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Compared to Estimates, Papa John's (PZZA) Q1 Earnings: A Look at Key Metrics
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Papa John's (PZZA - Free Report) reported $518.31 million in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 0.9%. EPS of $0.36 for the same period compares to $0.67 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +1.67% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $509.8 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.33, the EPS surprise was +9.09%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Papa John's performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
Number of restaurants - Papa John's - Company-owned - Domestic: 539 versus 541 estimated by four analysts on average.
Number of Restaurants - Total North America: 3,516 compared to the 3,521 average estimate based on four analysts.
Comparable sales growth - System-wide North America restaurants: -1% versus the four-analyst average estimate of -1.2%.
Comparable sales growth - North America franchised restaurants: -2.3% compared to the -1.1% average estimate based on four analysts.
Comparable sales growth - Domestic company-owned restaurants: -4.6% versus -1.5% estimated by four analysts on average.
Number of Restaurants - System-wide: 6,019 versus 6,035 estimated by four analysts on average.
Revenues- North America franchise royalties and fees: $36.81 million compared to the $41.63 million average estimate based on six analysts. The reported number represents a change of +3.1% year over year.
Revenues- North America commissary revenues: $264.38 million versus $216.22 million estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +30.1% change.
Revenues- Other revenues: $23.76 million versus $34.08 million estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -59% change.
Revenues- Domestic Company-owned restaurant sales: $170.80 million versus $175.05 million estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -3.1% change.
Revenues- International revenues: $39.11 million versus $32.63 million estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -3.9% change.
Revenues- Advertising funds revenue: $43.67 million versus $43.36 million estimated by two analysts on average.
Shares of Papa John's have returned -1.7% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +11.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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Compared to Estimates, Papa John's (PZZA) Q1 Earnings: A Look at Key Metrics
Papa John's (PZZA - Free Report) reported $518.31 million in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 0.9%. EPS of $0.36 for the same period compares to $0.67 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +1.67% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $509.8 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.33, the EPS surprise was +9.09%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Papa John's performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Number of restaurants - Papa John's - Company-owned - Domestic: 539 versus 541 estimated by four analysts on average.
- Number of Restaurants - Total North America: 3,516 compared to the 3,521 average estimate based on four analysts.
- Comparable sales growth - System-wide North America restaurants: -1% versus the four-analyst average estimate of -1.2%.
- Comparable sales growth - North America franchised restaurants: -2.3% compared to the -1.1% average estimate based on four analysts.
- Comparable sales growth - Domestic company-owned restaurants: -4.6% versus -1.5% estimated by four analysts on average.
- Number of Restaurants - System-wide: 6,019 versus 6,035 estimated by four analysts on average.
- Revenues- North America franchise royalties and fees: $36.81 million compared to the $41.63 million average estimate based on six analysts. The reported number represents a change of +3.1% year over year.
- Revenues- North America commissary revenues: $264.38 million versus $216.22 million estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +30.1% change.
- Revenues- Other revenues: $23.76 million versus $34.08 million estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -59% change.
- Revenues- Domestic Company-owned restaurant sales: $170.80 million versus $175.05 million estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -3.1% change.
- Revenues- International revenues: $39.11 million versus $32.63 million estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -3.9% change.
- Revenues- Advertising funds revenue: $43.67 million versus $43.36 million estimated by two analysts on average.
View all Key Company Metrics for Papa John's here>>>Shares of Papa John's have returned -1.7% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +11.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.