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Papa John's International (PZZA): analyst forecast and price target
Price targets and ratings of
Analyst consensus
Hold1 Buy6 Hold1 Sell
Ratings of 8 analysts in the last 3 months12-month forecast
$25.57+31.9% upside
Based on 8 price targets given in the last 3 months, the average target is $25.57, the highest $30.00, the lowest $19.00. The average is +31.9% from the last price of $19.39.
Highest target $30.00
Average target $25.57
Lowest target $19.00
Analyst ratings 14
| Analyst | Firm | Price target | Rating | Upside | Action | Date | Move vs SPY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Google RestaurantsGemini 2.5Pro | TipRanks - Google | $18.50 → $19.00+2.7% | Hold | −2.0% | Reiterated | 17.10.26on TipRanks 04:05 | — | |
| AI PerPlexity RestaurantsPerPlexity SonarPro | TipRanks - PerPlexity | $18.50 → $19.00+2.7% | Hold | −2.0% | Reiterated | 17.10.26on TipRanks 04:05 | — | |
| AI Google RestaurantsGemini 2.5Pro | TipRanks - Google | $19.00 → $18.50−2.6% | Hold | −4.6% | Reiterated | 16.10.26on TipRanks Oct 15 22:05 | — | |
| AI PerPlexity RestaurantsPerPlexity SonarPro | TipRanks - PerPlexity | $19.00 → $18.50−2.6% | Hold | −4.6% | Reiterated | 16.10.26on TipRanks Oct 15 22:05 | — | |
| Jim Salera★★★★★★★★★★#11939 · hits 35% · avg −10.2% | Stephens | $24.00 → $19.00−20.8% | Hold | −2.0% | Reiterated | 15.10.26on TipRanks 07:55 | +1.6%next day +0.2% | ↗ |
| AI xAi RestaurantsxAI Grok-3 | TipRanks - xAI | $20.00 → $19.50−2.5% | Hold | +0.6% | Reiterated | 14.10.26on TipRanks 16:05 | — | |
| AI DeepSeek RestaurantsDeepSeek R1-0528 | TipRanks - DeepSeek | $19.00 → $18.50−2.6% | Hold | −4.6% | Reiterated | 14.10.26on TipRanks 16:05 | — | |
| AI OpenAI RestaurantsOpenAI 5.2 | TipRanks - OpenAI | $19.50 → $19.00−2.6% | Hold | −2.0% | Reiterated | 14.10.26on TipRanks 16:05 | — | |
| AI Anthropic RestaurantsAnthropic Opus-4.1 | TipRanks - Anthropic | $18.50 → $18.00−2.7% | Sell | −7.2% | Reiterated | 14.10.26on TipRanks 16:05 | — | |
| AI Google RestaurantsGemini 2.5Pro | TipRanks - Google | $19.50 → $19.00−2.6% | Hold | −2.0% | Reiterated | 13.10.26on TipRanks 11:05 | — | |
| AI PerPlexity RestaurantsPerPlexity SonarPro | TipRanks - PerPlexity | $19.50 → $19.00−2.6% | Hold | −2.0% | Reiterated | 13.10.26on TipRanks 11:05 | — | |
| AI DeepSeek RestaurantsDeepSeek R1-0528 | TipRanks - DeepSeek | $18.50 → $19.00+2.7% | Hold | −2.0% | Reiterated | 12.10.26on TipRanks 01:05 | — | |
| AI OpenAI RestaurantsOpenAI 5.2 | TipRanks - OpenAI | $19.00 → $19.50+2.6% | Hold | +0.6% | Reiterated | 12.10.26on TipRanks 01:05 | — | |
| AI Anthropic RestaurantsAnthropic Opus-4.1 | TipRanks - Anthropic | $18.00 → $18.50+2.8% | Sell | −4.6% | Reiterated | 12.10.26on TipRanks 01:05 | — | |
| AI Google RestaurantsGemini 2.5Pro | TipRanks - Google | $19.00 → $19.50+2.6% | Hold | +0.6% | Reiterated | 12.10.26on TipRanks 01:05 | — | |
| AI PerPlexity RestaurantsPerPlexity SonarPro | TipRanks - PerPlexity | $19.00 → $19.50+2.6% | Hold | +0.6% | Reiterated | 12.10.26on TipRanks 01:05 | — | |
