Pizza Pizza Royalty (TSE:PZA) Shares Down 6.1% Following Analyst Downgrade

Pizza Pizza Royalty Corp. (TSE:PZA) shares traded down 6.1% during trading on Monday after TD lowered their price target on the stock from C$16.00 to C$14.00. TD currently has a hold rating on the stock. Pizza Pizza Royalty traded as low as C$14.67 and last traded at C$14.71. 122,546 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 181% from the average session volume of 43,666 shares. The stock had previously closed at C$15.66.

Pizza Pizza Royalty Trading Down 11.6%

The stock has a market capitalization of C$468.20 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.73 and a beta of 0.53. The company’s 50 day moving average is C$15.86 and its 200 day moving average is C$15.69. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 15.24, a quick ratio of 3.03 and a current ratio of 1.64.

Pizza Pizza Royalty (TSE:PZA) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, March 25th. The company reported C$0.24 EPS for the quarter. Pizza Pizza Royalty had a net margin of 76.59% and a return on equity of 10.21%. On average, research analysts forecast that Pizza Pizza Royalty Corp. will post 0.9896142 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Pizza Pizza Royalty Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 15th. Investors of record on Friday, May 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.0775 per share. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 6.7%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 30th. Pizza Pizza Royalty’s dividend payout ratio is presently 98.94%.

About Pizza Pizza Royalty

Pizza Pizza Royalty Corp., through its subsidiary, Pizza Pizza Royalty Limited Partnership, owns and franchises quick-service restaurants under the Pizza Pizza and Pizza73 brands. It offers a flavorful, varied and high-quality menu to pizza-lovers of all ages and tastes and it is composed of more than 600 traditional and non-traditional restaurants coast to coast, employing over 3,000 Canadians. The business activity of the group primarily functions through Canada.