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 Wednesday, October 31st. Investors of record on Monday, November 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Monday, November 26th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.89%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 8th. This is a boost from BJ's Restaurants's previous quarterly dividend of $0.11. View BJ's Restaurants' Dividend History.

BJ's Restaurants declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan on Sunday, June 4th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $50,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 5.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) released its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 30th. The restaurant operator reported $0.39 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.23 by $0.16. The restaurant operator earned $270.27 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $262.89 million. BJ's Restaurants had a return on equity of 16.70% and a net margin of 5.80%. BJ's Restaurants's quarterly revenue was up 9.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.15 EPS. View BJ's Restaurants' Earnings History.

BJ's Restaurants is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 28th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for BJ's Restaurants.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for BJ's Restaurants' shares. Their predictions range from $40.00 to $81.00. On average, they anticipate BJ's Restaurants' stock price to reach $64.1818 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for BJ's Restaurants.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BJ's Restaurants in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for BJ's Restaurants.

News coverage about BJRI stock has trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing 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 closest to five being the most favorable. BJ's Restaurants earned a media sentiment score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several 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. (14.63%), Vanguard Group Inc. (12.01%), Vanguard Group Inc (12.01%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.66%), Acadian Asset Management LLC (3.64%) and Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc. (2.32%). 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 Marshall Wace North America L.P., Credit Suisse AG, Bamco Inc. NY, Man Group plc, Prudential Financial Inc., Neuberger Berman Group LLC, Panagora Asset Management Inc. and BlackRock 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 Vanguard Group Inc, Vanguard Group Inc., Acadian Asset Management LLC, Hennessy Advisors Inc., Marshall Wace LLP, Matarin Capital Management LLC, Morgan Stanley and Allianz Asset Management GmbH. 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 $54.09.

BJ's Restaurants has a market capitalization of $1.15 billion and generates $1.03 billion in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $44.78 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.41 on an earnings per share basis. BJ's Restaurants employs 21,500 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]