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Papa Johns International (PZZA) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Papa Johns International (PZZA) has 17 years of Operating Margin data on record, last reported at 4.92% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Operating Margin fell 64.0% year-over-year to 4.92%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 4.34%, down 327.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 4.34%, 327.0% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin reached 4.92% in Q4 2025 per PZZA's latest filing, up from 3.18% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 12.87% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 2.66% in Q1 2022.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 6.44%, with a median of 6.67% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Operating Margin: soared 678bps in 2024, then plummeted -969bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 7.22% in 2021, then dropped by -5bps to 6.88% in 2022, then increased by 8bps to 7.45% in 2023, then decreased by -25bps to 5.56% in 2024, then decreased by -12bps to 4.92% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Operating Margin were 4.92% in Q4 2025, 3.18% in Q3 2025, and 4.63% in Q2 2025.