---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-007789"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PZZA"
cik: "0000901491"
company_name: "PAPA JOHNS INTERNATIONAL INC"
filed_at: "2024-02-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T07:45:16.835319+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Papa John's Q4 2023: Adj EPS $0.91 beats $0.71; NA comp sales +2%

## Summary
- Q4 diluted EPS $0.79 (vs $0.66); adjusted diluted EPS $0.91 (vs $0.71).
- North America comparable sales +2% YoY; International comparable sales -6% YoY.
- Global system-wide restaurant sales $1.34B, +11% (or +2% excluding 53rd week).
- Full year adjusted diluted EPS $2.71 vs $2.94; revenue $2.14B, +2%.
- 208 net unit openings in 2023; fourth consecutive year of positive NA comp sales.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-007789
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PZZA
- cik: 0000901491
- company_name: PAPA JOHNS INTERNATIONAL INC
- filed_at: 2024-02-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/901491/000162828024007789/0001628280-24-007789-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/901491/000162828024007789/pzza-20240229.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  PAPA JOHNS INTERNATIONAL INC reported the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2023 results: revenue $571 million, EPS $0.79.
  - Period: the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $571 million
  - EPS: $0.79
  - Result: reported results
  source text: billion, an 11% (b) increase from the prior year fourth quarter. Excluding the 53rd week in 2023, global system-wide sales were up approximately 2% (b) . • Total revenues of $571 million were up $45 million, or 9%, compared with a year ago. Excluding the 53rd week, Total revenues were up approximately 1%. • Diluted earnings per common share of $0.79, up from
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/901491/000162828024007789/0001628280-24-007789-index.htm

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