BJ's Restaurants (BJRI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. owns and operates casual dining restaurants in the United States. Its restaurants offer pizzas, craft and other beers, appetizers, entrées, pastas, sandwiches, specialty salads, and desserts under brand name Pizookie. The company was formerly known as Chicago Pizza & Brewery, Inc. and changed its name to BJ's Restaurants, Inc. in August 2004. BJ's Restaurants, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is based in Huntington Beach, California.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $40.71 to $42.75
• 50-Day Range: $29.82 to $44.83
• 52-Week Range: $27.61 to $45.22
• Volume: 260,393 shs
• Average Volume: 367,471 shs
• Market Capitalization: $938.60 million
• P/E Ratio: 62.41
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $37.20
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

BJ's Restaurants Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

BJ's Restaurants scored higher than 56% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 138th out of 210 stocks in the retail/wholesale sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 0.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

BJ's Restaurants has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.86, and is based on 1 buy rating, 4 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

BJ's Restaurants has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 14.00%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for BJ's Restaurants are expected to grow by 14.00% in the coming year, from $1.50 to $1.71 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of BJ's Restaurants is 62.41, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 24.81.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of BJ's Restaurants is 62.41, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Retail/Wholesale sector average P/E ratio of about 24.47.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

BJ's Restaurants has a PEG Ratio of 1.81. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

BJ's Restaurants has a P/B Ratio of 2.62. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

7.62% of the float of BJ's Restaurants has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

BJ's Restaurants has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in BJ's Restaurants has recently increased by 2.70%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

BJ's Restaurants does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

BJ's Restaurants does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of BJ's Restaurants is 55.32%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, BJ's Restaurants will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.41% next year. This indicates that BJ's Restaurants will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• Environmental Score: -2.35

Percentage of Shares Shorted

7.62% of the float of BJ's Restaurants has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

BJ's Restaurants has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in BJ's Restaurants has recently increased by 2.70%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.68

News Sentiment

BJ's Restaurants has a news sentiment score of 0.68. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.81 average news sentiment score of Retail/Wholesale companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 17 news articles for BJ's Restaurants this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

2 people have searched for BJRI on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, BJ's Restaurants insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $6,686,200.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 4.90% of the stock of BJ's Restaurants is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

99.95% of the stock of BJ's Restaurants is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

BJRI Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have BJRI shares performed this year?

BJ's Restaurants' stock was trading at $35.13 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, BJRI shares have increased by 20.8% and is now trading at $42.44.
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How were BJ's Restaurants' earnings last quarter?

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) announced its earnings results on Thursday, May, 1st. The restaurant operator reported $0.59 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.39 by $0.20. BJ's Restaurants's revenue was up 3.2% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript.

Does BJ's Restaurants have any subsidiaries?

BJ's Restaurants subsidiaries include BJROC Maryland, BJ’s Restaurant Operations Company, BJ’s Restaurant Operations Company of Kansas, Chicago America Holding, Chicago Pizza & Brewery, Chicago Pizza Hospitality Holding, Chicago Pizza Management, Chicago Pizza Restaurant Holding, and Reno Brewery Holding.

Who are BJ's Restaurants' major shareholders?

BJ's Restaurants' top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.05%), Nomura Holdings Inc. (7.69%), American Century Companies Inc. (3.50%) and Emerald Advisers LLC (2.59%). Insiders that own company stock include Fund 1 Investments, Llc, Gregory Levin, Greg Trojan, Janet Sherlock, Kendra D Miller, C Bradford Richmond, Alex Puchner, Brian S Krakower and Christopher P Pinsak.
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How do I buy shares of BJ's Restaurants?

Shares of BJRI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of BJ's Restaurants own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that BJ's Restaurants investors own include Xtrackers California Municipal Bond ETF (CA), Endologix (ELGX), BlackRock (BLK), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Hawkins (HWKN), Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW) and Zoetis (ZTS).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/01/2025
• Today: 5/23/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 7/24/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Retail/Wholesale
• Industry: Eating places
• Sub-Industry: Restaurants
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:BJRI
• CIK: 1013488
• Web: www.bjsrestaurants.com
• Phone: (714) 500-2400
• Fax: 714-848-8287
• Employees: 22,200
• Year Founded: 1978

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $37.20
• High Stock Price Target: $48.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $33.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -11.2%
• Consensus Rating: Reduce
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.86
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $0.94
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 61.62
• Forward P/E Ratio: 27.92
• P/E Growth: 1.81
• Net Income: $16.69 million
• Net Margins: 1.23%
• Pretax Margin: 0.61%
• Return on Equity: 8.76%
• Return on Assets: 3.17%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.18
• Current Ratio: 0.04
• Quick Ratio: 0.28

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.37 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.68
• Cash Flow: $5.20 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.06
• Book Value: $16.22 per share
• Price / Book: 2.58

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 22,116,000
• Free Float: 21,699,000
• Market Cap: $926.33 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.47