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Papa John's International (Papa John's International) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 4.30% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Papa John's International Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Papa John's International's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,418 Mil. Papa John's International's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $147 Mil. Papa John's International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.30%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Papa John's International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

PZZA' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.05   Med: 4.14   Max: 6.91
Current: 4.83

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Papa John's International was 6.91%. The lowest was -0.05%. And the median was 4.14%.

PZZA's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
61.52% of 356 companies
in the Restaurants industry
Industry Median: 3.48 vs PZZA: 4.83

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Papa John's International's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 23.17%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Papa John's International Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Papa John's International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Papa John's International Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Papa John's International Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.01 2.92 3.11 3.00 4.30

Papa John's International Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.00 3.88 3.81 4.41 4.30

Competitive Comparison of Papa John's International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Restaurants subindustry, Papa John's International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Papa John's International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Papa John's International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Papa John's International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Papa John's International Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Papa John's Internationals Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=147.142/3418.02124
=4.30 %

Papa John's International's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $147 Mil.



Papa John's International  (NAS:PZZA) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Papa John's International (Papa John's International) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2002 Papa John's Boulevard, Louisville, KY, USA, 40299-2367
Papa John's is one of the largest players in the global QSR pizza market, boasting more than 5,700 restaurants across nearly 50 countries at the end of 2022. The firm operates a predominantly franchised system, owning just shy of 10% of its restaurants and generating revenue from franchise royalties, sales of pizza, and related products at its company-owned stores, and sales from its commissary supply chain. The firm is the third-largest limited-service pizza chain in the U.S. and fourth-largest globally, with a sizable presence in the U.K., China, South Korea, and Chile.
Executives
John W Garratt director 100 MISSION RIDGE, GOODLETTSVILLE TN 37072
Stephen L Gibbs director C/O SCIENTIFIC GAMES CORPORATION, 1500 BLUEGRASS LAKES PARKWAY, ALPHARETTA, GA 30004
John C Miller director
Ravi Thanawala officer: Chief Financial Officer 788 CIRCLE 75 PARKWAY, ATLANTA GA 30339
Christopher K Collins officer: VP, Treasury and Tax 788 CIRCLE 75 PARKWAY, ATLANTA GA 30339
Marvin Boakye officer: Chief People Officer PO BOX 99900, LOUISVILLE KY 40269
Olivia F Kirtley director 6655 LANCER BLVD, SAN ANTONIO TX 78219
Robert Lynch director, officer: President and CEO P. O. BOX 99900, LOUISVILLE KY 40269
Jack H Swaysland officer: SVP, COO - International PO BOX 99900, LOUISVILLE KY 40269
Jeffrey C Smith director 201 E LAS OLAS BOULEVARD, SUITE 1000, FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33301
James Norberg officer: SVP, CROO PO BOX 99900, LOUISVILLE KY 40269
Caroline Miller Oyler officer: SVP, General Counsel P.O. BOX 99900, LOUISVILLE KY 40269
Ann B Gugino officer: Chief Financial Officer 1031 MENDOTA HEIGHTS ROAD, ST. PAUL MN 55120
Steven R Coke officer: VP, IR and Strategy P.O. BOX 99900, LOUISVILLE KY 40269
Amanda Clark officer: Chief Development Officer PO BOX 99900, LOUISVILLE KY 40269

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