Q2 EPS Forecast for BJ’s Restaurants Increased by Analyst

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) – Analysts at William Blair lifted their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for BJ’s Restaurants in a report released on Friday, February 21st. William Blair analyst S. Zackfia now anticipates that the restaurant operator will post earnings per share of $0.62 for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.56. The consensus estimate for BJ’s Restaurants’ current full-year earnings is $1.47 per share.

A number of other analysts also recently weighed in on BJRI. Oppenheimer downgraded shares of BJ’s Restaurants from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. Piper Sandler increased their price target on BJ’s Restaurants from $35.00 to $36.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, November 4th. Gordon Haskett upgraded BJ’s Restaurants from an “underperform” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $36.00 price target on the stock in a report on Wednesday, January 8th. Wedbush increased their price target on BJ’s Restaurants from $43.00 to $48.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday. Finally, Barclays increased their target price on BJ’s Restaurants from $34.00 to $37.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Friday. One 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’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, BJ’s Restaurants presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $40.40.

BJ’s Restaurants Stock Performance

NASDAQ:BJRI opened at $38.09 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $869.10 million, a PE ratio of 56.01, a P/E/G ratio of 1.73 and a beta of 2.11. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $35.57 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $34.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 0.28 and a current ratio of 0.35. BJ’s Restaurants has a fifty-two week low of $27.61 and a fifty-two week high of $41.72.

BJ’s Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 20th. The restaurant operator reported $0.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.35 by $0.12. BJ’s Restaurants had a return on equity of 8.70% and a net margin of 1.23%. The company had revenue of $344.34 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $336.48 million.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On BJ’s Restaurants

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in BJRI. Quarry LP increased its position in shares of BJ’s Restaurants by 764.9% during the 3rd quarter. Quarry LP now owns 813 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 719 shares during the last quarter. US Bancorp DE increased its holdings in BJ’s Restaurants by 142.9% in the 3rd quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 1,540 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $50,000 after acquiring an additional 906 shares during the last quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC purchased a new position in BJ’s Restaurants during the 4th quarter valued at about $108,000. Arizona State Retirement System purchased a new position in BJ’s Restaurants during the 4th quarter valued at about $200,000. Finally, Two Sigma Securities LLC purchased a new position in BJ’s Restaurants during the 4th quarter valued at about $201,000. 99.95% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.