Why Papa John's Pizza Is An Attractive Buy

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May 29, 2015

Papa John's Pizza (PZZA, Financial) is an American restaurant company. It runs the third-largest take-out and pizza delivery restaurant chain in the world. The company is on a spectacular run, as the stocks have crossed over 58% in the last 12 months.

In Q1 FY15, Papa John’s Pizza posted adjusted earnings per share of 55 cents, beating the consensus estimate of 52 cents. The company reported revenue of $432.3 million, beating the analyst estimate of $415 million.

Papa John’s flavorful Greek pizza

Papa John’s clients for now don’t have to go far for the reason that the pizza giant is permitting its clients to tickle their taste buds to the Greek Isles by introducing back a fan favorite, the Greek pizza. And, as a supplementary bonus that is certain to pleasure fans of its fresh, never frozen, original dough and signature garlic sauce, the company is enduring to propose its shareable Garlic Knots for $5.

The delicious Greek pizza contains Papa John’s fresh, never frozen, original hand-tossed pizza dough and is coated with both its trademark pizza sauce and rich basil pesto. The Greek pizza is topped with ingredients including ripe black olives, fresh Roma tomatoes, premium pepperoni, Feta cheese crumbles and Mozzarella and banana peppers.

The company’s new Greek pizza is the perfect mishmash of the company’s commitment to deliver high-grade ingredients and floating the bar on taste from the feta to the basil pesto to the classic Papa John’s toppings and flavors that clients presume.

Garlic Knots and Brownie

In addition, Papa John’s has also greeted their customers with all new Garlic Knots and Double Chocolate Chip Brownie. The customers can order its all-new Garlic Knots—eight knots made from fresh, never frozen, dough, oven baked and sauced with Papa John’s delicious, trademark garlic parmesan sauce and combined with pizza sauce for dipping.

For a sweet delight, Papa John’s carry on to provide the decadent family-sized Double Chocolate Chip Brownie, cut into nine squares and served warm for $6 only.

Online facilities

  1. The Greek pizza and Garlic Knots can be ordered online at www.papajohns.com or with the help of Papa John’s mobile ordering app for iPhone and Android devices.
  2. The company’s nutritional facts have long been available on its site, but the company wanted to make things tranquil for customers to locate and recognize exactly what they’re consuming and what makes their pizzas so special and delicious.
  3. Papa John’s has a storied ritual of “Better Ingredients” and it desires customers to know precisely what that means. In fact, the company desires to challenge customers take a gaze for them to get to know “better,” and find out what goes into the company’s products and onto its pizzas by visiting www.papajohns.com/better.
  4. Meeting the growing request for transparency, the company is improving its social content with a series of Instagram and Vine videos, escorted by Twitter and Facebook content concentrating on each ingredient type. It will be helpful for customers to know what exactly the ingredients are made of.

Better ingredients with innovative digital resources

Papa John’s has been delivering pizzas with better ingredients for more than 25 years, and now the company is providing a modernization to its digital and social channels by allocating new ingredient declarations, definitions and facts. The refurbished digital channels offer customers with details and background on their preferred ingredients and can be found at www.papajohns.com/better.

As customers remain to expect greater transparency from the food manufacturing and better ingredient options, Papa John’s endures to look diligently at its labels to make sure that it is aware of food trends without letting go the great taste its clients love and have come to suppose. The company’s products are free from trans fats, MSG, fillers in its meat toppings, BHA, BHT and partially hydrogenated oils.

Conclusion

Papa John’s Pizza has been on a great run for the past few months, and it still is likely to grow further by providing new innovative products, serving to the customers' demand. The recently introduced Greek Pizza and Garlic Knots add to the company's top line going forward. I believe that investors should include the company in their portfolio.