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

Papa Johns International has reported Operating Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 4.92% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Operating Margin at 4.92% for Q4 2025, down 64.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 4.34% (down 327.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 4.34%, down 327.0%.
  • Operating Margin for Q4 2025 was 4.92% at Papa Johns International, up from 3.18% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Margin for PZZA hit a ceiling of 12.87% in Q3 2024 and a floor of 2.66% in Q1 2022.
  • Median Operating Margin over the past 5 years was 6.67% (2023), compared with a mean of 6.44%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: surged 678bps in 2024 and later crashed -969bps in 2025.
  • Papa Johns International's Operating Margin stood at 7.22% in 2021, then decreased by -5bps to 6.88% in 2022, then rose by 8bps to 7.45% in 2023, then fell by -25bps to 5.56% in 2024, then fell by -12bps to 4.92% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Operating Margin were 4.92% (Q4 2025), 3.18% (Q3 2025), and 4.63% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.