Q2 EPS Estimate for BJ’s Restaurants Decreased by Analyst

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) – Zacks Research cut their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for shares of BJ’s Restaurants in a research report issued on Thursday, May 15th. Zacks Research analyst H. Ray now forecasts that the restaurant operator will post earnings of $0.59 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.61. 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’ Q3 2025 earnings at $0.05 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.47 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $1.71 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.53 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.64 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.21 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.50 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $1.89 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.31 EPS.

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

Several other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on the stock. Sanford C. Bernstein set a $33.00 price objective on shares of BJ’s Restaurants and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 2nd. 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 research note on Friday, February 21st. Finally, Barclays upped their price target on shares of BJ’s Restaurants from $31.00 to $33.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 2nd. Two equities research analysts have 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 company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $37.20.

BJ’s Restaurants Stock Performance

Shares of BJRI opened at $44.83 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 0.28 and a current ratio of 0.04. The stock has a market capitalization of $991.46 million, a P/E ratio of 65.93, a P/E/G ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 1.47. The company’s fifty day moving average is $34.75 and its two-hundred day moving average is $35.46. BJ’s Restaurants has a 1 year low of $27.61 and a 1 year high of $45.22.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. US Bancorp DE raised its holdings in BJ’s Restaurants by 23.5% in the fourth quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 1,902 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $67,000 after buying an additional 362 shares during the period. Summit Securities Group LLC purchased a new position in BJ’s Restaurants in the first quarter valued at approximately $69,000. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale purchased a new position in BJ’s Restaurants in the first quarter valued at approximately $97,000. Headlands Technologies LLC purchased a new position in BJ’s Restaurants in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $108,000. Finally, Arizona State Retirement System purchased a new position in BJ’s Restaurants in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $200,000. 99.95% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at BJ’s Restaurants

In other news, insider Brian S. Krakower sold 3,738 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $44.32, for a total transaction of $165,668.16. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 4,579 shares in the company, valued at $202,941.28. This represents a 44.94% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director Greg Trojan sold 146,102 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $44.63, for a total transaction of $6,520,532.26. Following the transaction, the director now owns 19,896 shares in the company, valued at approximately $887,958.48. The trade was a 88.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 4.30% of the stock is owned by 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.