BJ’s Restaurants (BJRI) to Release Earnings on Thursday

BJ’s Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI) is expected to be announcing its Q2 2025 earnings results before the market opens on Thursday, July 24th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $0.68 per share and revenue of $362.74 million for the quarter.

BJ’s Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI) last released its earnings results on Thursday, May 1st. The restaurant operator reported $0.59 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.39 by $0.20. The firm had revenue of $347.97 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $347.70 million. BJ’s Restaurants had a net margin of 1.64% and a return on equity of 10.35%. BJ’s Restaurants’s revenue for the quarter was up 3.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.32 EPS. On average, analysts expect BJ’s Restaurants to post $2 EPS for the current fiscal year and $2 EPS for the next fiscal year.

BJ’s Restaurants Stock Down 0.9%

BJRI stock opened at $39.36 on Thursday. BJ’s Restaurants has a one year low of $27.61 and a one year high of $47.02. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $43.71 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $37.87. The stock has a market capitalization of $870.64 million, a P/E ratio of 41.87, a PEG ratio of 1.49 and a beta of 1.56. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a quick ratio of 0.31 and a current ratio of 0.39.

Insider Activity at BJ’s Restaurants

In related news, Director Greg Trojan sold 146,102 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $44.63, for a total transaction of $6,520,532.26. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 19,896 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $887,958.48. This represents a 88.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, insider Brian S. Krakower sold 3,738 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $44.32, for a total transaction of $165,668.16. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 4,579 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $202,941.28. This trade represents a 44.94% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 4.30% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On BJ’s Restaurants

A hedge fund recently bought a new stake in BJ’s Restaurants stock. Caxton Associates LLP bought a new stake in BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) during the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm bought 8,481 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock, valued at approximately $291,000. 99.95% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

BJRI has been the topic of several recent research reports. Barclays lifted their target price on shares of BJ’s Restaurants from $31.00 to $33.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a report on Friday, May 2nd. Sanford C. Bernstein set a $33.00 price objective on shares of BJ’s Restaurants and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research report on Friday, May 2nd. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of BJ’s Restaurants from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, July 5th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, BJ’s Restaurants presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $37.20.

BJ’s Restaurants Company Profile

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.