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

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

BJ's Restaurants announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 24th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.13 per share on Monday, November 25th. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.32%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 7th. This is an increase from BJ's Restaurants's previous quarterly dividend of $0.12. View BJ's Restaurants' Dividend History.

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) issued its earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The restaurant operator reported $0.18 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.10 by $0.08. The restaurant operator had revenue of $278.74 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $278.49 million. BJ's Restaurants had a return on equity of 13.38% and a net margin of 3.60%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 3.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.39 earnings per share. View BJ's Restaurants' Earnings History.

BJ's Restaurants is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 20th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for BJ's Restaurants.

15 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for BJ's Restaurants' shares. Their forecasts range from $29.00 to $55.00. On average, they expect BJ's Restaurants' stock price to reach $46.40 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for BJ's Restaurants.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BJ's Restaurants in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for BJ's Restaurants.

Media coverage about BJRI stock has been trending positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. 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 media sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for BJ's Restaurants.

BJ's Restaurants saw a decline in short interest in December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 1,440,000 shares, a decline of 13.8% from the November 28th total of 1,670,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 360,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.0 days. Currently, 7.7% of the company's stock are sold short. View BJ's Restaurants' Current Options Chain.

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BJ's Restaurants' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%) and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%). Company insiders that own BJ's Restaurants stock 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 Institutional Ownership Trends for BJ's Restaurants.

BJRI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BJRI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $39.49.

BJ's Restaurants has a market capitalization of $756.53 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.View Additional Information About BJ's Restaurants.

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]