BJS RESTAURANTS INC (BJRI)
Consumer Discretionary · Casual Dining Restaurants · NASDAQ
BJ's Restaurants operates a national chain of high-end casual dining restaurants known for its proprietary deep-dish pizza and craft brewery operations.
What BJS RESTAURANTS INC does
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. owns and operates a chain of high-end casual dining restaurants under the BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse brand. The company's restaurants feature a broad menu including its signature deep-dish pizza, craft beer brewed in-house, burgers, pasta, and salads in an upscale, energetic environment.
Themes: casual dining, craft beer / brewery operations, consumer discretionary
Fundamentals
- Price$59.54 as of 2026-10-08 close
- Market cap$1.3B as of 2026-07-28 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
- 1-year return+91.4% 2025-10-08 close $31.10 → 2026-10-08 close $59.54
- P/E31.80 as of 2026-10-08
- Net margin+3.5% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- ROE+13.3% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity0.11 as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue growth (YoY)+3.5% as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+6.5% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.95 as of 2026-09-03
- Last reported earnings2026-07-30 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: at least 2 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer.
How BJRI compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiotop 25% 258 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-10-08
- net profit marginmiddle range 314 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-09-03
- operating marginmiddle range 281 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-09-03
- return on equitymiddle range 293 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-09-03
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 326 covered Consumer Discretionary peers
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 311 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Consumer Discretionary companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Dividend coverage
Not assessed — last reported dividend predates the accounts. The most recent fiscal year in which BJRI reported a dividend payment is FY2024, while its reported financial statements run through FY2025. Coverage is therefore not assessed for the latest year — an FY2024 ratio would not describe BJRI today.
Coverage is derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures, comparing dividends paid against net income and free cash flow for the SAME fiscal year. It is not shown here because the latest fiscal year with a reported dividend payment (FY2024) is older than the latest year of reported financial statements (FY2025), so any ratio would describe an out-of-date year. Informational only — not financial advice.
How BJS RESTAURANTS INC looks technically
BJS RESTAURANTS INC (BJRI) is trading 20.7% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 191 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 15, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 45, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 5 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive). It made a new 20-day low about 7 trading days ago. It is 20.2% below its highest point of the past year. Day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 9% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move.
Trend
7
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 20.7% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +20.7% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $63.52 | $63.52 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $49.35 | $49.35 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 8 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 8 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 191 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 191 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 15, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 15.1 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 45, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 44.8 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the lower half of its 14-day range ($56.86 to $63.40) — its "stochastic" reading is 41 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 41.0 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 5 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive) | 5 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $74.60 | $74.60 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 20.2% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -20.2% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 109.2% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +109.2% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 20.2% below its highest point of the past year | 20.2% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 7 trading days ago | 7 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 7 trading days ago | 7 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $76.50 (set on 2018-09-10) | $76.50 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($28.69 to $74.26), and it has given back roughly a third of its rise from last year’s low — 32% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $44.64 to $46.10. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 32.3% |
| From the all-time high | it is 22.2% below its all-time high | -22.2% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 2.0% above a support level at $58.34 — a price it turned at twice since 2026-09-03, most recently on 2026-09-18. Since 2024-10-08 it has 15 such levels below the current price and 2 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -2.0% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $6.01 (set on 2020-03-18) | $6.01 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 890.7% above its all-time low | +890.7% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 9% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move | 9th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $2.26 between its high and its low — about 3.8% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $2.26 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $58.02 and $62.83 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $58.02 – $60.43 – $62.83 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 3.8% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 3.8% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 4.5 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (20.7% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 4.5 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.76× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts have raised their average price target by 0.4% since the prior reading | +0.4% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating has improved toward "buy" since the prior reading | 0.22 toward buy |
Candlestick patterns
2
| Since a doji | 2 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 2 sessions ago |
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| Since a bearish engulfing | 9 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 9 sessions ago |
Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-08 0.5% below the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | -0.5% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 2.2% above the previous close 5 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 57.29 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | +2.2% |
| Gap filled | a 2.7% gap up opened on 2026-07-20 has been "filled" 55 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 2 sessions to close | 55 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 3.6 percentage points (the stock lost 2.5% while the market gained 1.0%) | -3.6% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 3.5 percentage points (the stock gained 0.3% while the market gained 3.8%) | -3.5% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 43.9 percentage points (the stock gained 61.4% while the market gained 17.5%) | +44.0% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 76.5 percentage points (the stock gained 91.4% while the market gained 15.0%) | +76.5% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, MACD momentum is positive, outperforming the market over 6 months — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 4 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bearish state: trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 6.7% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is moderate, spanning 4.5% of the share price. | -6.7% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 15% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $51.62 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 190 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +15.3% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 7% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-30 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $63.91 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 50 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -6.8% |
Price levels it has turned at before
BJRI last closed at $59.54 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 15 prices below its last close and 2 above; the 3 nearest below and the 2 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $58.34 | Support | 2.0% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-09-03 to 2026-09-18 |
| $62.74 | Resistance | 5.4% above the last close | turned there four times · 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-22 |
| $70.51 | Resistance | 18.4% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-07-20 to 2026-08-13 |
| $45.54 | Support | 23.5% below the last close | turned there four times · 2025-05-15 to 2026-02-05 |
| $43.93 | Support | 26.2% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-02-18 to 2026-05-11 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Pulled back from the 12-month high · MACD just crossed bullish (12/26/9) · in a Bollinger Band volatility squeeze · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · beating the market | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low · bollinger bands
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingBuy (1.89 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 7 analysts
- Mean price target$75.43 range $65.00 – $82.00; median $76.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-06. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for BJRI
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.1605 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-06
- Estimate change, 30 days-$0.00695 (-4.2%) from $0.1674, on 2026-09-02, 34-day window
- Readings revised upward13% of 8 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["High competition in the casual dining industry which may impact market share and pricing power.","Exposure to commodity price fluctuations and labor cost increases affecting restaurant operating margins.","Reliance on economic conditions and consumer discretionary spending levels."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of BJRI's 10-Q filed 2026-07-31 against the prior one filed 2026-05-06.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Newer filing (2026-07-31) updates the restaurant count as-of date to July 30, 2026.
