Q2 EPS Estimate for BJ’s Restaurants Increased by Analyst

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) – Equities researchers at William Blair boosted their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for BJ’s Restaurants in a research report issued on Thursday, May 1st. William Blair analyst S. Zackfia now expects that the restaurant operator will post earnings of $0.75 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.63. 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’ FY2026 earnings at $2.32 EPS.

Other analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. Gordon Haskett upgraded BJ’s Restaurants from an “underperform” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $36.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Wednesday, January 8th. Oppenheimer lowered shares of BJ’s Restaurants from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. Wedbush raised their price target on shares of BJ’s Restaurants from $43.00 to $48.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, February 21st. Finally, Barclays upped their price objective on shares of BJ’s Restaurants from $31.00 to $33.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research note on Friday. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $38.25.

BJ’s Restaurants Price Performance

BJRI stock opened at $37.91 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $846.00 million, a P/E ratio of 55.75, a P/E/G ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 1.78. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $33.83 and its 200 day moving average is $35.15. BJ’s Restaurants has a 52 week low of $27.61 and a 52 week high of $41.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 0.28 and a current ratio of 0.04.

BJ’s Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI) last released its earnings results on Thursday, May 1st. The restaurant operator reported $0.59 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.39 by $0.20. BJ’s Restaurants had a return on equity of 8.76% and a net margin of 1.23%. The business had revenue of $347.97 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $347.70 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.32 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 3.2% on a year-over-year basis.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On BJ’s Restaurants

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. US Bancorp DE lifted its holdings in shares of BJ’s Restaurants by 23.5% in the 4th quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 1,902 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $67,000 after acquiring an additional 362 shares during the last quarter. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale bought a new stake in shares of BJ’s Restaurants in the 1st quarter valued at about $97,000. Headlands Technologies LLC bought a new position in BJ’s Restaurants in the fourth quarter worth approximately $108,000. Arizona State Retirement System bought a new stake in BJ’s Restaurants during the fourth quarter valued at about $200,000. Finally, Two Sigma Securities LLC purchased a new position in BJ’s Restaurants in the fourth quarter worth $201,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.95% of the company’s stock.

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.