Overview
BJ's Restaurants, Inc., based in the United States, operates in the casual dining industry and is renowned for its extensive menu and signature craft beers. The company runs a chain of restaurants across multiple states, offering a diverse range of items including pizzas, burgers, salads, and entrees, along with its notable selection of proprietary BJ's branded beers. A key project for BJ's Restaurants involves the expansion of its digital and delivery capabilities to enhance customer convenience and operational efficiency. Additionally, the company focuses on sustainability projects, aiming to reduce its environmental footprint through initiatives like waste reduction and energy efficiency. BJ’s continues to evolve its business model to adapt to changing market dynamics and consumer preferences, maintaining a strong presence in the competitive restaurant sector.
Basic Stats
The share price of BJ's Restaurants, Inc. as of September 5, 2025 is $33.55 / share. This is a decrease of -0.03% from the prior week. The market cap (or net worth) of BJ's Restaurants, Inc. as of September 5, 2025 is $745.48 MM.
The Factor Analysis chart (below right) shows a view of BJ's Restaurants, Inc. from a variety of lenses. Each factor shows how well the company ranks against all other companies in the Fintel global investing universe. Factor scores range from zero to 100, with 100 being most desirable, and 50 being average.
For example, a company with a Value Score of 100 would be the most undervalued company in our database. A company with a Value Score of zero would be the most overvalued.
| Market Cap | 745.48 MM |
| EV | 780.02 MM |
| Shares Out. | 22.22 MM |
| Earnings Date | |
| EPS (TTM) | 1.24 |
| Dividend Yield | 1.82 % |
| Ex-Dividend Date | 2019-11-07 |
| Borrow Rate | 0.25 |
| Short Shares Avail. | 0.20 MM |
| Short Interest | 2.05 MM |
| Short Float | 10.39 % |
| Days to Cover | 5.22 days |
| Risk Free Rate | 4.17 % |
| Price Change (1 yr) | 13.15 % |
| Volatility (1 yr) | 0.42 |
| Beta | 1.01 |
| Sharpe Ratio (1 yr) | 0.22 |
| Sortino Ratio (1 yr) | 0.39 |
| PE Ratio | 27.10 |
| Price/Book | 2.01 |
| Price/TBV | 2.03 |
| Book/Market | 0.50 |
| EBIT/EV | 0.03 |
| EBIT(3yr avg)/EV | 0.02 |
| ROA | 0.03 |
| ROE | 0.07 |
| ROIC | 0.03 |
| CROIC | 0.01 |
| OCROIC | 0.15 |
| Implied Volatility | 39.45 % |
| Put/Call OI Ratio | 0.14 |
Factor Scores range from 0 to 100, with 100 being most desirable. Larger circles are better. In situations where we have no data (e.g. no insider trades), we plot the score at 50 to avoid penalizing companies. However, a company that does not pay dividends will get a Dividend Score of Zero. Additionally, we inverted volatility to create a "stability" metric which is better when higher.
Price Target
The average one-year price target for BJ's Restaurants, Inc. is $43.18. The forecasts range from a low of $37.37 to a high of $52.50. A stock’s price target is the price at which analysts consider it fairly valued with respect to its projected earnings and historical earnings. Analysts typically set price targets that correspond to their buy or sell recommendations.
Update Frequency: Monthly
Stock Upgrades/Downgrades
This card shows analyst upgrades/downgrades for BJ's Restaurants, Inc.. An analyst rating is a classification that gives investors a sense of analyst sentiment about the direction and performance of an equity - usually a stock - over a period of time, typically 12 months.
The standard analyst ratings are generally as follows:
- Buy/Overweight/Outperform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to outperform a market index (e.g. the S&P 500).
- Hold/Equal-Weight/Market Perform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to perform in line with a market index.
- Sell/Underweight/Underperform - Any of these ratings suggest that an analyst believes the stock is likely to underperform a market index.
When an analyst upgrades a stock, they are signaling that the company’s fundamentals are being undervalued by investors. It could also mean they believe the market is underestimating the company’s potential. The opposite is true when a stock receives a downgrade.
The average rating of each individual analyst’s rating is the consensus rating for a stock. This gives investors a broader sense of the overall sentiment for that stock.
