Q1 Earnings Estimate for BJ’s Restaurants Issued By Wedbush

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) – Research analysts at Wedbush reduced their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for BJ’s Restaurants in a report released on Friday, February 21st. Wedbush analyst N. Setyan now forecasts that the restaurant operator will post earnings per share of $0.35 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.43. Wedbush currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $48.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for BJ’s Restaurants’ current full-year earnings is $1.50 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for BJ’s Restaurants’ Q2 2025 earnings at $0.73 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $1.74 EPS and Q1 2026 earnings at $0.49 EPS.

BJ’s Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The restaurant operator reported $0.47 earnings per share 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 for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $336.48 million.

A number of other brokerages also recently weighed in on BJRI. Gordon Haskett raised shares of BJ’s Restaurants from an “underperform” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $36.00 target price on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. Oppenheimer downgraded shares of BJ’s Restaurants from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. Piper Sandler raised their price target on BJ’s Restaurants from $35.00 to $36.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, November 4th. Finally, Barclays raised their price target on BJ’s Restaurants from $34.00 to $37.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research report on Friday, February 21st. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $40.40.

BJ’s Restaurants Trading Up 1.7 %

Shares of BJRI opened at $38.63 on Monday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $35.61 and its 200 day simple moving average is $34.37. The company has a market capitalization of $881.54 million, a P/E ratio of 56.81, a P/E/G ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 2.11. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 0.04 and a quick ratio of 0.28. BJ’s Restaurants has a 1-year low of $27.61 and a 1-year high of $41.72.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Quarry LP raised its stake in shares of BJ’s Restaurants by 764.9% during the third quarter. Quarry LP now owns 813 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 719 shares in the last quarter. US Bancorp DE increased its holdings in shares of BJ’s Restaurants by 142.9% in the third quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 1,540 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $50,000 after buying an additional 906 shares during the period. Headlands Technologies LLC purchased a new position in shares of BJ’s Restaurants in the fourth quarter worth about $108,000. Arizona State Retirement System purchased a new position in shares of BJ’s Restaurants in the fourth quarter worth about $200,000. Finally, Two Sigma Securities LLC purchased a new position in shares of BJ’s Restaurants in the fourth quarter worth about $201,000. 99.95% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.