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Papa John's (PZZA) Reports Q4 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say
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Papa John's (PZZA - Free Report) reported $571.32 million in revenue for the quarter ended December 2023, representing a year-over-year increase of 8.6%. EPS of $0.91 for the same period compares to $0.71 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -1.31% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $578.92 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.73, the EPS surprise was +24.66%.
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 - Franchised North America: 2,902 versus 2,895 estimated by seven analysts on average.
Comparable sales growth - System-wide North America restaurants: 11.2% versus the seven-analyst average estimate of 2%.
Number of Restaurants - System-wide: 5,906 versus the seven-analyst average estimate of 5,938.
Number of Restaurants - International Franchised: 2,356 versus 2,427 estimated by six analysts on average.
Comparable sales growth - System-wide International restaurants: 10.5% versus the six-analyst average estimate of -0.7%.
Comparable sales growth - Domestic company-owned restaurants: 2.2% compared to the 2.7% average estimate based on six analysts.
Number of Restaurants - International: 2,473 compared to the 2,483 average estimate based on six analysts.
Revenues- North America franchise royalties and fees: $38.73 million versus the seven-analyst average estimate of $39.33 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +12.2%.
Revenues- International revenues: $48.19 million versus $43.86 million estimated by seven analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +47.9% change.
Revenues- Other revenues: $62.96 million versus the seven-analyst average estimate of $68.99 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +0.7%.
Revenues- North America commissary revenues: $227.93 million versus $234.88 million estimated by seven analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +1.6% change.
Revenues- Domestic Company-owned restaurants: $193.52 million versus $193.44 million estimated by seven analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +12.4% change.
Shares of Papa John's have returned -4.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.9% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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Papa John's (PZZA) Reports Q4 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say
Papa John's (PZZA - Free Report) reported $571.32 million in revenue for the quarter ended December 2023, representing a year-over-year increase of 8.6%. EPS of $0.91 for the same period compares to $0.71 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -1.31% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $578.92 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.73, the EPS surprise was +24.66%.
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 - Franchised North America: 2,902 versus 2,895 estimated by seven analysts on average.
- Comparable sales growth - System-wide North America restaurants: 11.2% versus the seven-analyst average estimate of 2%.
- Number of Restaurants - System-wide: 5,906 versus the seven-analyst average estimate of 5,938.
- Number of Restaurants - International Franchised: 2,356 versus 2,427 estimated by six analysts on average.
- Comparable sales growth - System-wide International restaurants: 10.5% versus the six-analyst average estimate of -0.7%.
- Comparable sales growth - Domestic company-owned restaurants: 2.2% compared to the 2.7% average estimate based on six analysts.
- Number of Restaurants - International: 2,473 compared to the 2,483 average estimate based on six analysts.
- Revenues- North America franchise royalties and fees: $38.73 million versus the seven-analyst average estimate of $39.33 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +12.2%.
- Revenues- International revenues: $48.19 million versus $43.86 million estimated by seven analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +47.9% change.
- Revenues- Other revenues: $62.96 million versus the seven-analyst average estimate of $68.99 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +0.7%.
- Revenues- North America commissary revenues: $227.93 million versus $234.88 million estimated by seven analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +1.6% change.
- Revenues- Domestic Company-owned restaurants: $193.52 million versus $193.44 million estimated by seven analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +12.4% change.
View all Key Company Metrics for Papa John's here>>>Shares of Papa John's have returned -4.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.9% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.