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BJ's Restaurants (BJRI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$37.91 +4.42 (+13.20%)
Closing price 05/2/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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About BJ's Restaurants Stock (NASDAQ:BJRI)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$34.97
$38.36
50-Day Range
$29.82
$38.13
52-Week Range
$27.61
$41.72
Volume
2.00 million shs
Average Volume
360,759 shs
Market Capitalization
$846.00 million
P/E Ratio
55.75
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$38.25
Consensus Rating
Hold

Company Overview

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. BJ's Restaurants, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is based in Huntington Beach, California.

BJ's Restaurants Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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45th Percentile Overall Score

BJRI MarketRank™: 

BJ's Restaurants scored higher than 45% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 111th out of 214 stocks in the retail/wholesale sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    BJ's Restaurants has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, 4 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    BJ's Restaurants has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about BJ's Restaurants' stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for BJ's Restaurants are expected to grow by 14.00% in the coming year, from $1.50 to $1.71 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of BJ's Restaurants is 55.75, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 21.96.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of BJ's Restaurants is 55.75, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Retail/Wholesale sector average P/E ratio of about 23.04.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    BJ's Restaurants has a PEG Ratio of 1.81. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    BJ's Restaurants has a P/B Ratio of 2.34. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    7.23% of the float of BJ's Restaurants has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    BJ's Restaurants has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.4.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in BJ's Restaurants has recently increased by 13.85%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    BJ's Restaurants does not currently pay a dividend.

  • Dividend Growth

    BJ's Restaurants does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of BJ's Restaurants is 76.47%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, BJ's Restaurants will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.41% next year. This indicates that BJ's Restaurants will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about BJ's Restaurants' dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    7.23% of the float of BJ's Restaurants has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    BJ's Restaurants has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.4.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in BJ's Restaurants has recently increased by 13.85%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    BJ's Restaurants has a news sentiment score of 0.76. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Retail/Wholesale companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 18 news articles for BJ's Restaurants this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    3 people have searched for BJRI on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, BJ's Restaurants insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 4.90% of the stock of BJ's Restaurants is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    99.95% of the stock of BJ's Restaurants is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about BJ's Restaurants' insider trading history.
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BJRI Stock News Headlines

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BJRI Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

BJ's Restaurants' stock was trading at $35.13 at the start of the year. Since then, BJRI stock has increased by 7.9% and is now trading at $37.91.
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BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 1st. The restaurant operator reported $0.59 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.39 by $0.20. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 3.2% compared to the same quarter last year.
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The following companies are subsidiaries of BJ's Restaurants: BJROC Maryland, BJ’s Restaurant Operations Company, BJ’s Restaurant Operations Company of Kansas, Chicago America Holding, Chicago Pizza & Brewery, Chicago Pizza Hospitality Holding, Chicago Pizza Management, Chicago Pizza Restaurant Holding, and Reno Brewery Holding.

Top institutional investors of BJ's Restaurants include Emerald Advisers LLC (2.59%), Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust (1.42%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.61%) and Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.51%). Insiders that own company stock include Fund 1 Investments, Llc, Gregory Levin, Janet Sherlock, Kendra D Miller, C Bradford Richmond, Alex Puchner, Brian S Krakower and Christopher P Pinsak.
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Shares of BJRI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that BJ's Restaurants investors own include Xtrackers California Municipal Bond ETF (CA), Endologix (ELGX), BlackRock (BLK), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Hawkins (HWKN), Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW) and Zoetis (ZTS).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
5/01/2025
Today
5/03/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Industry
Eating places
Sub-Industry
Restaurants
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:BJRI
Employees
22,200
Year Founded
1978

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$38.25
High Stock Price Target
$48.00
Low Stock Price Target
$33.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+0.9%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score (0-4)
2.00
Research Coverage
6 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
55.75
Forward P/E Ratio
25.27
P/E Growth
1.81
Net Income
$16.69 million
Pretax Margin
0.61%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$1.36 billion
Cash Flow
$4.70 per share
Price / Cash Flow
8.06
Book Value
$16.22 per share
Price / Book
2.34

Miscellaneous

Free Float
21,699,000
Market Cap
$846.00 million
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.78

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This page (NASDAQ:BJRI) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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