Fast-food pizza chain Papa John’s (NASDAQ: PZZA) will be reporting results this Thursday before market hours. Here’s what you need to know.
Papa John's beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 2.7% last quarter, reporting revenues of $529.2 million, up 4.2% year on year. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ same-store sales estimates and a solid beat of analysts’ revenue estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Papa John’s revenue to grow 3.2% year on year to $523.2 million, a reversal from the 3.1% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.41 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Papa John's has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates four times over the last two years.
Looking at Papa John’s peers in the traditional fast food segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Restaurant Brands delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 6.9%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.4%, and Domino's reported revenues up 6.2%, topping estimates by 0.9%. Restaurant Brands’s stock price was unchanged after the resultswhile Domino's was up 2.2%.
Read our full analysis of Restaurant Brands’s results here and Domino’s results here.
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