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Papa Johns International (PZZA) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Papa Johns International has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.16% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.16% for Q4 2025, down 11.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.16% (down 11.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.16%, down 10.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.16% at Papa Johns International, down from 0.16% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for PZZA hit a ceiling of 0.29% in Q3 2024 and a floor of 0.16% in Q4 2025.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.24% (2021), compared with a mean of 0.23%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: increased 14bps in 2021 and later dropped -13bps in 2025.
  • Papa Johns International's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.28% in 2021, then tumbled by -33bps to 0.19% in 2022, then soared by 37bps to 0.26% in 2023, then grew by 2bps to 0.26% in 2024, then tumbled by -40bps to 0.16% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.16% (Q4 2025), 0.16% (Q3 2025), and 0.24% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.