- Newer filing (2026-07-31) references the Form 10-Q for the twenty-six weeks ended June 30, 2026 in the risk factors disclosure.
- Newer filing (2026-07-31) adds a results of operations table for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended June 30, 2026 and July 1, 2025.
- Removed:
- Older filing (2026-05-06) includes a results of operations table for the thirteen weeks ended March 31, 2026 and April 1, 2025, which is removed in the newer filing.
- Reworded:
- Restaurant count as-of date changed from May 5, 2026 in the older filing (2026-05-06) to July 30, 2026 in the newer filing (2026-07-31).
- Risk factors reference changed from 'Form 10-Q for the thirteen weeks ended March 31, 2026' in the older filing (2026-05-06) to 'Form 10-Q for the twenty-six weeks ended June 30, 2026' in the newer filing (2026-07-31).
- Results of operations introductory sentence changed from referencing 'thirteen weeks ended March 31, 2026 and April 1, 2025' in the older filing (2026-05-06) to 'thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended June 30, 2026 and July 1, 2025' in the newer filing (2026-07-31).
- Results of operations table periods changed from thirteen-week periods (March 31, 2026 and April 1, 2025) in the older filing (2026-05-06) to thirteen and twenty-six week periods (June 30, 2026 and July 1, 2025) in the newer filing (2026-07-31).
- Notes:
- The newer filing text appears truncated mid-table and does not include the full results of operations table or any subsequent narrative sections.
- Only factual changes within the provided excerpts are reported; portions of the MD&A not included in the excerpts cannot be compared.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
3 open-market purchases and 5 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-04. The 5 days since 2026-10-04 have not been checked yet.
- Last 90 days · read to 2026-10-043 buys ($107902) · 5 sells ($5M) — 1 buying, 3 selling insiders
- Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-043 buys ($107902) · 17 sells ($8M) — 1 buying, 6 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-09-03. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-04; anything filed since is not yet included.
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Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
4 institutional 13F filers reported holding BJRI as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 4
- Reported shares held 4,599,232
- Reported value $279,334,344
reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 0 new, 4 increased, 0 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Short interest (FINRA)
BJRI had 2,072,625 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
BJRI had 9.74% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 4.56 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 2,072,625
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 9.74%
- Prior settlement (shares) 1,831,831
- Reported change 13.14%
- Days to cover (reported) 4.56
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- The Cheesecake Factory (CAKE)
- BJ's Restaurants major casual dining competitors include Darden Restaurants (DRI)
- Brinker International (EAT)
- Texas Roadhouse (TXRH)
- Bloomin' Brands (BLMN)
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Frequently asked questions
What does BJS RESTAURANTS INC (BJRI) do?
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. owns and operates a chain of high-end casual dining restaurants under the BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse brand. The company's restaurants feature a broad menu including its signature deep-dish pizza, craft beer brewed in-house, burgers, pasta, and salads in an upscale, energetic environment.
What sector is BJS RESTAURANTS INC (BJRI) in?
BJS RESTAURANTS INC (BJRI) is classified in the Consumer Discretionary sector. Its industry is Casual Dining Restaurants. It trades on NASDAQ.
Does BJRI pay a dividend?
No — BJS RESTAURANTS INC (BJRI) does not currently pay a dividend (market data, as of 2026-09-03). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are BJS RESTAURANTS INC's (BJRI) competitors?
Notable peers of BJS RESTAURANTS INC (BJRI) include The Cheesecake Factory, BJ's Restaurants major casual dining competitors include Darden Restaurants, Brinker International, Texas Roadhouse and Bloomin' Brands. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is BJS RESTAURANTS INC (BJRI) overbought or oversold right now?
BJS RESTAURANTS INC (BJRI) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 45, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on BJRI come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-03; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.