William Blair Issues Optimistic Outlook for BJRI Earnings

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) – Equities researchers at William Blair boosted their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for BJ’s Restaurants in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, April 22nd. William Blair analyst S. Zackfia now forecasts that the restaurant operator will post earnings of $0.63 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.62. The consensus estimate for BJ’s Restaurants’ current full-year earnings is $1.50 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for BJ’s Restaurants’ Q4 2025 earnings at $0.67 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.10 EPS.

BJ’s Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The restaurant operator reported $0.47 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.35 by $0.12. The business had revenue of $344.34 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $336.48 million. BJ’s Restaurants had a net margin of 1.23% and a return on equity of 8.76%.

A number of other equities research analysts have also issued reports on the company. Oppenheimer lowered BJ’s Restaurants from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. Barclays reduced their price objective on shares of BJ’s Restaurants from $37.00 to $31.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday. Gordon Haskett raised shares of BJ’s Restaurants from an “underperform” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $36.00 target price on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, January 8th. Finally, Wedbush upped their price target on shares of BJ’s Restaurants from $43.00 to $48.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, February 21st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, BJ’s Restaurants presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $39.20.

BJ’s Restaurants Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:BJRI opened at $33.02 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $750.15 million, a PE ratio of 48.56, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 1.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 0.28 and a current ratio of 0.04. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $34.18 and a 200-day moving average of $35.11. BJ’s Restaurants has a one year low of $27.61 and a one year high of $41.72.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On BJ’s Restaurants

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of BJ’s Restaurants by 1.0% in the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 493,006 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $16,056,000 after buying an additional 5,075 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in BJ’s Restaurants by 7.2% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 27,284 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $888,000 after purchasing an additional 1,823 shares during the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. grew its holdings in BJ’s Restaurants by 1.6% during the fourth quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 110,833 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $3,894,000 after purchasing an additional 1,752 shares during the last quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC raised its position in shares of BJ’s Restaurants by 3.6% in the fourth quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 110,895 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $3,896,000 after purchasing an additional 3,835 shares during the period. Finally, Proficio Capital Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of BJ’s Restaurants in the fourth quarter worth $574,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.95% of the company’s stock.

About BJ’s Restaurants

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.