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

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

BJ's Restaurants declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 27th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.11 per share on Monday, August 27th. This represents a $0.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.67%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 10th. View BJ's Restaurants' Dividend History.

BJ's Restaurants declared that its board has initiated a share buyback plan on Sunday, June 4th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $50,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 5.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) released its earnings results on Thursday, July, 26th. The restaurant operator reported $0.79 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.64 by $0.15. The restaurant operator had revenue of $287.63 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $283.22 million. BJ's Restaurants had a net margin of 5.35% and a return on equity of 15.76%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 8.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.49 earnings per share. View BJ's Restaurants' Earnings History.

BJ's Restaurants is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for BJ's Restaurants.

9 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for BJ's Restaurants' stock. Their predictions range from $30.00 to $75.00. On average, they anticipate BJ's Restaurants' stock price to reach $56.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 13.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for BJ's Restaurants.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BJ's Restaurants in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for BJ's Restaurants.

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Media stories about BJRI stock have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. BJ's Restaurants earned a coverage optimism score of 0.12 on Accern's scale. They also gave news coverage about the restaurant operator an impact score of 47.55 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View Recent Headlines for BJ's Restaurants.

BJ's Restaurants' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (15.08%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.75%), Rothschild Asset Management Inc. (2.32%), Millennium Management LLC (2.07%), Acadian Asset Management LLC (1.85%) and Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.47%). 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, Luxor Capital Group, Lp, 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 Millennium Management LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC, KBC Group NV, Pinebridge Investments L.P., Rothschild Investment Corp IL, BlueMountain Capital Management LLC and ClariVest 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, Gregory S Lynds, Kendra D Miller, Kevin E Mayer, 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 Rothschild Asset Management Inc., Acadian Asset Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., OppenheimerFunds Inc., Castleark Management LLC, Columbus Circle Investors, Renaissance Technologies LLC and Sei Investments Co.. Company insiders that have bought BJ's Restaurants stock in the last two years include Gregory Levin and Noah A Elbogen. 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 $65.45.

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.

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]