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

Company Overview

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. operates casual dining restaurants under the BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse brand. The company’s restaurants offer a broad menu that includes deep-dish pizza, burgers, sandwiches, salads, pasta, steaks, seafood, and other American-style entrees.

BJ’s is also known for its handcrafted beer and signature Pizookie dessert, a warm, freshly baked cookie typically served with ice cream. Its restaurants generally combine full-service dining with an in-house brewery or a selection of proprietary and seasonal beer offerings.

The company traces its history to 1978, when its first restaurant opened in Southern California. BJ’s Restaurants has since expanded its presence across multiple U.S. states, primarily serving customers through company-operated locations in suburban and metropolitan markets throughout the country.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $58.16 to $60.66
• 50-Day Range: $57.29 to $69.89
• 52-Week Range: $28.46 to $74.60
• Volume: 249,815 shs
• Average Volume: 422,671 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.27 billion
• P/E Ratio: 32.02
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $57.13
• Consensus Rating: Hold

BJ's Restaurants Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

BJ's Restaurants scored higher than 48% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 313th out of 482 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

BJ's Restaurants has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.27, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Downside Risk

BJ's Restaurants has a consensus price target of $57.13, representing about 5.1% downside from its current price of $60.19.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

BJ's Restaurants has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 13.98%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for BJ's Restaurants are expected to grow by 13.98% in the coming year, from $2.36 to $2.69 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of BJ's Restaurants is 32.14, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.00.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of BJ's Restaurants is 32.14, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 45.03.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

BJ's Restaurants has a PEG Ratio of 1.79. 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 3.47. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

9.98% 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 4.56.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in BJ's Restaurants has recently increased by 13.14%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

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 Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, BJ's Restaurants will have a dividend payout ratio of 19.33% next year. This indicates that BJ's Restaurants will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.25

News Sentiment

BJ's Restaurants has a news sentiment score of 0.25. 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 is a lower news sentiment than the 0.40 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for BJ's Restaurants this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added BJ's Restaurants to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, BJ's Restaurants insiders have sold 5,847.80% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $78,152.00 in company stock and sold $4,648,326.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.40% 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.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/30/2026
• Today: 10/09/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/29/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
• Sub-Industry: Restaurants
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:BJRI
• CIK: 1013488
• Web: www.bjsrestaurants.com
• Phone: (714) 500-2440
• Fax: 714-848-8287
• Employees: 22,000
• Year Founded: 1978

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for BJ's Restaurants: $57.13
• High Price Target: $80.00
• Low Price Target: $30.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -5.1%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.27
• Research Coverage: 11 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.87
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 32.14
• Forward P/E Ratio: 25.50
• P/E Growth: 1.79
• Net Income: $48.81 million
• Net Margins: 2.86%
• Pretax Margin: 2.65%
• Return on Equity: 12.93%
• Return on Assets: 4.79%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.11
• Current Ratio: 0.29
• Quick Ratio: 0.22

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.40 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.92
• Cash Flow: $6.17 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.75
• Book Value: $17.33 per share
• Price / Book: 3.47

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 21,270,000
• Free Float: 20,763,000
• Market Cap: $1.28 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.33