| AI xAi RestaurantsxAI Grok-3 | TipRanks - xAI | $19.50 → $20.00+2.6% | Hold | +3.1% | Reiterated | 09.10.26on TipRanks 16:05 | — | |
| AI xAi RestaurantsxAI Grok-3 | TipRanks - xAI | $20.00 → $19.50−2.5% | Hold | +0.6% | Reiterated | 08.10.26on TipRanks 13:05 | — | |
| AI DeepSeek RestaurantsDeepSeek R1-0528 | TipRanks - DeepSeek | $19.00 → $18.50−2.6% | Hold | −4.6% | Reiterated | 08.10.26on TipRanks 13:05 | — | |
| AI OpenAI RestaurantsOpenAI 5.2 | TipRanks - OpenAI | $19.50 → $19.00−2.6% | Hold | −2.0% | Reiterated | 08.10.26on TipRanks 13:05 | — | |
| AI Anthropic RestaurantsAnthropic Opus-4.1 | TipRanks - Anthropic | $18.50 → $18.00−2.7% | Sell | −7.2% | Reiterated | 08.10.26on TipRanks 13:05 | — | |
| AI OpenAI RestaurantsOpenAI 5.2 | TipRanks - OpenAI | $19.00 → $19.50+2.6% | Hold | +0.6% | Reiterated | 07.10.26on TipRanks 10:06 | — | |
| AI xAi RestaurantsxAI Grok-3 | TipRanks - xAI | $19.50 → $20.00+2.6% | Hold | +3.1% | Reiterated | 06.10.26on TipRanks 01:05 | — | |
| AI DeepSeek RestaurantsDeepSeek R1-0528 | TipRanks - DeepSeek | $18.50 → $19.00+2.7% | Hold | −2.0% | Reiterated | 06.10.26on TipRanks 01:05 | — | |
| AI Anthropic RestaurantsAnthropic Opus-4.1 | TipRanks - Anthropic | $18.00 → $18.50+2.8% | Sell | −4.6% | Reiterated | 06.10.26on TipRanks 01:05 | — | |
| AI xAi RestaurantsxAI Grok-3 | TipRanks - xAI | $20.00 → $19.50−2.5% | Hold | +0.6% | Reiterated | 03.10.26on TipRanks 20:05 | — | |
| AI DeepSeek RestaurantsDeepSeek R1-0528 | TipRanks - DeepSeek | $19.00 → $18.50−2.6% | Hold | −4.6% | Reiterated | 03.10.26on TipRanks 20:05 | — | |
| AI OpenAI RestaurantsOpenAI 5.2 | TipRanks - OpenAI | $19.50 → $19.00−2.6% | Hold | −2.0% | Reiterated | 03.10.26on TipRanks 20:05 | — | |
| AI Anthropic RestaurantsAnthropic Opus-4.1 | TipRanks - Anthropic | $18.50 → $18.00−2.7% | Sell | −7.2% | Reiterated | 03.10.26on TipRanks 20:05 | — | |
| AI xAi RestaurantsxAI Grok-3 | TipRanks - xAI | $20.50 → $20.00−2.4% | Hold | +3.1% | Reiterated | 01.10.26on TipRanks 17:05 | — | |
| AI DeepSeek RestaurantsDeepSeek R1-0528 | TipRanks - DeepSeek | $19.50 → $19.00−2.6% | Hold | −2.0% | Reiterated | 01.10.26on TipRanks 17:05 | — | |
| AI OpenAI RestaurantsOpenAI 5.2 | TipRanks - OpenAI | $20.00 → $19.50−2.5% | Hold | +0.6% | Reiterated | 01.10.26on TipRanks 17:05 | — | |
| AI Anthropic RestaurantsAnthropic Opus-4.1 | TipRanks - Anthropic | $19.00 → $18.50−2.6% | Sell | −4.6% | Reiterated | 01.10.26on TipRanks 17:05 | — | |
| AI Google RestaurantsGemini 2.5Pro | TipRanks - Google | $20.00 → $19.00−5.0% | Hold | −2.0% | Reiterated | 01.10.26on TipRanks 17:05 | — | |
| AI PerPlexity RestaurantsPerPlexity SonarPro | TipRanks - PerPlexity | $20.00 → $19.00−5.0% | Hold | −2.0% | Reiterated | 01.10.26on TipRanks 17:05 | — | |
| AI xAi RestaurantsxAI Grok-3 | TipRanks - xAI | $20.50 | Hold | +5.7% | Reiterated | 30.09.26on TipRanks 16:05 | — | |
| AI DeepSeek RestaurantsDeepSeek R1-0528 | TipRanks - DeepSeek | $19.50 | Hold | +0.6% | Reiterated | 30.09.26on TipRanks 16:05 | — | |
