Papa John's Ownership | Who Owns Papa John's?

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Papa John's Ownership Summary

Papa John's is owned by 75.75% institutional investors, 1.23% insiders, and 23.03% retail investors. Blackrock is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 15.81% of PZZA shares. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund, with 6.08% of its assets in Papa John's shares.

PZZA Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Papa John's	75.75%	1.23%	23.03%
Sector	Consumer Cyclical Stocks	33.27%	14.14%	52.59%
Industry	Restaurants Stocks	35.64%	11.34%	53.03%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Blackrock	5.16M	15.81%	$242.48M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	4.77M	14.50%	$183.56M
Vanguard group	3.62M	11.01%	$139.33M
Earnest partners	1.95M	5.92%	$74.95M
Irth capital management lp	1.63M	4.96%	$78.41M
State street	1.26M	3.83%	$60.64M
Segall bryant & hamill	1.17M	3.58%	$56.55M
Sei investments	1.14M	3.46%	$43.75M
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	1.11M	3.37%	$53.38M
Irenic capital management lp	1.07M	3.27%	$51.70M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Irth capital management lp	1.63M	100.00%	$78.41M
Irenic capital management lp	1.07M	5.42%	$51.70M
Savoir faire capital management	124.57K	2.44%	$4.04M
Sapience investments	9.50K	1.79%	$457.28K
Monimus capital management, lp	52.41K	1.56%	$2.52M
Barnett & company	58.10K	1.46%	$1.88M
Segall bryant & hamill	1.17M	0.75%	$56.55M
Dean capital management	33.87K	0.64%	$1.63M
Long focus capital management	310.62K	0.49%	$14.96M
Wbi investments	37.84K	0.48%	$1.85M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Irenic capital management lp	1.07M	5.42%	1.07M
Earnest partners	1.95M	0.32%	318.82K
Sei investments	1.14M	0.04%	262.34K
Bank of america corp /de/	258.80K	0.00%	258.80K
Cantor fitzgerald, l. p.	256.99K	0.11%	256.99K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Deprince race & zollo	-	-	-1.66M
Susquehanna group, llp	71.89K	0.00%	-1.37M
Cooper creek partners management	-	-	-1.35M
Fil	-	-	-1.22M
Stephens investment management group	-	-	-1.16M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Irenic capital management lp	1.07M	5.42%	1.07M	$51.70M
Bank of america corp /de/	258.80K	0.00%	258.80K	$12.16M
Cantor fitzgerald, l. p.	256.99K	0.11%	256.99K	$12.37M
Vanguard fiduciary trust	212.85K	0.00%	212.85K	$6.90M
Soros fund management	62.73K	0.03%	62.73K	$2.41M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Sjs investment consulting	-1.00
Global financial private client	-1.00
Cedar mountain advisors	-1.00
Jfs wealth advisors	-1.00
Dinuzzo private wealth	-1.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	212	-29.57%	24,913,161	-31.76%	75	0.61%	97	-28.68%	75	-24.24%
Sep 30, 2025	291	-7.03%	36,447,288	0.61%	110	0.91%	133	-14.74%	95	1.06%
Jun 30, 2025	303	5.57%	36,161,265	-6.30%	110	0.79%	152	-3.18%	91	12.35%
Mar 31, 2025	286	1.42%	38,605,028	-5.44%	117	0.76%	155	12.32%	83	-4.60%
Dec 31, 2024	204	-33.33%	29,573,288	-29.01%	90	0.56%	100	-36.31%	64	-23.81%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF	2.00M	6.08%	507.00
Fidelity Greater Canada Sr F	1.10M	3.36%	-
EARNEST Partners Smid Cap Core Founders	1.07M	3.25%	16.29K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	1.06M	3.24%	1.06K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	980.01K	2.98%	-
Stephens SMID Select Growth	803.31K	2.46%	30.04K
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	769.86K	2.34%	6.49K
Victory Sycamore Small Company Opp R	749.00K	2.29%	749.00K
Vanguard Small Cap Index	720.12K	2.19%	13.05K
Vanguard Explorer Inv	616.87K	1.89%	18.04K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Aug 14, 2024	Coleman Christopher L.	-	Buy	$100.68K
May 14, 2024	Thanawala Ravi	Interim CEO, and CFO	Buy	$99.58K
Mar 07, 2024	KOELLNER LAURETTE T	-	Sell	$202.62K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q1	-	-
2025 Q4	-	-
2025 Q3	-	-
2025 Q2	-	-
2025 Q1	-	-

PZZA Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Papa John's?

Papa John's shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 75.75%, followed by 1.23% insiders and 23.02% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Papa John's's industry, Restaurants Stocks , is 35.64%, which Papa John's exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Papa John's?

Papa John's’s largest shareholders are Blackrock (5.16M shares, 15.81%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (4.77M shares, 14.50%), and Vanguard group (3.62M shares, 11.01%). Together, they hold 41.32% of Papa John's’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Papa John's?

Yes, BlackRock owns 15.81% of Papa John's, totaling 5.16M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.01% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 242.48M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 33.24K shares, a 0.65% change.

Who is Papa John's’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Irth capital management lp is Papa John's’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 100.00% of its assets in 1.63M Papa John's shares, valued at 78.41M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Papa John's shares?

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Papa John's shares, with 6.08% of its total shares outstanding invested in 2M Papa John's shares.

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