Q2 EPS Estimate for BJ's Restaurants Decreased by Analyst

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at Zacks Research reduced their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for shares of BJ's Restaurants in a research report issued on Thursday, May 15th. Zacks Research analyst H. Ray now anticipates that the restaurant operator will post earnings of $0.59 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.61. The consensus estimate for BJ's Restaurants' current full-year earnings is $1.50 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for BJ's Restaurants' Q3 2025 earnings at $0.05 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.47 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $1.71 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.53 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.64 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.21 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.50 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $1.89 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.31 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Sanford C. Bernstein set a $33.00 price objective on shares of BJ's Restaurants and gave the stock an "underweight" rating in a research note on Friday, May 2nd. Wedbush lifted their price target on shares of BJ's Restaurants from $43.00 to $48.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Friday, February 21st. Finally, Barclays lifted their price objective on shares of BJ's Restaurants from $31.00 to $33.00 and gave the company an "underweight" rating in a report on Friday, May 2nd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $37.20.

BJ's Restaurants Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ BJRI opened at $44.83 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 0.28 and a current ratio of 0.04. The company has a market cap of $991.46 million, a P/E ratio of 65.93, a P/E/G ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 1.47. The firm's fifty day moving average is $34.75 and its two-hundred day moving average is $35.46. BJ's Restaurants has a 52-week low of $27.61 and a 52-week high of $45.22.

BJ's Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 1st. The restaurant operator reported $0.59 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.39 by $0.20. The company had revenue of $347.97 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $347.70 million. BJ's Restaurants had a net margin of 1.23% and a return on equity of 8.76%. BJ's Restaurants's revenue for the quarter was up 3.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.32 EPS.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Brian S. Krakower sold 3,738 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $44.32, for a total value of $165,668.16. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 4,579 shares of the company's stock, valued at $202,941.28. This represents a 44.94% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Greg Trojan sold 146,102 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Friday, May 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $44.63, for a total transaction of $6,520,532.26. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 19,896 shares in the company, valued at $887,958.48. This trade represents a 88.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 4.30% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of BJ's Restaurants

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Woodline Partners LP grew its position in BJ's Restaurants by 13.4% during the first quarter. Woodline Partners LP now owns 410,289 shares of the restaurant operator's stock valued at $14,057,000 after buying an additional 48,455 shares during the period. Caxton Associates LLP purchased a new position in shares of BJ's Restaurants in the first quarter worth about $291,000. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of BJ's Restaurants by 15.6% in the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 37,189 shares of the restaurant operator's stock worth $1,274,000 after buying an additional 5,013 shares in the last quarter. Nomura Holdings Inc. raised its stake in BJ's Restaurants by 103.2% during the first quarter. Nomura Holdings Inc. now owns 1,700,780 shares of the restaurant operator's stock worth $58,269,000 after purchasing an additional 863,749 shares during the period. Finally, Landscape Capital Management L.L.C. purchased a new position in BJ's Restaurants during the first quarter worth about $754,000. 99.95% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

BJ's Restaurants Company Profile

BJ's Restaurants, Inc owns and operates casual dining restaurants in the United States. Its restaurants offer pizzas, craft and other beers, appetizers, entrées, pastas, sandwiches, specialty salads, and desserts under brand name Pizookie. The company was formerly known as Chicago Pizza & Brewery, Inc and changed its name to BJ's Restaurants, Inc in August 2004.

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