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

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

BJ's Restaurants declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 20th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.13 per share on Tuesday, March 24th. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.58%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 9th. View BJ's Restaurants' Dividend History.

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) announced 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 earned $278.74 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $278.49 million. BJ's Restaurants had a return on equity of 13.49% and a net margin of 3.89%. BJ's Restaurants's quarterly revenue was up 3.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.39 EPS. View BJ's Restaurants' Earnings History.

BJ's Restaurants is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for BJ's Restaurants.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for BJ's Restaurants' shares. Their forecasts range from $29.00 to $52.00. On average, they anticipate BJ's Restaurants' share price to reach $44.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 35.4% 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, 6 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for BJ's Restaurants.

Media coverage about BJRI stock has been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. BJ's Restaurants earned a media sentiment score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for BJ's Restaurants.

BJ's Restaurants saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 1,560,000 shares, an increase of 9.9% from the January 30th total of 1,420,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 282,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.5 days. Currently, 8.3% 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 variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc. (3.36%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (3.19%), State Street Corp (3.09%), GW&K Investment Management LLC (2.94%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.37%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.20%). Company insiders that own BJ's Restaurants stock include Alex Puchner, Brian S Krakower, Gerald W Deitchle, Greg Trojan, Gregory Levin, Gregory S Lynds, Jacob Guild, 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 Marshall Wace LLP, Baird Financial Group Inc., Panagora Asset Management Inc., Geode Capital Management LLC, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc., Credit Suisse AG and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. View Insider Buying and Selling for BJ's Restaurants.

BJRI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Russell Investments Group Ltd., Castleark Management LLC, Cooper Creek Partners Management LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Public Sector Pension Investment Board, Oxford Asset Management LLP and California Public Employees Retirement System. Company insiders that have bought BJ's Restaurants stock in the last two years include Gerald W Deitchle, Greg Trojan, Gregory Levin, Gregory S Lynds and Jacob Guild. 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 $32.95.

BJ's Restaurants has a market capitalization of $633.30 million and generates $1.16 billion in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $45.24 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.08 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]