| Date | Analyst | Prior | Latest Recommendation |
Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-05 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2023-02-07 | Citigroup | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2022-04-22 | Wedbush | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2022-12-20 | CL King | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2022-10-24 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-10-21 | Wedbush | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2022-09-23 | Stephens & Co. | Equal-Weight | Initiate | |
| 2022-07-25 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-07-22 | Wedbush | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2022-07-22 | Piper Sandler | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-07-22 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-06-16 | Citigroup | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2022-06-09 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-04-25 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-04-22 | Stephens & Co. | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-04-22 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-04-12 | Citigroup | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2022-02-22 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-02-18 | Wedbush | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2022-02-18 | Piper Sandler | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-02-18 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2021-12-15 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2021-12-10 | Wedbush | Outperform | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2021-11-23 | Benchmark | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2021-10-25 | Stephens & Co. | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2021-10-22 | Wedbush | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2021-10-19 | Stephens & Co. | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2021-10-18 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2021-10-15 | Wedbush | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2021-10-13 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2021-09-24 | Jefferies | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2021-08-25 | Wedbush | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2021-08-04 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2021-08-03 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2021-07-30 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2021-07-20 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2021-04-23 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2021-04-20 | Stephens & Co. | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2021-04-16 | Wedbush | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2021-04-15 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2021-04-12 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2021-03-26 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2021-02-16 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2021-02-16 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2021-02-12 | Wedbush | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2021-02-12 | Stephens & Co. | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2021-02-09 | Wedbush | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2021-01-21 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2021-01-19 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2021-01-07 | Stephens & Co. | Equal-Weight | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2020-12-17 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2020-11-13 | Wedbush | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2020-10-26 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2020-10-19 | Wedbush | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2020-10-14 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2020-07-24 | Wedbush | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2020-07-24 | Stephens & Co. | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2020-07-24 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2020-07-24 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2020-07-16 | Loop Capital | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2020-07-14 | Wedbush | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2020-07-13 | Stephens & Co. | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2020-05-11 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2020-05-08 | Wedbush | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2020-05-08 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2020-04-30 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2020-04-27 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2020-04-22 | Jefferies | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2020-04-15 | Stifel | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2020-04-08 | Wedbush | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2020-04-02 | Piper Sandler | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2020-03-24 | Baird | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2020-02-24 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2020-02-24 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2020-02-21 | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2020-02-13 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2019-12-19 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2019-10-28 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2019-10-25 | Wells Fargo | Market Perform | Maintains | |
| 2019-10-25 | Wedbush | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2019-10-18 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2019-10-18 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2019-07-26 | Wedbush | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2019-07-26 | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2019-07-26 | Stephens & Co. | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2019-07-26 | Piper Jaffray | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2019-07-26 | Loop Capital | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2019-07-26 | Baird | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2019-06-28 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2019-06-14 | Oppenheimer | Perform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2019-02-14 | Wells Fargo | Market Perform | Market Perform | Maintains |
| 2019-01-07 | Stifel Nicolaus | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2018-11-29 | Loop Capital | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2018-11-29 | Barclays | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2018-10-31 | Wells Fargo | Market Perform | Market Perform | Maintains |
| 2018-10-31 | Barclays | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2018-10-25 | Loop Capital | Hold | Initiate | |
| 2018-10-24 | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2018-10-19 | Gordon Haskett | Underperform | Initiate | |
| 2018-10-18 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2018-10-05 | PiperJaffray | Neutral | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2018-07-27 | Wedbush | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2018-07-27 | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2018-07-27 | PiperJaffray | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2018-07-18 | Barclays | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2018-07-16 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2018-07-12 | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2018-06-27 | Wedbush | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2018-04-30 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2018-04-27 | Wedbush | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2018-04-27 | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2018-04-27 | Canaccord Genuity | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2018-04-27 | Barclays | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2018-04-16 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2018-02-26 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2018-02-23 | Wedbush | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2018-02-15 | Wedbush | Neutral | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2018-01-24 | Barclays | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2018-01-03 | Stifel Nicolaus | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2017-10-27 | Canaccord Genuity | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2017-10-27 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2017-10-18 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2017-10-03 | Stifel Nicolaus | Hold | Initiate | |
| 2017-07-19 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2017-07-14 | Canaccord Genuity | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2017-04-20 | Wedbush | Underperform | Neutral | Upgrade |
| 2017-01-05 | Wedbush | Neutral | Underperform | Downgrade |
