Q2 Earnings Estimate for BJRI Issued By William Blair

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI - Free Report) - Stock analysts at William Blair issued their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for shares of BJ's Restaurants in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, January 20th. William Blair analyst S. Zackfia expects that the restaurant operator will post earnings per share of $0.56 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for BJ's Restaurants' current full-year earnings is $1.26 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for BJ's Restaurants' Q3 2025 earnings at ($0.03) EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.38 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.70 EPS.

A number of other research firms also recently issued reports on BJRI. Piper Sandler lifted their price objective on shares of BJ's Restaurants from $35.00 to $36.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Monday, November 4th. Oppenheimer lowered BJ's Restaurants from an "outperform" rating to a "market perform" rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. Gordon Haskett raised BJ's Restaurants from an "underperform" rating to a "hold" rating and set a $36.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Wednesday, January 8th. Wedbush reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and issued a $43.00 target price on shares of BJ's Restaurants in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Finally, Barclays lifted their price target on shares of BJ's Restaurants from $32.00 to $34.00 and gave the stock an "underweight" rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $38.00.

BJ's Restaurants Price Performance

Shares of BJRI stock traded down $0.04 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $35.38. The company had a trading volume of 58,417 shares, compared to its average volume of 201,091. The stock's 50-day moving average is $35.73 and its two-hundred day moving average is $33.93. The stock has a market capitalization of $807.26 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.19, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.65 and a beta of 2.10. The company has a quick ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 0.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18. BJ's Restaurants has a 52 week low of $27.61 and a 52 week high of $38.87.

BJ's Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The restaurant operator reported ($0.13) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.02 by ($0.15). BJ's Restaurants had a return on equity of 7.98% and a net margin of 2.24%. The business had revenue of $325.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $324.97 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned ($0.16) earnings per share. BJ's Restaurants's revenue was up 2.2% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On BJ's Restaurants

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Quarry LP boosted its holdings in shares of BJ's Restaurants by 764.9% during the 3rd quarter. Quarry LP now owns 813 shares of the restaurant operator's stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 719 shares in the last quarter. US Bancorp DE lifted its holdings in shares of BJ's Restaurants by 142.9% during the third quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 1,540 shares of the restaurant operator's stock valued at $50,000 after purchasing an additional 906 shares during the last quarter. Walleye Capital LLC purchased a new stake in shares of BJ's Restaurants in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $216,000. Capstone Investment Advisors LLC bought a new position in BJ's Restaurants during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $219,000. Finally, BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its stake in BJ's Restaurants by 11.4% during the third quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 6,760 shares of the restaurant operator's stock valued at $220,000 after buying an additional 693 shares during the last quarter. 99.95% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity at BJ's Restaurants

In related news, insider Brian S. Krakower sold 2,313 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $35.60, for a total transaction of $82,342.80. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 5,339 shares in the company, valued at $190,068.40. The trade was a 30.23 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 4.90% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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.