| AI OpenAI RestaurantsOpenAI 5.2 | TipRanks - OpenAI | $20.00 | Hold | +3.1% | Reiterated | 30.09.26on TipRanks 16:05 | — | |
| AI Anthropic RestaurantsAnthropic Opus-4.1 | TipRanks - Anthropic | $19.00 | Sell | −2.0% | Reiterated | 30.09.26on TipRanks 16:05 | — | |
| AI Google RestaurantsGemini 2.5Pro | TipRanks - Google | $19.50 → $20.00+2.6% | Hold | +3.1% | Reiterated | 30.09.26on TipRanks 16:05 | — | |
| AI PerPlexity RestaurantsPerPlexity SonarPro | TipRanks - PerPlexity | $19.50 → $20.00+2.6% | Hold | +3.1% | Reiterated | 30.09.26on TipRanks 16:05 | — | |
| Nick Setyan★★★★★★★★★★#740 · hits 54% · avg +11.7% | Mizuho Securities | $32.00 → $26.00−18.8% | Hold | +34.1% | Reiterated | 11.08.26on TipRanks Aug 12 08:15 | +2.3%next day −1.2% · 5 days −3.6% | ↗ |
| Sara Senatore★★★★★★★★★★#9103 · hits 47% · avg −0.1% | Bank of America Securities | $34.00 → $28.00−17.6% | Sell | +44.4% | Reiterated | 07.08.26on TipRanks Aug 10 05:16 | −1.3%next day −2.5% · 5 days −1.3% | ↗ |
| Brian Bittner★★★★★★★★★★#1132 · hits 61% · avg +7.0% | Oppenheimer | $22.00 | Hold | +13.5% | Reiterated | 07.08.26on TipRanks 08:45 | −1.3%next day −2.5% · 5 days −1.3% | ↗ |
| Andrew Strelzik★★★★★★★★★★#2829 · hits 53% · avg +3.8% | BMO Capital | $42.00 → $30.00−28.6% | Buy | +54.7% | Reiterated | 07.08.26on TipRanks 08:06 | −1.3%next day −2.5% · 5 days −1.3% | ↗ |
| Brian Mullan★★★★★★★★★★#1115 · hits 62% · avg +11.2% | Piper Sandler | $30.00 → $26.00−13.3% | Hold | +34.1% | Reiterated | 07.08.26on TipRanks 08:01 | −1.3%next day −2.5% · 5 days −1.3% | ↗ |
| Dennis Geiger★★★★★★★★★★#6791 · hits 51% · avg +0.7% | UBS | $33.00 → $28.00−15.2% | Hold | +44.4% | Assigned | 07.08.26on TipRanks 07:16 | −1.3%next day −2.5% · 5 days −1.3% | ↗ |
| Todd Brooks★★★★★★★★★★#10956 · hits 38% · avg −2.2% | Benchmark Co. | — | Hold | — | Downgrade | 07.08.26on TipRanks 06:15 | −1.3%next day −2.5% · 5 days −1.3% | ↗ |
| Jim Salera★★★★★★★★★★#11939 · hits 35% · avg −10.2% | Stephens | $38.00 → $24.00−36.8% | Hold | +23.8% | Downgrade | 07.08.26on TipRanks 06:10 | −1.3%next day −2.5% · 5 days −1.3% | ↗ |
| Peter Saleh★★★★★★★★★★#671 · hits 61% · avg +10.3% | BTIG | — | Hold | — | Reiterated | 15.05.26on TipRanks May 12 05:55 | +2.2%next day −4.6% · 5 days −0.2% | ↗ |
| Chris O`Cull★★★★★★★★★★#1070 · hits 54% · avg +9.1% | Stifel Nicolaus | $32.00 | Hold | +65.0% | Reiterated | 12.03.26on TipRanks 07:25 | −5.5%next day +2.4% · 5 days −5.8% | ↗ |
| Lauren Silberman★★★★★★★★★★#1006 · hits 67% · avg +11.3% | Deutsche Bank | $45.00 → $35.00−22.2% | Hold | +80.5% | Reiterated | 27.02.26on TipRanks 09:45 | +1.9%next day +1.8% · 5 days −0.1% | ↗ |
| Andy Barish★★★★★★★★★★#1254 · hits 54% · avg +8.1% | Jefferies | $45.00 | Hold | +132.1% | Reiterated | 15.12.25on TipRanks 06:05 | +0.5%next day −1.3% · 5 days −4.1% | ↗ |
| Eric Gonzalez★★★★★★★★★★#2623 · hits 52% · avg +6.3% | KeyBanc | — | Hold | — | Reiterated | 07.11.25on TipRanks 07:55 | −4.2%next day +5.5% · 5 days −0.1% | ↗ |
