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 6.07% of its assets in Papa John's shares.

PZZA Ownership Benchmark


TypeName% Inst% Insiders% Retail
StockPapa John's75.75%1.23%23.03%
SectorConsumer Cyclical Stocks 33.14%14.17%52.68%
IndustryRestaurants Stocks 35.64%11.34%53.03%

Institutional Shareholders


Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

HolderShares% HoldingValue
Blackrock5.16M15.81%$242.48M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de4.77M14.50%$183.56M
Vanguard group3.62M11.01%$139.33M
Earnest partners1.95M5.92%$74.95M
Deprince race & zollo1.66M5.04%$63.82M
Irth capital management lp1.63M4.96%$78.41M
State street1.26M3.83%$60.64M
Segall bryant & hamill1.17M3.58%$56.55M
Sei investments1.14M3.46%$43.75M
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership1.11M3.37%$53.38M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

HolderShares% AssetsValue
Irth capital management lp1.63M100.00%$78.41M
Irenic capital management lp1.07M5.42%$51.70M
Sapience investments9.50K1.79%$457.28K
Savoir faire capital management97.93K1.79%$3.77M
Barnett & company50.20K1.56%$1.93M
Monimus capital management, lp52.41K1.56%$2.52M
Deprince race & zollo1.66M1.22%$63.82M
Segall bryant & hamill1.17M0.75%$56.55M
Dean capital management33.87K0.64%$1.63M
Long focus capital management310.62K0.49%$14.96M

Top Buyers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
Irenic capital management lp1.07M5.42%1.07M
Earnest partners1.95M0.32%318.82K
Sei investments1.14M0.04%262.34K
Bank of america corp /de/258.80K0.00%258.80K
Cantor fitzgerald, l. p.256.99K0.11%256.99K

Top Sellers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
Susquehanna group, llp71.89K0.00%-1.37M
Cooper creek partners management---1.35M
Fil---1.22M
Stephens investment management group---1.16M
Westwood group---916.17K

New Positions

HolderShares% AssetsChangeValue
Irenic capital management lp1.07M5.42%1.07M$51.70M
Bank of america corp /de/258.80K0.00%258.80K$12.16M
Cantor fitzgerald, l. p.256.99K0.11%256.99K$12.37M
Soros fund management62.73K0.03%62.73K$2.41M
Willis investment counsel34.70K0.07%34.70K$1.34M

Sold Out

HolderChange
Dinuzzo private wealth-1.00
Jfs wealth advisors-1.00
Sjs investment consulting-1.00
Global financial private client-1.00
Rise advisors-3.00

Institutional Ownership Trends


DateHoldingsChange %SharesChange %OwnershipChange %Increased PositionChange %Decreased PositionChange %
Dec 31, 2025212-29.57%24,913,161-31.76%750.61%97-28.68%75-24.24%
Sep 30, 2025291-7.03%36,447,2880.61%1100.91%133-14.74%951.06%
Jun 30, 20253035.57%36,161,265-6.30%1100.79%152-3.18%9112.35%
Mar 31, 20252861.42%38,605,028-5.44%1170.76%15512.32%83-4.60%
Dec 31, 2024204-33.33%29,573,288-29.01%900.56%100-36.31%64-23.81%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders


HolderShares% HoldingChange
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF1.99M6.07%-209.60K
Fidelity Greater Canada Sr F1.10M3.36%-
EARNEST Partners Smid Cap Core Founders1.07M3.25%-18.25K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF1.06M3.24%1.06K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv980.01K2.99%-
Stephens SMID Select Growth803.31K2.46%30.04K
iShares Russell 2000 ETF795.85K2.43%86.84K
Victory Sycamore Small Company Opp R749.00K2.29%749.00K
Vanguard Small Cap Index705.59K2.15%1.49K
Vanguard Explorer Inv616.87K1.89%18.04K

Recent Insider Transactions


DateNameRoleActivityValue
Aug 14, 2024Coleman Christopher L.-Buy$100.68K
May 14, 2024Thanawala Ravi Interim CEO, and CFOBuy$99.58K
Mar 07, 2024KOELLNER LAURETTE T-Sell$202.62K

Insider Transactions Trends


DateBuySell
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 6.07% of its total shares outstanding invested in 1.99M Papa John's shares.

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