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

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

BJ's Restaurants announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 24th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.13 per share on Monday, November 25th. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.42%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 7th. This is a boost from BJ's Restaurants's previous quarterly dividend of $0.12. View BJ's Restaurants' Dividend History.

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) announced its earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The restaurant operator reported $0.18 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.10 by $0.08. The restaurant operator had revenue of $278.74 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $278.49 million. BJ's Restaurants had a net margin of 3.60% and a return on equity of 13.38%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 3.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.39 EPS. View BJ's Restaurants' Earnings History.

BJ's Restaurants is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 20th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for BJ's Restaurants.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for BJ's Restaurants' stock. Their forecasts range from $29.00 to $55.00. On average, they anticipate BJ's Restaurants' share price to reach $46.36 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 26.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for BJ's Restaurants.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BJ's Restaurants in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for BJ's Restaurants.

News articles about BJRI stock have trended very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. BJ's Restaurants earned a news impact score of -3.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for BJ's Restaurants.

BJ's Restaurants saw a decrease in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,510,000 shares, a decrease of 24.9% from the October 31st total of 2,010,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 425,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.6 days. Currently, 8.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View BJ's Restaurants' Current Options Chain.

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BJ's Restaurants' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include GW&K Investment Management LLC (2.87%), State Street Corp (3.01%), Man Group plc (1.47%), Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS (1.02%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.91%) and Rice Hall James & Associates LLC (0.63%). Company insiders that own BJ's Restaurants stock 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 Institutional Ownership Trends for BJ's Restaurants.

BJRI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Voya Investment Management LLC, Man Group plc, State Street Corp, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Hennessy Advisors Inc., Barclays PLC, Rice Hall James & Associates LLC and Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan. View Insider Buying and Selling for BJ's Restaurants.

BJRI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including GW&K Investment Management LLC, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS, Voloridge Investment Management LLC, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, Bridge City Capital LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and SG Americas Securities LLC. Company insiders that have bought BJ's Restaurants stock in the last two years include Gerald W Deitchle and Greg Trojan. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BJRI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $36.67.

BJ's Restaurants has a market capitalization of $702.71 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.View Additional Information About BJ's Restaurants.

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]