| 2016-10-20 | Wedbush | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2016-10-20 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2016-10-20 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2016-09-09 | Wedbush | Outperform | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2016-08-22 | Canaccord Genuity | Hold | Initiate | |
| 2016-07-28 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2016-07-26 | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Sell | Downgrade |
| 2016-06-24 | Tigress Financial | Buy | Upgrade | |
| 2016-06-23 | Tigress Financial | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2016-02-19 | Wedbush | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2016-02-19 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2016-01-04 | Oppenheimer | Outperform | Perform | Downgrade |
| 2015-10-23 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2015-09-16 | Morgan Stanley | Underweight | Equal-Weight | Upgrade |
| 2015-07-24 | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2015-05-26 | Stephens & Co. | Equal-Weight | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2015-04-24 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2015-04-16 | Guggenheim | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2015-03-25 | Tigress Financial | Underperform | Initiate | |
| 2015-03-17 | Wedbush | Neutral | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2015-02-23 | Wunderlich | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2015-02-19 | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2015-02-19 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2015-01-22 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2015-01-20 | KeyBanc | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2015-01-16 | Wunderlich | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2015-01-06 | Jefferies | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2014-12-10 | Wunderlich | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2014-07-25 | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2014-07-25 | Jefferies | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2014-07-25 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2014-04-22 | Wunderlich | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2014-04-15 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2014-03-06 | Buckingham Research | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2014-03-05 | PiperJaffray | Overweight | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2014-02-20 | Wunderlich | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2014-02-07 | Longbow Research | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2014-01-29 | Wunderlich | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2014-01-29 | Barclays | Overweight | Underweight | Downgrade |
| 2014-01-17 | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2014-01-10 | Buckingham Research | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2013-11-12 | Wunderlich | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2013-10-09 | Wunderlich | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2013-08-01 | Jefferies | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2013-07-31 | Roth Capital | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2013-07-23 | Wunderlich | Hold | Initiate | |
| 2013-07-16 | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2013-05-20 | Oppenheimer | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2013-04-29 | BMO Capital | Market Perform | Maintains | |
| 2013-04-08 | Jefferies | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2013-02-20 | Sterne Agee | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2013-02-20 | Oppenheimer | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2013-02-20 | Jefferies | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2013-02-20 | Barclays | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2013-01-11 | Barclays | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2012-12-19 | Wells Fargo | Outperform | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2012-10-29 | BMO Capital | Market Perform | Maintains | |
| 2012-10-26 | Jefferies | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2012-10-05 | Stephens & Co. | Equal-Weight | Initiate | |
| 2012-08-23 | PiperJaffray | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2012-07-30 | BMO Capital | Market Perform | Maintains | |
| 2012-07-27 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2012-07-27 | Jefferies | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2012-07-13 | KeyBanc | Hold | Initiate | |
| 2012-03-30 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Initiate | |
| 2012-03-26 | Wedbush | Outperform | Upgrade | |
| 2023-02-08 | Wedbush | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2023-02-21 | Oppenheimer | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2023-02-17 | Oppenheimer | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2023-02-17 | Baird | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2023-02-17 | Wedbush | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2023-02-17 | Stephens & Co. | Equal-Weight | Reiterate | |
| 2023-04-18 | Wedbush | Neutral | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2023-04-17 | Benchmark | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2023-04-24 | Citigroup | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2023-04-28 | Stephens & Co. | Equal-Weight | Reiterate | |
| 2023-04-28 | Wedbush | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2023-08-21 | Oppenheimer | Outperform | Outperform | Reiterate |
| 2023-07-20 | Jefferies | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2023-10-23 | Barclays | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2023-07-12 | Wedbush | Outperform | Outperform | Reiterate |
| 2023-07-19 | Wedbush | Outperform | Outperform | Reiterate |
| 2023-10-27 | Wedbush | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2023-07-28 | Oppenheimer | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2023-07-28 | Wedbush | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2023-07-28 | Baird | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2023-07-28 | Barclays | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2023-07-28 | Stephens & Co. | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Reiterate |
| 2024-02-16 | Citigroup | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-02-16 | Stephens & Co. | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Reiterate |
| 2024-02-16 | Wedbush | Outperform | Outperform | Reiterate |
| 2023-10-20 | Wedbush | Outperform | Outperform | Reiterate |
| 2023-07-31 | Piper Sandler | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2023-07-18 | Piper Sandler | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2024-05-06 | Wedbush | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2023-11-20 | Piper Sandler | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2023-11-20 | Stephens & Co. | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Reiterate |
| 2023-10-30 | Piper Sandler | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2023-10-30 | Benchmark | Buy | Buy | Reiterate |
| 2023-10-24 | Citigroup | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2023-11-15 | Wedbush | Outperform | Outperform | Reiterate |
| 2024-05-01 | Wedbush | Outperform | Outperform | Reiterate |
| 2024-01-03 | Barclays | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2024-05-03 | Benchmark | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-05-03 | Barclays | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2024-01-05 | Oppenheimer | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2024-05-03 | Wedbush | Outperform | Outperform | Reiterate |
| 2024-07-02 | Wedbush | Outperform | Outperform | Reiterate |
| 2024-07-26 | Benchmark | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2024-07-26 | Barclays | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2024-07-26 | Wedbush | Outperform | Outperform | Reiterate |
| 2025-08-01 | Piper Sandler | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-07-19 | Wedbush | Outperform | Outperform | Reiterate |
| 2024-08-29 | Wedbush | Outperform | Outperform | Reiterate |
| 2024-11-01 | Barclays | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2024-11-01 | Wedbush | Outperform | Outperform | Reiterate |
| 2025-02-21 | Barclays | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2025-02-21 | Wedbush | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2024-11-04 | Piper Sandler | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2025-01-07 | Barclays | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2025-01-08 | Gordon Haskett | Underperform | Hold | Upgrade |
| 2025-04-22 | Barclays | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2025-07-17 | Barclays | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2025-05-02 | Barclays | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2025-08-04 | Benchmark | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
