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, April 26th. Investors of record on Monday, May 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Monday, May 27th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.98%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 10th. View BJ's Restaurants' Dividend History.

BJ's Restaurants declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback plan on Sunday, June 4th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $50,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 5.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) issued its earnings results on Thursday, April, 25th. The restaurant operator reported $0.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.51 by $0.09. The restaurant operator earned $290.55 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $289.49 million. BJ's Restaurants had a net margin of 4.34% and a return on equity of 15.86%. BJ's Restaurants's revenue was up 4.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.70 EPS. View BJ's Restaurants' Earnings History.

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

10 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for BJ's Restaurants' stock. Their predictions range from $53.00 to $75.00. On average, they anticipate BJ's Restaurants' stock price to reach $65.5556 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 34.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for BJ's Restaurants.

10 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 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for BJ's Restaurants.

Media headlines about BJRI stock have been trending somewhat positive on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. BJ's Restaurants earned a news impact score of 1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

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BJ's Restaurants' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (15.04%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.96%), Neuberger Berman Group LLC (3.46%), Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc. (3.01%), Acadian Asset Management LLC (2.94%) and Marshall Wace LLP (2.73%). 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 OppenheimerFunds Inc., Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Acadian Asset Management LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, BlackRock Inc., Hennessy Advisors Inc. and Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Marshall Wace LLP, Neuberger Berman Group LLC, Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH, Oxford Asset Management LLP, Nordea Investment Management AB, Man Group plc, Marshall Wace North America L.P. and Renaissance Technologies LLC. 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 $48.87.

BJ's Restaurants has a market capitalization of $1.01 billion 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]