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

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

BJ's Restaurants announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 31st. Investors of record on Monday, November 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Monday, November 26th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.76%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Sunday, June 4th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $50,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 5.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) issued 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 earned $270.27 million during 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%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 9.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.15 EPS. 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 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for BJ's Restaurants' stock. Their predictions range from $40.00 to $81.00. On average, they expect BJ's Restaurants' share price to reach $65.6364 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.9% 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.

Media headlines about BJRI stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. BJ's Restaurants earned a coverage optimism score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is very unlikely to have an effect 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 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 $63.17.

BJ's Restaurants has a market capitalization of $1.36 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]