William Blair Analysts Boost Earnings Estimates for BJRI

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI - Free Report) - Stock analysts at William Blair raised their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for BJ's Restaurants in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, May 1st. William Blair analyst S. Zackfia now anticipates that the restaurant operator will post earnings of $0.75 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.63. The consensus estimate for BJ's Restaurants' current full-year earnings is $1.50 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for BJ's Restaurants' FY2026 earnings at $2.32 EPS.

BJ's Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, May 1st. The restaurant operator reported $0.59 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.39 by $0.20. The firm had revenue of $347.97 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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 last year, the firm posted $0.32 earnings per share.

Other research analysts have also issued research reports about the company. Sanford C. Bernstein set a $33.00 price target on BJ's Restaurants and gave the stock an "underweight" rating in a research report on Friday, May 2nd. Barclays lifted their target price on BJ's Restaurants from $31.00 to $33.00 and gave the stock an "underweight" rating in a report on Friday, May 2nd. Finally, Wedbush boosted their target price on BJ's Restaurants from $43.00 to $48.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Friday, February 21st. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, BJ's Restaurants has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $37.20.

BJ's Restaurants Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:BJRI traded down $0.13 on Monday, reaching $38.69. The company's stock had a trading volume of 50,186 shares, compared to its average volume of 363,216. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $33.88 and a 200 day simple moving average of $35.21. BJ's Restaurants has a 52-week low of $27.61 and a 52-week high of $41.72. 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 $863.41 million, a P/E ratio of 56.90, a PEG ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 1.47.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of BJRI. Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new position in BJ's Restaurants during the 4th quarter valued at $4,502,000. Emerald Advisers LLC increased its stake in BJ's Restaurants by 2.6% in the 4th quarter. Emerald Advisers LLC now owns 583,828 shares of the restaurant operator's stock worth $20,513,000 after buying an additional 14,607 shares during the period. Amundi lifted its holdings in BJ's Restaurants by 198.2% during the 4th quarter. Amundi now owns 11,603 shares of the restaurant operator's stock valued at $410,000 after buying an additional 7,712 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. boosted its position in BJ's Restaurants by 147.9% in the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 259,977 shares of the restaurant operator's stock valued at $9,134,000 after buying an additional 155,109 shares during the period. Finally, Proficio Capital Partners LLC bought a new position in BJ's Restaurants in the 4th quarter worth about $574,000. Institutional investors own 99.95% of the company's stock.

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.