Papa John's International Updates 2017 Earnings Outlook - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Papa John's International, Inc. (PZZA) revised 2017 earnings per share growth guidance range to 3% to 7% from a previous range of 8% to 12%, including the 53rd week but excluding the impact of new equity based compensation accounting standard. North America comp sales outlook has been revised to positive up to 1.5% from the prior range of 2.0% to 4.0%.

Third-quarter earnings per share was $0.60 compared to $0.57 in the third quarter of 2016, an increase of 5.3%. System-wide third quarter comparable sales increased 1.0% for North America and 5.3% for International.