Papa Johns International (PZZA) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)
Papa Johns International (PZZA) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 15.63% for Q1 2026, down 844.0% year-over-year from 2.1% in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from 15.64% in Q4 2025.
Papa Johns International (PZZA) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Papa Johns International's Return on Capital Employed history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 15.63% for Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 844.0% year-over-year to 15.63%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 15.63% (down 844.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 15.58%, down 1037.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 15.63%, roughly flat from 15.64% in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 29.31% in Q3 2024, with the low at 15.63% in Q1 2026.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 22.43% (2023), against an average of 22.16%.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed soared 700 bps in 2023, then tumbled 1298 bps in 2025.
- Papa Johns International's Return on Capital Employed stood at 18.74% in 2022, then jumped by 37 bps to 25.74% in 2023, then grew by 2 bps to 26.25% in 2024, then slumped by 40 bps to 15.64% in 2025, then fell by 0 bps to 15.63% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows PZZA's Return on Capital Employed at 15.63% in Q1 2026, 15.64% in Q4 2025, and 16.33% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2026 | 15.80% |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 15.63% |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 15.64% |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 16.33% |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 23.81% |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 24.07% |
| Dec 29, 2024 | 26.25% |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 29.31% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 24.03% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 24.73% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 25.74% |
| Sep 24, 2023 | 24.52% |
| Jun 25, 2023 | 22.43% |
| Mar 26, 2023 | 22.38% |
| Dec 25, 2022 | 18.74% |
| Sep 25, 2022 | 19.49% |
| Jun 26, 2022 | 21.31% |
| Mar 27, 2022 | 22.37% |
| Dec 26, 2021 | 28.02% |
| Sep 26, 2021 | 27.00% |