NASDAQ:BJRI - BJ's Restaurants Stock Price, News, & Analysis

BJ's Restaurants trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "BJRI."

BJ's Restaurants declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 22nd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Tuesday, March 26th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.04%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 11th. View BJ's Restaurants' Dividend History.

BJ's Restaurants announced that its board has authorized a stock repurchase program on Sunday, June 4th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $50,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 5.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 21st. The restaurant operator reported $0.49 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.51 by $0.02. The restaurant operator earned $280.50 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $278.30 million. BJ's Restaurants had a net margin of 4.55% and a return on equity of 16.97%. BJ's Restaurants's quarterly revenue was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.37 earnings per share. View BJ's Restaurants' Earnings History.

BJ's Restaurants is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 25th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for BJ's Restaurants.

BJ's Restaurants will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, April 25th at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

11 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for BJ's Restaurants' shares. Their predictions range from $53.00 to $75.00. On average, they anticipate BJ's Restaurants' stock price to reach $65.20 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 41.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for BJ's Restaurants.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BJ's Restaurants in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for BJ's Restaurants.

News stories about BJRI stock have trended positive on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. BJ's Restaurants earned a media sentiment score of 2.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.

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BJ's Restaurants' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Hennessy Advisors Inc. (1.29%), Brinker Capital Inc. (0.07%), Somerset Trust Co (0.00%) and FNY Investment Advisers LLC (0.00%). Company insiders that own BJ's Restaurants stock include Alex Puchner, Brian S Krakower, Gerald W Deitchle, Greg Trojan, Gregory Levin, Gregory S Lynds, Kendra D Miller, Kevin E Mayer, Larry D Bouts, Lea Anne Ottinger, Lon Ledwith, Noah A Elbogen and Patrick Walsh. View Institutional Ownership Trends for BJ's Restaurants.

BJRI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hennessy Advisors Inc.. Company insiders that have sold BJ's Restaurants company stock in the last year include Alex Puchner, Brian S Krakower, Gerald W Deitchle, Greg Trojan, Gregory Levin, Kendra D Miller, Kevin E Mayer, Larry D Bouts, Lea Anne Ottinger, Lon Ledwith, Noah A Elbogen and Patrick Walsh. View Insider Buying and Selling for BJ's Restaurants.

BJRI stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Brinker Capital Inc., FNY Investment Advisers LLC and Somerset Trust Co. View Insider Buying and Selling for BJ's Restaurants.

Shares of BJRI can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BJRI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $45.95.

BJ's Restaurants has a market capitalization of $968.53 million and generates $1.12 billion in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $50.81 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.35 on an earnings per share basis. BJ's Restaurants employs 22,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for BJ's Restaurants is http://www.bjsrestaurants.com.

BJ's Restaurants' mailing address is 7755 Center Avenue Suite 300, Huntington Beach CA, 92647. The restaurant operator can be reached via phone at 714-500-2400 or via email at [email protected]