Papa Johns International price to free cash flow PZZA

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 17.4×
10-year median: 27.2×
Against its 10-year history: 11th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 12.3× to 396×
Peer median: 13.9×

Papa Johns International's price to free cash flow is 17.4× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 27.2×, lower than on 89% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 12.3× in Feb 2026 to 396× in May 2019.

The median for 10 restaurant stocks of a similar size is 13.9×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 27.2×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	17.4×	12.3×	33.6×
2025	15.3×	15.3×	45.9×
2024	26.1×	14.5×	36.4×
2023	28.6×	24.2×	75.3×
2022	104×	26.2×	134×
2021	30.6×	17.0×	30.6×
2020	19.2×	17.9×	96.7×
2019	332×	15.4×	396×
2018	16.2×	14.5×	27.5×
2017	23.6×	23.6×	33.8×
2016	30.0×	14.8×	31.3×
2015	18.2×	18.0×	42.4×
2014	36.4×	27.0×	70.1×
2013	65.3×	16.7×	65.3×
2012	16.0×	11.2×	16.3×
2011	11.0×	10.4×	17.1×
2010	16.0×	9.8×	16.0×

Against its peers

Companies in Restaurants nearest Papa Johns International's size, closest first, today.

Company	Price to free cash flow
PZZAPapa Johns International	17.4×
FWRGFirst Watch Restaurant	n/m
BRCBBlack Rock Coffee Bar	n/m
BLMNBloomin' Brands	5.1×
LOCOEl Pollo Loco	10.7×
NATHNathans Famous	21.9×
PTLOPortillo's	n/m
SGSweetgreen	n/m
WENWendy's	4.5×
BJRIBJs RESTAURANTS INC	26.1×
CBRLCracker Barrel Old Country Store	17.1×
Peer median	13.9×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

More on Papa Johns International

Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.