---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-22-020839"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PZZA"
cik: "0000901491"
company_name: "PAPA JOHNS INTERNATIONAL INC"
filed_at: "2022-08-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T04:43:09.527481+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Papa John's Q2 revenue $522.7M (+1.5%), EPS $0.70 vs $0.93; dividend raised 20%

## Summary
- Total revenues $522.7M (+1.5% YoY); North America comps +0.9%, Intl comps -8.0%.
- Diluted EPS $0.70; adjusted diluted EPS $0.74 vs $0.93 a year ago; net income $25.4M.
- Annual dividend raised 20% to $1.68; Q3 dividend declared at $0.42 per share.
- Repurchased $42.8M of shares in Q2; 47 net unit openings; FY 2022 unit growth guidance 280-320.
- Commodity cost and labor inflation, plus UK softening, pressured margins and international sales.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-22-020839
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PZZA
- cik: 0000901491
- company_name: PAPA JOHNS INTERNATIONAL INC
- filed_at: 2022-08-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/901491/000162828022020839/0001628280-22-020839-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/901491/000162828022020839/pzza-20220804.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-020839
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-020839.txt

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