Seasonality
PZZA seasonality — Papa John's Pizza
Over the last 11 years, PZZA's strongest month on average has been January (+3.0%) and its weakest February (-5.6%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +3.02% | +1.08% | 50% | +20.5% | -8.6% | 10 |
| Feb | -5.62% | -9.13% | 20% | +14.6% | -13.5% | 10 |
| Mar | -1.29% | -1.58% | 30% | +21.1% | -10.7% | 10 |
| Apr | +2.21% | -0.71% | 40% | +34.8% | -15.9% | 10 |
| May | -2.38% | -4.30% | 30% | +31.1% | -24.7% | 10 |
| Jun | +1.02% | +1.54% | 60% | +11.2% | -10.9% | 10 |
| Jul | -0.11% | -0.64% | 40% | +19.2% | -18.7% | 10 |
| Aug | +1.87% | +5.97% | 70% | +14.8% | -21.5% | 10 |
| Sep | -2.94% | -1.72% | 30% | +13.7% | -16.3% | 10 |
| Oct | -0.24% | -2.52% | 40% | +11.8% | -6.9% | 10 |
| Nov | -2.44% | -1.74% | 44% | +14.6% | -17.2% | 9 |
| Dec | -1.97% | -2.14% | 30% | +16.9% | -17.6% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — PZZA
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -8.6 | -10.9 | 3.4 | 11.7 | -5.5 | 7.5 | -18.7 | -21.5 | -16.1 | -6.3 | 6.9 | -48.7% | |
| 2025 | -3.6 | 14.6 | -9.4 | -15.9 | 31.1 | 8.2 | -13.3 | 14.8 | -1.1 | 5.5 | -17.2 | -8.5 | -6.3% |
| 2024 | -3.6 | -2.2 | -7.4 | -7.4 | -24.7 | 1.1 | -5.8 | 7.1 | 13.7 | -2.8 | -4.9 | -17.6 | -46.1% |
| 2023 | 9.0 | -6.4 | -10.7 | -0.2 | -6.3 | 5.3 | 12.0 | -8.5 | -9.9 | -4.7 | 0.3 | 16.9 | -7.4% |
| 2022 | -7.5 | -13.5 | -1.4 | -13.5 | -3.3 | -5.1 | 14.8 | -15.7 | -13.4 | 3.7 | 14.6 | -1.1 | -38.3% |
| 2021 | 20.5 | -11.8 | -1.7 | 9.1 | -2.9 | 11.2 | 9.3 | 11.8 | -0.4 | -2.3 | -1.7 | 9.5 | +57.3% |
| 2020 | 2.6 | -11.1 | -7.4 | 34.8 | 8.3 | 1.9 | 19.2 | 3.8 | -16.3 | -6.9 | 4.9 | 5.6 | +34.4% |
| 2019 | 6.2 | 3.4 | 21.1 | -3.4 | -5.3 | -7.7 | -0.7 | 12.0 | 5.2 | 11.8 | 8.1 | -0.2 | +58.6% |
| 2018 | 15.7 | -11.0 | -0.8 | 8.2 | -17.2 | -1.2 | -17.3 | 9.9 | 11.2 | 6.4 | -12.0 | -17.1 | -29.1% |
| 2017 | -0.4 | -7.4 | 1.4 | -1.2 | 1.9 | -10.9 | -0.6 | 4.8 | -2.3 | -6.9 | -14.1 | -4.0 | -34.4% |
| 2016 | -3.1 |