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. Stockholders 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 1.29%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 7th. This is a boost from BJ's Restaurants's previous quarterly dividend of $0.12. View BJ's Restaurants' Dividend History.

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The restaurant operator reported $0.18 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.10 by $0.08. The restaurant operator had revenue of $278.74 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $278.49 million. BJ's Restaurants had a return on equity of 13.38% and a net margin of 3.60%. BJ's Restaurants's revenue was up 3.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior 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 twelve-month price targets for BJ's Restaurants' stock. Their forecasts range from $29.00 to $55.00. On average, they expect BJ's Restaurants' share price to reach $46.40 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.0% 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.

News stories about BJRI stock have trended extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. BJ's Restaurants earned a daily sentiment score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for BJ's Restaurants.

BJ's Restaurants saw a decline in short interest in the month of 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 trading volume, of 360,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.0 days. Approximately 7.7% of the company's shares are sold short. View BJ's Restaurants' Current Options Chain.

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BJ's Restaurants' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.16%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), AdvisorShares Investments LLC (0.06%) 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.

BJRI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including New York State Teachers Retirement System and AdvisorShares Investments LLC. Company insiders that have bought BJ's Restaurants stock in the last two years include Gerald W Deitchle and Greg Trojan. 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 $40.35.

BJ's Restaurants has a market capitalization of $773.11 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]