NASDAQ:BJRI - BJ's Restaurants Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

BJ's Restaurants announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, April 27th. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.11 per share on Monday, May 28th. This represents a $0.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 11th. View BJ's Restaurants' Dividend History.

BJ's Restaurants announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback program 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 buy up to 5.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) announced its earnings results on Thursday, April, 26th. The restaurant operator reported $0.67 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.53 by $0.14. The restaurant operator earned $278.52 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $273.86 million. BJ's Restaurants had a return on equity of 13.81% and a net margin of 4.77%. The company's revenue was up 8.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.42 earnings per share. View BJ's Restaurants' Earnings History.

BJ's Restaurants is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 26th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for BJ's Restaurants.

8 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for BJ's Restaurants' shares. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $70.00. On average, they anticipate BJ's Restaurants' share price to reach $52.3333 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 18.1%. View Analyst Ratings for BJ's Restaurants.

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

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News headlines about BJRI stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. BJ's Restaurants earned a news impact score of 0.14 on Accern's scale. They also gave news coverage about the restaurant operator an impact score of 45.86 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

BJ's Restaurants' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bank of Montreal Can (0.03%), Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan (0.02%) and Hartford Investment Management Co. (0.02%). Company insiders that own BJ's Restaurants stock include Alex Puchner, Brian S Krakower, Gerald W Deitchle, Greg Trojan, Gregory Levin, Gregory S Lynds, Kevin E Mayer, Larry D Bouts, Lea Anne Ottinger, Lon Ledwith, Luxor Capital Group, Lp, Noah A Elbogen, Patrick Walsh and Pozzo James Dal. View Institutional Ownership Trends for BJ's Restaurants.

BJRI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan and Bank of Montreal Can. 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, 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 Hartford Investment Management 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 $63.90.

BJ's Restaurants has a market capitalization of $1.31 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]