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Running head: A FINANCIAL REVIEW OF PAPA JOHN’S PIZZA, INC. 1
A Financial Review of Papa John’s Pizza, Inc.
Has Business Thrived Since Their Founding?
Jeremy Heady
Brown Mackie College
Author Note
This paper was prepared for Principles of Finance BUS2250, taught by Instructor
Johnette Grant.
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A Financial Review of Papa John’s Pizza, Inc.
Has Business Thrived Since Their Founding?
History of Papa John’s Pizza
John “Papa John” Shnatter was only fifteen years old when he came up with the idea for
Papa John’s pizza. He worked at local pizza eatery by the name of “Rocky’s” washing dishes,
but he occasionally made pizzas during the busy time as well. The pizza making station was
directly next to the dish washing station and John noticed that if the product was good, the plates
would be completely emptied when they returned. During this time, he honed his skills as a
pizza maker and transferred that knowledge into his current business. After attending Ball State
University, John came back to Jeffersonville, Indiana to work at his father’s tavern. He sold his
prized possession, his 1972 Camaro, to help the bar stay afloat and decided to start his pizza
business out of a broom closet in the back of the bar. Shortly after, he opened up his own
location next to the bar and made $9000 in sales the first year while other pizza chains in the area
only made $6000. This is when John knew that his business was going to take the world by
storm and started franchising. Years later, he tracked down the same Camaro he sold and bought
it back for $250,000. He keeps it on display to remind him that dreams do come true. (Clifford,
2014)
Financial Status
The symbol for Papa John’s International on the stock exchange is PZZA on Nasdaq.
They did $1,598,149,000 in revenue at the end of 2014 which is up from $1,439,022,000 the year
before. The first quarter of 2015 saw an increase in revenue as well, but the second and third
quarter fell sharply. The most likely reason for this drop was probably due to a large settlement
paid out to 19,000 drivers in the case of Perrin vs. Papa John’s International Inc. The drivers
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alleged that Papa John’s was not reimbursing the drivers in accordance with the Fair Labor
Standards Act (Tucker, 2015)
Financial Ratios
The current operating profit margin is 7.36% which is calculated by dividing the
operating income by total revenue. The quick ratio, determined by calculating the current assets
minus the inventory by the current liabilities, is at 1.2. The debt ratio, which determines how
much debt the company is in, is 65.76%. The return on sales, which is similar to the operating
profit margin except the net income is used rather than the operating income, is at 4.59%. The
debt to equity ratio, which determines how much equity is securing the debt, is 2.67. The
average collection period for accounts receivables is approximately 18 days. (Yahoo Finance,
2015)
Conclusion
In conclusion, Papa John’s has enjoyed a lot of success over the years, but they may be
headed for trouble really soon. With the debt ratio so high, it seems they do not have the
flexibility to adjust costs or raise wages for workers. When I started working for Papa John’s in
1995, many things were done differently than when I was recently an assistant manager into the
first quarter of 2015. One thing I noticed is the drop to minimum wage for all workers not in
management. They also introduced a concept known as “split pay” where drivers made the
server wage while actually driving on deliveries. One of the biggest problems I noticed also is
that the cost of revenue is extremely high compared to sales. If Papa John’s Pizza really is the
best quality pizza chain, they should be perfectly justified in charging slightly more than the
competition. With the return on sales only being 4.59%, something needs to change. Papa
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John’s Pizza needs to return to the high quality pizza chain people learned to love in the early
days of the company.
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References
Clifford, C. (2014, June 20). Papa John's Founder: 'I Am the American Dream' Retrieved
November 23, 2015, from http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/235040
Tucker, L. (2015, Aug 4). Papa John's Announces Second Quarter 2015 Results. Retrieved
November 23, 2015, from
http://www.franchising.com/news/20150805_papa_johns_announces_second_quarter_20
15_results.html
Yahoo Finance - Business Finance, Stock Market, Quotes, News. (2015, Nov 10). Retrieved
November 23, 2015, from http://finance.yahoo.com/