Research Analysts Offer Predictions for BJRI Q2 Earnings

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) – Analysts at William Blair lifted their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of BJ’s Restaurants in a research report issued on Friday, February 21st. William Blair analyst S. Zackfia now expects that the restaurant operator will post earnings of $0.62 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.56. The consensus estimate for BJ’s Restaurants’ current full-year earnings is $1.50 per share.

BJ’s Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The restaurant operator reported $0.47 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.35 by $0.12. The company had revenue of $344.34 million for 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%.

Several other research analysts have also issued reports on the stock. Gordon Haskett upgraded shares of BJ’s Restaurants from an “underperform” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $36.00 price target for the company in a report on Wednesday, January 8th. Piper Sandler boosted their target price on shares of BJ’s Restaurants from $35.00 to $36.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, November 4th. Oppenheimer cut shares of BJ’s Restaurants from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. Barclays lifted their price objective on BJ’s Restaurants from $34.00 to $37.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research report on Friday, February 21st. Finally, Wedbush boosted their price target on BJ’s Restaurants from $43.00 to $48.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, February 21st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $40.40.

BJ’s Restaurants Stock Up 1.7 %

Shares of BJRI opened at $38.63 on Monday. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $35.61 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $34.37. BJ’s Restaurants has a 12 month low of $27.61 and a 12 month high of $41.72. The company has a market capitalization of $881.54 million, a PE ratio of 56.81, a PEG ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 2.11. The company has a current ratio of 0.04, a quick ratio of 0.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18.

Institutional Trading of BJ’s Restaurants

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its stake in BJ’s Restaurants by 6.8% during the 4th quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,242,137 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $43,642,000 after buying an additional 78,852 shares during the period. Nomura Holdings Inc. increased its holdings in shares of BJ’s Restaurants by 23.9% during the fourth quarter. Nomura Holdings Inc. now owns 837,031 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $29,409,000 after acquiring an additional 161,495 shares in the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. raised its position in shares of BJ’s Restaurants by 12.8% during the fourth quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 699,434 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $24,575,000 after purchasing an additional 79,512 shares during the period. Emerald Advisers LLC lifted its holdings in shares of BJ’s Restaurants by 2.6% in the 4th quarter. Emerald Advisers LLC now owns 583,828 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $20,513,000 after purchasing an additional 14,607 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in BJ’s Restaurants by 1.0% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 493,006 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $16,056,000 after purchasing an additional 5,075 shares during the period. 99.95% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.