Ratio Review: Analyzing Papa John’s International, Inc (PZZA)’s Price-to-Cash and Price-to-Free Cash Flow

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After finishing at $40.86 in the prior trading day, Papa John’s International, Inc (NASDAQ: PZZA) closed at $40.22, down -1.57%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.57 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.74 million shares were traded. PZZA stock price reached its highest trading level at $41.1592 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $39.98.

Ratios:

Our goal is to gain a better understanding of PZZA by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 33.84 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 16.64. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.76 and its Current Ratio is at 0.87.

Upgrades & Downgrades

In the most recent recommendation for this company, Mizuho on October 28, 2025, initiated with a Neutral rating and assigned the stock a target price of $58.

On October 06, 2025, BofA Securities Downgraded its rating to Neutral which previously was Buy but kept the price unchanged to $50.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, PZZA now has a Market Capitalization of 1318790400 and an Enterprise Value of 2246539264. As of this moment, Papa’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 35.47, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 22.05. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.63. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.077 whereas that against EBITDA is 11.374.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for PZZA is 1.14, which has changed by 0.018444657 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.13153219 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, PZZA has reached a high of $55.74, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $30.16. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -9.85%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -8.46%.

Shares Statistics:

The stock has traded on average 1.58M shares per day over the past 3-months and 692960 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 32.79M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 32.38M. Insiders hold about 1.26% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 112.04% stake in the company. Shares short for PZZA as of 1764288000 were 3628320 with a Short Ratio of 2.30, compared to 1761868800 on 2801592. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3628320 and a Short% of Float of 15.14.

Dividends & Splits

In the trailing 12 months, PZZA’s forward annual dividend rate was 1.84, compared to 1.84 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.045031816. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.43. The current Payout Ratio is 72.48% for PZZA, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-11-17 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-11-17. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2013-12-30 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.

Earnings Estimates

The company has 15.0 analysts who recommend its stock at the moment. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.42, with high estimates of $0.54 and low estimates of $0.32.

Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $1.75 and $1.21 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $1.43. EPS for the following year is $1.84, with 15.0 analysts recommending between $2.23 and $1.37.

Revenue Estimates

15 analysts predict $516.52M in revenue for. The current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $567.5M to a low estimate of $497.5M. As of. The current estimate, Papa John’s International, Inc’s year-ago sales were $530.77MFor the next quarter, 15 analysts are estimating revenue of $500.06M. There is a high estimate of $539.4M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $489.58M.

A total of 15 analysts have provided revenue estimates for PZZA’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $2.12B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $2.05B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $2.07B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $2.06BBased on 15 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $2.03B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $2.19B and the low estimate is $1.93B.

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