BJ's Restaurants
BJRI · Restaurants
$56.51
3.9%Papa John's
PZZA · Restaurants
$18.10
3.0%The short version
- Papa John's is the larger business, with $2.1B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $1.4B for BJ's Restaurants.
- BJ's Restaurants grew revenue faster (3.1%, against −0.3%).
- Papa John's kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (4.3% operating margin, against 3.3% operating margin).
- Papa John's earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (19.3%, against 11.1%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of BJ's Restaurants’s earnings: a P/E of 30.2x against 22.9x for Papa John's.
| Latest fiscal year | BJRI · FY25 | PZZA · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $1.2B | $599M |
| Revenue | $1.4B | $2.1B |
| Free cash flow | $40.9M | $61.3M |
| Net income | $48.8M | $30.5M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 3.1% | −0.3% |
| 5-year growth | 12.4% | 2.5% |
| Share count change | −4.8% | 0.4% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 74.8% | — |
| Operating margin | 3.3% | 4.3% |
| Net margin | 3.5% | 1.5% |
| FCF margin | 2.9% | 3.0% |
| Return on capital | 11.1% | 19.3% |
| Return on equity | 13.3% | — |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $61.2M | $729M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.5x | 4.0x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $67.8M | $61.1M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 30.2x | 22.9x |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 4 |
FY16
BJRI $993M
PZZA $1.7B
FY17
BJRI $1.0B
PZZA $1.8B
FY18
BJRI $1.1B
PZZA $1.7B
FY19
BJRI $1.2B
PZZA $1.6B
FY20
BJRI $779M
PZZA $1.8B
FY21
BJRI $1.1B
PZZA $2.1B
FY22
BJRI $1.3B
PZZA $2.1B
FY23
BJRI $1.3B
PZZA $2.1B
FY24
BJRI $1.4B
PZZA $2.1B
FY25
BJRI $1.4B
PZZA $2.1B
BJRI
PZZA
FY16
BJRI 6.2%
PZZA 9.6%
FY17
BJRI 3.7%
PZZA 8.5%
FY18
BJRI 5.2%
PZZA 1.9%
FY19
BJRI 4.2%
PZZA 1.5%
FY20
BJRI −11.1%
PZZA 5.0%
FY21
BJRI −1.5%
PZZA 8.1%
FY22
BJRI −0.4%
PZZA 5.2%
FY23
BJRI 1.0%
PZZA 6.9%
FY24
BJRI 1.0%
PZZA 7.6%
FY25
BJRI 3.3%
PZZA 4.3%
BJRI
PZZA
FY16
BJRI $29.0M
PZZA $94.7M
FY17
BJRI $36.3M
PZZA $82.4M
FY18
BJRI $72.0M
PZZA $50.4M
FY19
BJRI $33.8M
PZZA $24.0M
FY20
BJRI −$2.8M
PZZA $151M
FY21
BJRI $22.1M
PZZA $116M
FY22
BJRI −$27.5M
PZZA $39.4M
FY23
BJRI $6.9M
PZZA $116M
FY24
BJRI $24.6M
PZZA $34.2M
FY25
BJRI $40.9M
PZZA $61.3M
BJRI
PZZA
FY16
BJRI 11.8%
PZZA 39.6%
FY17
BJRI 9.5%
PZZA 36.3%
FY18
BJRI 14.6%
PZZA 6.2%
FY19
BJRI 12.2%
PZZA 15.5%
FY20
BJRI −17.7%
PZZA —
FY21
BJRI −3.7%
PZZA 122.5%
FY22
BJRI −1.2%
PZZA 32.0%
FY23
BJRI 3.5%
PZZA 38.5%
FY24
BJRI 3.5%
PZZA 36.9%
FY25
BJRI 11.1%
PZZA 19.3%
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