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

BJ's Restaurants' stock was trading at $21.39 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, BJRI shares have decreased by 45.4% and is now trading at $11.68. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BJ's Restaurants in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for BJ's Restaurants.

BJ's Restaurants is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for BJ's Restaurants.

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) posted its earnings results on Thursday, February, 20th. The restaurant operator reported $0.53 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.44 by $0.09. The restaurant operator earned $291.07 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $291.52 million. BJ's Restaurants had a net margin of 3.89% and a return on equity of 13.49%. View BJ's Restaurants' earnings history.

BJ's Restaurants declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 20th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 10th will be given a dividend of $0.13 per share on Tuesday, March 24th. This represents a $0.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.45%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 9th. View BJ's Restaurants' dividend history.

15 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for BJ's Restaurants' shares. Their forecasts range from $12.00 to $52.00. On average, they anticipate BJ's Restaurants' stock price to reach $42.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 264.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for BJ's Restaurants.

Media stories about BJRI stock have been trending negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. BJ's Restaurants earned a news sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutBJ's Restaurants.

BJ's Restaurants saw a drop in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 1,320,000 shares, a drop of 17.0% from the February 13th total of 1,590,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 380,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.5 days. Currently, 7.0% of the shares of the company are sold short. View BJ's Restaurants' Current Options Chain.

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

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One share of BJRI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $11.68.

BJ's Restaurants has a market capitalization of $224.50 million and generates $1.16 billion in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $45.24 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.08 on an earnings per share basis. BJ's Restaurants employs 22,500 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]