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 Wednesday, October 31st. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 12th will be given a dividend of $0.12 per share on Monday, November 26th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.82%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 8th. This is an increase from BJ's Restaurants's previous quarterly dividend of $0.11. View BJ's Restaurants' Dividend History.

BJ's Restaurants declared that its board has authorized a share repurchase program on Sunday, June 4th 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase $50,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 5.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 30th. The restaurant operator reported $0.39 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.23 by $0.16. The restaurant operator had revenue of $270.27 million for 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 for the quarter was up 9.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.15 earnings per share. 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 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for BJ's Restaurants' stock. Their predictions range from $40.00 to $81.00. On average, they anticipate BJ's Restaurants' stock price to reach $65.6364 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.6% 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.

Headlines about BJRI stock have been trending neutral this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog 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 news sentiment score of 0.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

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BJ's Restaurants' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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 $58.82.

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]