Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. BJRI
$61.93 +4.52% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $1.30B
Strong trend
Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $1.89, up 60.2% year over year.
- Over the past year the stock returned +102.6%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 87.5 percentage points.
- Net debt is 3.3× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth61Neutral
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 48%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 15%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 29%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 45%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 41%
Quality44Weak
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 45%
- Gross marginBottom 11%
- Operating marginBottom 31%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 26%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 32%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 41%
- Interest coverTop 29%
Value43Weak
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 40%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 34%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 44%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 48%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 40%
Momentum93Exceptional
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 3%
- 6-month returnTop 7%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 4%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 28%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 20%
Revisions42Weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 6%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 33%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 41%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 4%
Stability50Neutral
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 44%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 22%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 37%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 41%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 3.0% | 3.5% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 111.8% | 60.2% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 15.1% | 15.5% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 3.2% | 3.0% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 3.8% | 3.1% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 3.5% | 3.0% | ↑ | Bottom 48% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 60.2% | 111.8% | ↓ | Top 15% |
| Gross margin | 15.5% | 15.1% | ↑ | Bottom 11% |
| Operating margin | 3.0% | 3.2% | ↓ | Bottom 31% |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 2.0% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 3.1% | 3.8% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 5.1% | — | Bottom 45% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 2.9% | — | Top 45% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.87×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -7.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.7%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -10.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 3.32×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 10.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 3.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 3.00%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -5.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -2.9%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $55.50
- Target vs current price
- -10.4%
- Analysts with a rating
- 32
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 56%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | +4.9% | +5.9% | -3.3% | -4.8% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | -6.6% | +3.6% | +13.9% | +20.0% | +100.9% |
| Feb 25, 2026 | +10.0% | +1.2% | -11.1% | -10.5% | +8.6% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | +500.0% | -4.6% | +19.0% | +28.4% | +39.9% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | +40.6% | -3.5% | -6.9% | -6.8% | -11.0% |
| May 1, 2025 | +47.5% | +0.6% | +12.6% | +34.6% | +14.0% |
| Feb 20, 2025 | +34.3% | -0.4% | +3.5% | -9.5% | +25.0% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | -719.2% | -0.9% | -2.3% | +1.1% | -2.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | $0.94 | $0.90 | +4.9% | $388.9M |
| May 5, 2026 | $0.57 | $0.61 | -6.6% | $358.1M |
| Feb 25, 2026 | $0.66 | $0.60 | +10.0% | $355.4M |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $0.04 | -$0.01 | +500.0% | $330.2M |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $0.97 | $0.69 | +40.6% | $365.6M |
| May 1, 2025 | $0.59 | $0.40 | +47.5% | $348.0M |
| Feb 20, 2025 | $0.47 | $0.35 | +34.3% | $344.3M |
| Oct 31, 2024 | -$0.13 | -$0.02 | -719.2% | $325.7M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 32.8× | 38.4× | 38th | Bottom 40% |
| P/E (forward) | 26.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 13.6× | — | — | Bottom 44% |
| EV / Sales | 1.20× | — | — | Top 48% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 3.43% | — | — | Bottom 34% |
| Earnings yield | 3.05% | — | — | Bottom 40% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 16.9× – 183.8× since Dec 31, 2022. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +102.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +60.2%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +25.4%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 120
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -3.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +26.2%
- RSI (14)
- 52.0
- Relative volume
- 1.20×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 45.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 53th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.17
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.42
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -16.6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -38.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2021 | Jul 11, 2022 | -67.2% | 332 days | 1004 days (Jul 13, 2026) |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | -22.9% | 43 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 22, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -18.0% | 4 days | 8 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
| Nov 10, 2020 | Dec 14, 2020 | -16.3% | 23 days | 6 days (Dec 22, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.30B
- P/E (TTM)
- 32.8
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.89
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.43B
- 52-week range
- $28.46 – $74.60
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.09B | $1.28B | $1.33B | $1.36B | $1.40B |
| Gross profit | $129.6M | $144.8M | $177.8M | $195.6M | $216.2M |
| Operating income | -$16.5M | -$5.5M | $13.8M | $32.5M | $48.0M |
| Net income | -$3.6M | $4.1M | $19.7M | $16.7M | $48.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.16 | $0.17 | $0.82 | $0.70 | $2.16 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $325.7M | $344.3M | $348.0M | $365.6M | $330.2M | $355.4M | $358.1M | $388.9M |
| Net income | -$2.9M | -$5.3M | $13.5M | $22.2M | $465,000 | $12.6M | $9.0M | $18.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.13 | -$0.23 | $0.58 | $0.96 | $0.02 | $0.60 | $0.41 | $0.86 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $64.3M | $51.1M | $105.8M | $101.5M | $110.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$42.2M | -$78.6M | -$98.9M | -$76.9M | -$69.6M |
| Free cash flow | $22.1M | -$27.5M | $6.9M | $24.6M | $40.9M |
| Dividends paid | -$118,000 | -$100,000 | -$32,000 | -$13,000 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $33.4M | -$2.4M | -$10.1M | -$24.9M | -$60.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $14.4M
- Total assets
- $991.8M
- Total liabilities
- $594.4M
- Total debt
- $434.7M
- Net debt
- $420.2M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $397.4M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 2020 | $0.13 | Mar 24, 2020 |
| Nov 7, 2019 | $0.13 | Nov 25, 2019 |
| Aug 9, 2019 | $0.12 | Aug 26, 2019 |
| May 10, 2019 | $0.12 | May 27, 2019 |
| Mar 11, 2019 | $0.12 | Mar 26, 2019 |
| Nov 8, 2018 | $0.12 | Nov 26, 2018 |
| Aug 10, 2018 | $0.11 | Aug 27, 2018 |
| May 11, 2018 | $0.11 | May 28, 2018 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,072,625
- Days to cover
- 4.56
- Change vs previous report
- +13.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.