Papa John’s International, Inc [NASDAQ: PZZA] gained 3.71% on the last trading session, reaching $43.31 price per share at the time.
If compared to the average trading volume of 1.30M shares, PZZA reached a trading volume of 3914825 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here is what top equities market gurus are saying about Papa John’s International, Inc [PZZA]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for PZZA shares is $55.83 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on PZZA stock is a recommendation set at 2.00. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
KeyBanc Capital Markets have made an estimate for Papa John’s International, Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Sector Weight, with their previous recommendation back on November 14, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Stifel dropped their target price from $65 to $60. The new note on the price target was released on April 22, 2024, representing the official price target for Papa John’s International, Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $75, while Stephens analysts kept a Overweight rating on PZZA stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Papa John’s International, Inc is set at 1.88, with the Price to Sales ratio for PZZA stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 0.67. Price to Free Cash Flow for PZZA in the course of the last twelve months was 28.64 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.66.
Trading performance analysis for PZZA stock
Papa John’s International, Inc [PZZA] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 10.57. With this latest performance, PZZA shares gained by 14.88% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -5.85% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -40.25% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for PZZA stock in for the last two-week period is set at 63.75, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 73.14, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 57.08 for Papa John’s International, Inc [PZZA]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 41.48, while it was recorded at 40.18 for the last single week of trading, and 47.15 for the last 200 days.
Papa John’s International, Inc [PZZA]: A deeper dive into fundamental analysis
Papa John’s International, Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.66 and a Current Ratio set at 0.80.
Papa John’s International, Inc [PZZA]: An earnings per share (EPS) analysis
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for PZZA. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Papa John’s International, Inc go to -0.12%.
An analysis of Institutional ownership at Papa John’s International, Inc [PZZA]
There are presently around $138.20%, or 140.74%% of PZZA stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of PZZA stocks are: BLACKROCK INC. with ownership of 5.16 million shares, which is approximately 15.811%. VANGUARD GROUP INC, holding 3.85 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$180.71 million in PZZA stocks shares; and VANGUARD GROUP INC, currently with $$141.84 million in PZZA stock with ownership which is approximately 9.2485%.
