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PZZA Short Interest

Papa John's International, Inc.
1W: -3.5% 1M: -10.1% 3M: -40.9% YTD: -54.0% 1Y: -66.1% 3Y: -68.9% 5Y: -82.9%
$18.07
-0.16 (-0.88%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±3.9%
$17 $17 $18 $19 $19
NASDAQ · Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants · Tech Score Strong Sell · Power 32 · $594.9M mcap · 32M float · 4.16% daily turnover · Short 53% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: higher than 77% of companies Debt: 61.1% of company value Bonds: $50.2M held by 63 funds, 179 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the third-riskiest tenth, about 1 in 140 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $1.74 (down 90%), Papa John's International, Inc. would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $935.5M against a stock market value of $594.9M.
Distance to default 2.87 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, balance sheet 2026-06-28, debt counted $402.8M (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 50.7%; Altman Z'' 1.23. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Short Volume Summary

2026-10-26
58.1%
Short Ratio
of total volume
52.8%
20-Day Avg
58.2%
50-Day Avg
▼ Falling
5-Day Trend
0.4M
Short Volume
0.6M
Total Volume

Daily Short Volume Ratio

Short Volume vs Total Volume

Exchange Breakdown

2026-10-26
ExchangeShort VolumeTotal VolumeShort %
NASDAQ 342,845 585,328 58.6%
NYSE 12,705 22,345 56.9%
BATS 5,558 13,960 39.8%

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