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

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

BJ's Restaurants announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 31st. Shareholders 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 dividend yield of 0.80%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 8th. This is a positive change 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 initiated a share buyback plan 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 reacquire up to 5.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 30th. The restaurant operator reported $0.39 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates 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 net margin of 5.80% and a return on equity of 16.70%. BJ's Restaurants's revenue was up 9.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm 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 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for BJ's Restaurants' stock. Their predictions range from $40.00 to $81.00. On average, they anticipate BJ's Restaurants' share price to reach $65.6364 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.5% 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, 5 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for BJ's Restaurants.

Media coverage about BJRI stock has trended positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. 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 media sentiment score of 2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

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BJ's Restaurants' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.63%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.66%), Acadian Asset Management LLC (3.64%), Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc. (2.32%), Bamco Inc. NY (1.81%) and GW&K Investment Management LLC (1.78%). 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 Credit Suisse AG, Bamco Inc. NY, Man Group plc, Prudential Financial Inc., Panagora Asset Management Inc., BlackRock Inc., Rothschild Investment Corp IL and AQR Capital Management 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Acadian Asset Management LLC, Hennessy Advisors Inc., Matarin Capital Management LLC, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Deutsche Bank AG and Jefferies Group 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 $59.96.

BJ's Restaurants has a market capitalization of $1.34 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]