---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-035858"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PZZA"
cik: "0000901491"
company_name: "PAPA JOHNS INTERNATIONAL INC"
filed_at: "2024-08-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T11:31:08.167879+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Papa John's Q2 2024: North America comps -4%, adjusted EPS $0.61 vs $0.59; 31 net closures

## Summary
- North America comparable sales -4% (company-owned -4%, franchised -3%); International comps flat.
- Total revenues $508M (-1% YoY); operating income $28M (-19%), adjusted operating income $38M (+4%).
- Diluted EPS $0.37 vs $0.54; adjusted diluted EPS $0.61 vs $0.59, topping prior year.
- 31 net unit closures in Q2, including 43 company-owned UK restaurants as strategic international closures.
- Global system-wide sales $1.20B, down 1% (ex-FX); new CEO Todd Penegor prioritizes franchisee economics.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-035858
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PZZA
- cik: 0000901491
- company_name: PAPA JOHNS INTERNATIONAL INC
- filed_at: 2024-08-08T23:59:59+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/901491/000162828024035858/0001628280-24-035858-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/901491/000162828024035858/pzza-20240808.htm

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