 37.96M | 34.59M |
| Inventory | 27.20M | 27.53M | 30.27M | 34.98M | 41.38M | 36.13M | 35.25M | 34.34M |
| Total assets | 595.90M | 730.72M | 872.77M | 885.70M | 864.23M | 875.01M | 888.95M | 837.51M |
| Total current liabilities | 188.89M | 207.95M | 288.87M | 287.42M | 265.16M | 304.60M | 277.96M | 290.99M |
| Short-term debt | 20.01M | 45.02M | 47.08M | 27.52M | 30.27M | 33.11M | 33.04M | 38.72M |
| Long-term debt | 601.13M | 347.29M | 328.29M | 480.73M | 597.07M | 757.42M | 741.65M | 710.44M |
| Total liabilities | 899,910,000.00 | 1,047,377,000.00 | 1,133,235,000.00 | 1,052,664,000.00 | 1,133,674,000.00 | 1,317,770,000.00 | 1,302,265,000.00 | 1,270,194,000.00 |
| Total equity | -304.01M | -316.66M | -260.47M | -166.96M | -269.45M | -442.77M | -413.31M | -432.69M |
| Retained earnings | 242.18M | 205.70M | 219.16M | 183.16M | 195.86M | 219.03M | 241.72M | 210.76M |
| Line item | 2025-03 | 2025-06 | 2025-09 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total current assets | 242.12M | 238.79M | 270.84M | 237.43M | 240.41M | 234.36M |
| Cash & ST investments | 44.01M | 33.30M | 38.97M | 34.59M | 39.04M | 28.49M |
| Inventory | 37.20M | 37.47M | 35.76M | 34.34M | 36.20M | 32.55M |
| Total assets | 898.09M | 890.44M | 884.10M | 837.51M | 831.93M | 805.03M |
| Total current liabilities | 282.90M | 292.72M | 310.83M | 290.99M | 284.71M | 282.84M |
| Short-term debt | 36.29M | 37.10M | 37.92M | 38.72M | 41.81M | 45.18M |
| Long-term debt | 741.93M | 726.28M | 727.14M | 710.44M | 727.34M | 715.22M |
| Total liabilities | 1,314,027,000.00 | 1,306,304,000.00 | 1,307,548,000.00 | 1,270,194,000.00 | 1,269,373,000.00 | 1,246,244,000.00 |
| Total equity | -415.94M | -415.86M | -423.45M | -432.69M | -437.45M | -441.21M |
| Retained earnings | 235.79M | 229.87M | 219.04M | 210.76M | 202.60M | 195.30M |
Cash flow
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 92.45M | 61.75M | 186.44M | 184.68M | 117.81M | 193.06M | 106.63M | 126.00M |
| Depreciation & amortization | 46.40M | 47.28M | 49.71M | 48.82M | 52.03M | 64.09M | 69.41M | 92.25M |
| Free cash flow | 50.43M | 24.04M | 150.79M | 116.12M | 39.42M | 116.44M | 34.15M | 51.57M |
| Dividends paid | -28.99M | -38.57M | -43.01M | -46.75M | -54.77M | -58.45M | -60.56M | -61.14M |
| Stock buybacks / issuance | -158.05M | 0 | -2.70M | -72.50M | -125.00M | -210.35M | -2.08M | 0 |
| Ending cash balance | 33.26M | 27.91M | 130.20M | 70.61M | 47.37M | 40.59M | 37.96M | 36.95M |
| Line item | 2025-03 | 2025-06 | 2025-09 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 31.34M | 35.51M | 39.35M | 19.81M | 7.22M | 28.60M |
| Depreciation & amortization | 18.34M | 18.82M | 24.91M | 30.17M | 17.73M | 19.25M |
| Free cash flow | 19.11M | 16.07M | 18.90M | -2.50M | -6.30M | 14.55M |
| Dividends paid | -15.17M | -15.32M | -15.32M | -15.32M | -15.32M | -15.54M |
| Stock buybacks / issuance | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Ending cash balance | 44.01M | 33.30M | 38.97M | 36.95M | 39.04M | 28.49M |
Returns & efficiency
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROE %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| ROA %i | 0.29 | -1.17 | 5.21 | 0.46 | 7.70 | 9.44 | 9.45 | 3.43 |
| ROIC %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 5-year avg ROE %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| EBIT margin %i | 1.98 | 1.58 | 5.10 | 8.23 | 5.19 | 6.89 | 7.61 | 4.34 |
| FCF / sales %i | 1.96 | 1.48 | 8.32 | 5.61 | 1.88 | 5.45 | 1.66 | 2.51 |
| Current ratioi | 1.04 | 0.87 | 1.06 | 0.89 | 0.95 | 0.76 | 0.83 | 0.82 |
| Quick ratioi | 0.70 | 0.53 | 0.81 | 0.60 | 0.62 | 0.50 | 0.53 | 0.51 |
| Debt / assetsi | 104.24 | 71.88 | 58.84 | 77.40 | 93.41 | 110.37 | 109.24 | 111.80 |
| LT debt / equityi | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Interest coveragei | 1.23 | 1.25 | 5.43 | 8.86 | 4.32 | 3.38 | 3.68 | 2.19 |
| Revenue CAGR (3Y) %i | 0.52 | -1.87 | 0.56 | 7.55 | 9.09 | 5.61 | -0.15 | -0.77 |
| Net income CAGR (3Y) %i | -68.03 | -63.89 | -17.64 | 264.71 | 140.60 | 12.32 | -11.40 | -23.34 |
| FCF CAGR (3Y) %i | -27.35 | -36.68 | 22.32 | 32.05 | 17.92 | -8.26 | -33.50 | 9.37 |
| Line item | 2025-03 | 2025-06 | 2025-09 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROE %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| ROA %i | 8.93 | 8.70 | 4.37 | 3.43 | 3.18 | 3.14 |
| ROIC %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 5-year avg ROE %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| EBIT margin %i | 7.12 | 6.87 | 4.51 | 4.34 | 4.27 | 4.30 |
| FCF / sales %i | 2.63 | 2.71 | 3.80 | 2.51 | 1.30 | 1.25 |
| Current ratioi | 0.86 | 0.82 | 0.87 | 0.82 | 0.84 | 0.83 |
| Quick ratioi | 0.54 | 0.49 | 0.49 | 0.51 | 0.51 | 0.45 |
| Debt / assetsi | 109.59 | 108.56 | 107.47 | 111.80 | 114.51 | 116.21 |
| LT debt / equityi | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Interest coveragei | 3.53 | 3.47 | 2.32 | 2.19 | 2.13 | 2.15 |
| Revenue CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Net income CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| FCF CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
✦ Quant Revenue Concentration how this is computed
Lead segment, long tail
- Commissary Sales is the largest reported line at 47.85% of revenue, across 5 reported segments.
- Company-owned restaurant sales follows at 29.47%, so the top line still matters most but isn’t the whole story.
Revenue breakdown most recent period
Business
Commissary Sales47.85%
Company-owned restaurant sales29.47%
Franchise Royalties and Fees9.66%
Advertising funds revenue8.57%
Other revenues4.45%
Quote time 2026-10-08 10:00:26 · For reference only, not investment advice and not tailored to your situation.