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. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.69%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 10th. View BJ's Restaurants' Dividend History.

BJ's Restaurants announced that its Board of Directors has approved 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 management believes its shares are undervalued.

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 26th. The restaurant operator reported $0.79 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.64 by $0.15. The restaurant operator earned $287.63 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $283.22 million. BJ's Restaurants had a return on equity of 15.76% and a net margin of 5.35%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 8.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.49 EPS. 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 price objectives for BJ's Restaurants' stock. Their predictions range from $30.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect BJ's Restaurants' share price to reach $56.40 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 12.0%. 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 Analysis reports. Accern scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. BJ's Restaurants earned a news and rumor sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also gave media coverage about the restaurant operator an impact score of 43.55 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock'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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Rothschild Asset Management Inc., Acadian Asset Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., OppenheimerFunds Inc., Columbus Circle Investors, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Sei Investments Co. and TD Asset Management Inc.. 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 $64.10.

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]