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Papa John's PZZA

US equityMarket cap rank #3581Restaurants
$19.36 −$0.22 (-1.12%)
Pre-market · Oct 8, 8:50 am ET · After hours $19.37 +0.05%
Open$19.50
Prev close$19.58
Day range$19.26 – $19.60
Volume978.2K
Market cap$637.36M
P/E (TTM)24.2
Dividend yield9.50%

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership115.2%-0.19 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding307+0 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)36 buys / 14 sellsNet buying
Short interest21.14% of floatDays to cover 4.8 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share25.3%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

19%22%25%28%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$3.04M (7 inflow days, 13 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

+$1.1MSuper−$4.2MBig−$3.7MMid−$4.6MSmall

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 44.6% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock15.06%
  • EARNEST Partners, LLC8.78%
  • Brandes Investment Partners, LP8.29%
  • Managed Account Advisors LLC6.56%
  • Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC5.96%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC5.13%
  • SEI Investments Company5.01%
  • Irth Capital Management Lp4.95%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund90.02%
  • Hedge Fund14.35%
  • Public Company4.26%
  • Private Company3.27%
  • Government Pension Fund2.07%
  • Individual/Insider1.30%
  • Family Office/Trust0.94%
  • Insurance Company0.22%

Reported short interest has risen from 17.37% to 21.14% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Recent institutional activity

HolderTypePeriodShare changeNew stake
EARNEST Partners, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +988,308 8.8%
Managed Account Advisors LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +879,037 6.6%
SEI Investments Company Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +569,145 5.0%
Balyasny Asset Management L.P. Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +415,669 1.4%
Marex Group Limited Public Company 2026/Q3 +400,418 1.2%
Edward Jones Trust Company Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +273,039 1.6%
Natixis Advisors, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +257,705 1.5%
Greenhouse Funds LLLP Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +194,295 2.2%
BlackRock Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +138,401 15.1%
Macquarie Group Limited Public Company 2026/Q3 +105,834 0.3%
Soros Fund Management LLC Family Office/Trust 2026/Q3 +100,000 0.3%
Wells Fargo & Company Public Company 2026/Q3 +99,049 0.8%
Brandes Investment Partners, LP Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +97,879 8.3%
Great Hill Capital, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +93,055 1.1%
Verition Fund Management LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +90,826 0.5%

Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
8 Sep 2026 John Vasconi Chief Digital & Technology officer Sale to Issuer -1,884 $21.63 42,057
30 Jul 2026 Todd Penegor Chief Executive Officer Sale to Issuer -8,498 $29.90 196,034
4 Jun 2026 Caroline Oyler Chief Legal & Risk Officer and Corporate Secretary Sale to Issuer -251 $31.92 65,435
28 May 2026 John Miller Independent Director Other Acquisition +159 $34.21 12,130
28 May 2026 Laurette Koellner Independent Director Other Acquisition +328 $34.21 25,087
28 May 2026 Christopher Coleman Independent Chairperson Other Acquisition +378 $34.21 28,763
28 May 2026 Stephen Gibbs Independent Director Other Acquisition +156 $34.21 11,897
28 May 2026 Jocelyn Mangan Independent Director Other Acquisition +271 $34.21 20,730
28 May 2026 John Garratt Independent Director Other Acquisition +156 $34.21 11,897
28 May 2026 Sonya Medina Independent Director Other Acquisition +274 $34.21 20,966
10 May 2026 John Miller Independent Director Other Acquisition +4,494 – 11,971
10 May 2026 Laurette Koellner Independent Director Other Acquisition +4,494 – 24,759
10 May 2026 Christopher Coleman Independent Chairperson Other Acquisition +7,041 – 28,385
10 May 2026 Stephen Gibbs Independent Director Other Acquisition +4,494 – 11,741
10 May 2026 Jocelyn Mangan Independent Director Other Acquisition +4,494 – 20,459
10 May 2026 John Garratt Independent Director Other Acquisition +4,494 – 11,741
10 May 2026 Sonya Medina Independent Director Other Acquisition +4,494 – 20,692
24 Mar 2026 Caroline Oyler Chief Legal & Risk Officer and Corporate Secretary Sale to Issuer -714 $33.12 65,686
24 Mar 2026 Ravi Thanawala Chief Financial Officer Sale to Issuer -1,816 $33.12 87,306
3 Mar 2026 Caroline Oyler Chief Legal & Risk Officer and Corporate Secretary Sale to Issuer -1,114 $31.99 66,400

From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 6,959,501 21.1% 4.8
31 Aug 2026 6,047,013 18.4% 5.6
14 Aug 2026 5,536,453 16.8% 2.3
31 Jul 2026 5,954,934 18.1% 6.0
15 Jul 2026 5,738,420 17.4% 8.0
30 Jun 2026 5,716,193 17.4% 5.5

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