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. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 12th will be given a dividend of $0.12 per share on Tuesday, March 26th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.05%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 11th. View BJ's Restaurants' Dividend History.

BJ's Restaurants declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan on Sunday, June 4th 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase $50,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 5.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) released its earnings results on Thursday, February, 21st. The restaurant operator reported $0.49 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' 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 net margin of 4.55% and a return on equity of 16.97%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $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 1-year target prices for BJ's Restaurants' shares. 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 year. This suggests a possible upside of 43.0% 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 headlines about BJRI stock have been trending positive on Saturday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing 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 2.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

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BJ's Restaurants' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Hennessy Advisors Inc. (1.29%), Somerset Trust Co (0.00%) and FNY Investment Advisers LLC (0.00%). 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 Hennessy Advisors Inc.. 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 FNY Investment Advisers LLC and Somerset Trust Co. 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 $45.60.

BJ's Restaurants has a market capitalization of $961.16 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]