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, February 22nd. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Tuesday, March 26th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.02%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 11th. View BJ's Restaurants' Dividend History.

BJ's Restaurants announced that its board has approved 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 buy up to 5.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 21st. The restaurant operator reported $0.49 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.51 by $0.02. The restaurant operator earned $280.50 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $278.30 million. BJ's Restaurants had a return on equity of 16.97% and a net margin of 4.55%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.37 earnings per share. View BJ's Restaurants' Earnings History.

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

11 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for BJ's Restaurants' stock. Their predictions range from $53.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect BJ's Restaurants' share price to reach $65.20 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 39.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for BJ's Restaurants.

11 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 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 negative on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. BJ's Restaurants earned a news impact score of -1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

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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. (15.08%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.99%), Acadian Asset Management LLC (3.58%), Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc. (2.94%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (2.64%) and Millennium Management LLC (2.11%). 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 Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Two Sigma Investments LP, TD Asset Management Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, Hennessy Advisors Inc., Timpani Capital Management LLC, Mackay Shields LLC and Nuveen Asset 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., FMR LLC, Norges Bank, Millennium Management LLC, Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc., American Century Companies Inc., North Fourth Asset Management LP and BlackRock Inc.. 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 $46.87.

BJ's Restaurants has a market capitalization of $987.93 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.

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]