---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-045958"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PZZA"
cik: "0000901491"
company_name: "PAPA JOHNS INTERNATIONAL INC"
filed_at: "2024-11-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T04:11:28.750643+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Papa John's Q3 2024: North America comps down 6%; adj. EPS $0.43 vs $0.53 YoY

## Summary
- Comparable sales: North America -6% (company-owned -7%, franchise -5%); International -3%.
- Global system-wide sales $1.19B (-3% YoY); total revenues $507M (-3% YoY).
- GAAP operating income $65M (up from $32M); adjusted operating income $29M (down $4M YoY).
- GAAP diluted EPS $1.27 (vs $0.48); adjusted diluted EPS $0.43 (vs $0.53 YoY).
- Net openings +25 in Q3; FY2024 guidance: North America >100 gross, International 170-190.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-045958
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PZZA
- cik: 0000901491
- company_name: PAPA JOHNS INTERNATIONAL INC
- filed_at: 2024-11-07T23:59:59+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/901491/000162828024045958/0001628280-24-045958-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/901491/000162828024045958/pzza-20241107.htm

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