Q1 EPS Forecast for BJ's Restaurants Increased by Analyst

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI - Free Report) - Research analysts at William Blair raised their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for BJ's Restaurants in a report issued on Tuesday, April 22nd. William Blair analyst S. Zackfia now forecasts that the restaurant operator will post earnings of $0.39 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.38. 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' Q3 2025 earnings at $0.09 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $1.78 EPS.

BJ's Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The restaurant operator reported $0.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.35 by $0.12. BJ's Restaurants had a net margin of 1.23% and a return on equity of 8.76%. The business had revenue of $344.34 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $336.48 million.

Other equities analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. Oppenheimer downgraded shares of BJ's Restaurants from an "outperform" rating to a "market perform" rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. Barclays lowered their price objective on shares of BJ's Restaurants from $37.00 to $31.00 and set an "underweight" rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, April 22nd. Gordon Haskett raised shares of BJ's Restaurants from an "underperform" rating to a "hold" rating and set a $36.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. Finally, Wedbush increased 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. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $39.20.

BJ's Restaurants Trading Down 0.7 %

NASDAQ BJRI traded down $0.22 during trading on Friday, hitting $32.99. 78,546 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 354,114. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $34.03 and a two-hundred day moving average of $35.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 0.04 and a quick ratio of 0.28. BJ's Restaurants has a 12-month low of $27.61 and a 12-month high of $41.72. The firm has a market cap of $736.20 million, a P/E ratio of 48.51, a PEG ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 1.78.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On BJ's Restaurants

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its holdings in BJ's Restaurants by 6.8% in the fourth quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,242,137 shares of the restaurant operator's stock worth $43,642,000 after acquiring an additional 78,852 shares in the last quarter. Nomura Holdings Inc. raised its stake in shares of BJ's Restaurants by 23.9% in the fourth quarter. Nomura Holdings Inc. now owns 837,031 shares of the restaurant operator's stock worth $29,409,000 after purchasing an additional 161,495 shares during the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. raised its stake in shares of BJ's Restaurants by 12.8% in the fourth quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 699,434 shares of the restaurant operator's stock worth $24,575,000 after purchasing an additional 79,512 shares during the last quarter. Emerald Advisers LLC increased its position in BJ's Restaurants by 2.6% during the fourth quarter. Emerald Advisers LLC now owns 583,828 shares of the restaurant operator's stock valued at $20,513,000 after acquiring an additional 14,607 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in BJ's Restaurants by 1.0% during the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 493,006 shares of the restaurant operator's stock valued at $16,056,000 after acquiring an additional 5,075 shares during the last quarter. 99.95% of the stock is owned by 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.