BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at Zacks Research raised their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for BJ's Restaurants in a report issued on Thursday, March 6th. Zacks Research analyst H. Ray now expects that the restaurant operator will earn $0.39 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.38. The consensus estimate for BJ's Restaurants' current full-year earnings is $1.50 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for BJ's Restaurants' Q2 2025 earnings at $0.61 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.10 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.48 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $1.59 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.50 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.68 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.23 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.52 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $1.94 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.35 EPS.
BJ's Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 20th. The restaurant operator reported $0.47 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.35 by $0.12. BJ's Restaurants had a return on equity of 8.76% and a net margin of 1.23%. The firm had revenue of $344.34 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $336.48 million.
Several other equities analysts also recently issued reports on BJRI. Oppenheimer downgraded shares of BJ's Restaurants from an "outperform" rating to a "market perform" rating in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. Gordon Haskett upgraded shares of BJ's Restaurants from an "underperform" rating to a "hold" rating and set a $36.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. Barclays lifted their price objective on shares of BJ's Restaurants from $34.00 to $37.00 and gave the stock an "underweight" rating in a research note on Friday, February 21st. Finally, Wedbush boosted their price objective on shares of BJ's Restaurants from $43.00 to $48.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Friday, February 21st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $40.40.
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BJ's Restaurants Stock Down 5.1 %
BJ's Restaurants stock traded down $1.80 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $33.75. The company's stock had a trading volume of 442,345 shares, compared to its average volume of 285,768. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 0.04 and a quick ratio of 0.28. The stock has a market capitalization of $766.73 million, a P/E ratio of 49.63, a PEG ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 2.10. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is $35.90 and its 200-day simple moving average is $34.81. BJ's Restaurants has a 52-week low of $27.61 and a 52-week high of $41.72.
Institutional Trading of BJ's Restaurants
A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Nomura Holdings Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of BJ's Restaurants by 23.9% in the 4th quarter. Nomura Holdings Inc. now owns 837,031 shares of the restaurant operator's stock valued at $29,409,000 after buying an additional 161,495 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. boosted its position in BJ's Restaurants by 147.9% in the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 259,977 shares of the restaurant operator's stock worth $9,134,000 after purchasing an additional 155,109 shares in the last quarter. Verition Fund Management LLC grew its stake in shares of BJ's Restaurants by 528.9% during the 3rd quarter. Verition Fund Management LLC now owns 155,383 shares of the restaurant operator's stock worth $5,059,000 after purchasing an additional 130,676 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new position in shares of BJ's Restaurants during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $4,502,000. Finally, Eagle Asset Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of BJ's Restaurants in the 3rd quarter valued at $4,310,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.95% of the company's stock.
About BJ's Restaurants
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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.
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