Guru Fundamental Report for PZZA

Below is Validea’s guru fundamental report for PAPA JOHN’S INT’L, INC. (PZZA). Of the 22 guru strategies we follow, PZZA rates highest using our Price/Sales Investor model based on the published strategy of Kenneth Fisher. This value strategy rewards stocks with low P/S ratios, long-term profit growth, strong free cash flow and consistent profit margins.

PAPA JOHN’S INT’L, INC. (PZZA) is a mid-cap growth stock in the Restaurants industry. The rating using this strategy is 50% based on the firm’s underlying fundamentals and the stock’s valuation. A score of 80% or above typically indicates that the strategy has some interest in the stock and a score above 90% typically indicates strong interest.

The following table summarizes whether the stock meets each of this strategy’s tests. Not all criteria in the below table receive equal weighting or are independent, but the table provides a brief overview of the strong and weak points of the security in the context of the strategy’s criteria.

PRICE/SALES RATIO:	PASS
TOTAL DEBT/EQUITY RATIO:	FAIL
PRICE/RESEARCH RATIO:	PASS
PRICE/SALES RATIO:	FAIL
LONG-TERM EPS GROWTH RATE:	PASS
FREE CASH PER SHARE:	FAIL
THREE YEAR AVERAGE NET PROFIT MARGIN:	FAIL

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More Information on Kenneth Fisher

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About Kenneth Fisher: The son of Philip Fisher, who is considered the “Father of Growth Investing”, Kenneth Fisher is a money manager, bestselling author, and longtime Forbes columnist. The younger Fisher wowed Wall Street in the mid-1980s when his book Super Stocks first popularized the idea of using the price/sales ratio (PSR) as a means of identifying attractive stocks. According to his alma mater, Humboldt State University, Fisher is also one of the world’s foremost experts on 19th century logging. Appropriately, Fisher’s firm, Fisher Investments, is located in a lush forest preserve in Woodside, California, where the contrarian-minded Fisher says he and his employees can get away from Wall Street groupthink.

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