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Every rating the collector has kept for the last 12 months, including the earlier ones of the same analyst. Latest of each analyst
Best analysts covering Papa John's International
TipRanks picks them by their record on this stock; the figures under the name are their record across all their ratings.
Most accurate
3 months
Sara Senatore★★★★★★★★★★Bank of America Securities · #9103
Hits 47%197 of 415
Average return −0.1%
1 year
Sara Senatore★★★★★★★★★★Bank of America Securities · #9103
Hits 47%197 of 415
Average return −0.1%
2 years
Sara Senatore★★★★★★★★★★Bank of America Securities · #9103
Hits 47%197 of 415
Average return −0.1%
Most profitable
3 months
Sara Senatore★★★★★★★★★★Bank of America Securities · #9103
Hits 47%197 of 415
Average return −0.1%
1 year
Sara Senatore★★★★★★★★★★Bank of America Securities · #9103
Hits 47%197 of 415
Average return −0.1%
2 years
Sara Senatore★★★★★★★★★★Bank of America Securities · #9103
Hits 47%197 of 415
Average return −0.1%
How the average price target moved
The average target of all analysts (their ratings of the 3 months before) on each day, the top analysts’ dashed, against the price; the site keeps this record since 1 October 2026. On 01.10.26: target $26.29 at a price of $19.70 (+33.4%); now: $25.57 at $19.39 (+31.9%).
PriceAverage targetTop analysts’ target
Recommendation trend
Strong BuyBuyHoldSell
| Rating | 05.26 | 06.26 | 07.26 | 08.26 | 09.26 | 10.26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong Buy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buy | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Hold | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Sell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Earnings and sales forecast
Next report: 05.11.26 (Q3 2026, date not confirmed)
Earnings per share
Next quarter’s EPS estimate — $0.16 (from $0.06 to $0.32). Last quarter: $0.46.
Sales
Next quarter’s sales estimate — $459M (from $450M to $487M). Last quarter: $482M.
Best top-analyst consensus in the sector · Consumercyclical
About Papa John's International
- CEO: Todd Allan Penegor
- Employees: 9,400
- 2002 Papa John’s Boulevard, Louisville, KY, 40299-2367, US
- www.papajohns.ca
Papa John's International, Inc. is a global pizza chain that manages and grants franchises for its Papa John's branded delivery and take-out restaurants across the United States and internationally. The company's operations are divided into four primary segments: company-owned restaurants within the U.S., commissary services for North America, North American franchising, and its international ventures. Beyond its core model, Papa John's also runs dine-in and delivery establishments in various international markets. By December 26, 2021, the Papa John's network spanned 5,650 locations across 50 different countries and territories, comprising 600 directly owned by the company and 5,050 operating as franchises. Established in 1984, the company's corporate headquarters are located in Louisville, Kentucky.
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