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BJs RESTAURANTS INC (BJRI)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for BJs RESTAURANTS INC. The latest annual period is FY2023. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2024. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About BJs RESTAURANTS INC

BJ’s Restaurants operates a national chain of full-service restaurants offering a varied menu that includes deep-dish pizza, slow roasted entrees, wings, and craft beers brewed in-house or by third parties. The company serves customers across 31 states with 219 locations, providing a high-energy dining atmosphere and a broad selection of food and beverages. BJ’s also offers take-out, delivery, and catering services, supported by technology to enhance customer convenience.

Snapshot

Revenue
$1.40B
Revenue growth (YoY)
3.1%
Net income
$48.8M
Diluted EPS
$2.16
Gross margin
74.7%
Operating margin
3.3%
Net margin
3.5%
FCF margin
2.9%
ROE
13.3%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
35.3×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$1.42B
Long-term debt / equity
0.23×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2023, the latest annual period (ended December 30, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at BJs RESTAURANTS

  • Revenue grew 3.1% to $1.4B in FY2023, in line with the 1.8% the year before.
  • Operating margin turned positive at 3.3% in FY2023, from a 1.5% operating loss in FY2019.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2024: revenue $389M, up 6.4% from Q2 FY2023.
  • Free cash flow was $41M in FY2023, 2.9% of revenue.
  • Net income rose 192.5% to $49M in FY2023.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where BJs RESTAURANTS’s fundamentals sit among the 42 restaurant companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin74.7%
88th percentile of 9
Operating margin3.3%
44th percentile of 40
Net margin3.5%
59th percentile of 42
FCF margin2.9%
54th percentile of 42
Revenue growth (YoY)+3.1%
37th percentile of 42
ROE13.3%
64th percentile of 29
P/E35.3×
81st percentile of 27
Long-term debt / equity0.23×
18th percentile of 23
Short interest3.45d
48th percentile of 41

BJs RESTAURANTS’s gross margin of 74.7% ranks in the 88th percentile of the 9 restaurant companies reporting it.

1 reported insider purchase (code P) totaling $47,627 in the last 90 days, against 14 sales totaling $7.7M. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among industry peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 1 of the superinvestors we track (plus 5 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
1
+5 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
4
0 new, 4 added
Reduced / exited
3
2 trimmed, 1 exited
Combined position
$43.9M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$25.6M421.4KAdded
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$11.8M193.8KAdded
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$4.0M66.0KAdded
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$1.7M27.3KAdded
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$534,4688.8KReduced
Gotham Asset ManagementQ2 2026$288,5524.8KReduced

No longer held by: Point72 Asset Management (as of Q2 2026)

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
1
1 insider
Bought (90d)
$48K
code P value
Sells (90d)
14
$7.7M
Reported activity
Net selling
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-08-31
Richmond C BradfordDirectorBuy753$63.25$48K
2026-08-10
filed 2026-08-12
Elbogen Noah A.DirectorSell7.5K$70.14$529K
2026-08-07
Miller Kendra DEVP & General CounselSell3.0K$69.80$208K
2026-08-06
filed 2026-08-07
Lynds Gregory SEVP & Chief Dev. OfficerSell21.7K$68.81$1.5M
2026-08-06
filed 2026-08-07
Miller Kendra DEVP & General CounselSell10.2K$69.31$708K
2026-08-03
filed 2026-08-05
Lynds Gregory SEVP & Chief Dev. OfficerSell25.4K$67.47$1.7M
2026-06-18
filed 2026-06-22
Miller Kendra DEVP & General CounselSell14.7K$55.60$818K
2026-06-18
filed 2026-06-22
Krakower Brian SEVP & Chief Info. OfficerSell7.3K$55.17$405K
2026-06-18
filed 2026-06-22
Lynds Gregory SEVP & Chief Dev. OfficerSell6.2K$55.86$346K
2026-06-18
filed 2026-06-22
Miller Kendra DEVP & General CounselSell4.5K$55.60$253K
2026-06-18
filed 2026-06-22
Elbogen Noah A.DirectorSell4.7K$54.00$251K
2026-06-18
filed 2026-06-22
Ottinger Lea AnneDirectorSell2.8K$53.50$149K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
1.7M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
+14.1%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
3.45
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
499.9K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-141.7M+14.1%3.45
2026-07-311.5M-9.3%2.50
2026-07-151.7M+3.1%4.83
2026-06-301.6M-9.3%2.12
2026-06-151.8M+7.0%4.44
2026-05-291.7M-6.0%4.62
2026-05-151.8M+4.3%4.21
2026-04-301.7M+9.0%5.94

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019
Revenue$1.40B$1.36B$1.33B$1.28B$1.09B
Gross profit$1.05B$1.01B$986.7M$934.3M$798.9M
Operating income$46.3M$14.1M$13.8M$-5.5M$-16.5M
Net income$48.8M$16.7M$19.7M$4.1M$-3.6M
Diluted EPS$2.16$0.70$0.82$0.17$-0.16

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019
Operating cash flow$110.5M$101.5M$105.8M$51.1M$64.3M
Capital expenditure$69.6M$76.9M$98.9M$78.6M$42.2M
Free cash flow$40.9M$24.6M$6.9M$-27.5M$22.1M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2024$388.9M6.4%$18.8M$0.86
Q1 FY2024$358.1M2.9%$9.0M$0.41
Q4 FY2023$355.4M3.2%$12.6M$0.58
Q3 FY2023$330.2M1.4%$465,000$0.02
Q2 FY2023$365.6M4.5%$22.2M$0.97
Q1 FY2023$348.0M3.2%$13.5M$0.58
Q4 FY2022$344.3M6.4%$-5.3M$-0.22
Q3 FY2022$325.7M2.2%$-2.9M$-0.13

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorConsumer Discretionary
SIC industryRetail-Eating Places
Latest annual periodFY2023 (ended December 30, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2024 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2015
SEC CIK1013488

Selected SEC filings

10-Q2026-07-31
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10-Q2026-05-06
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8-K2026-07-30
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8-K2026-06-23
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8-K2026-06-15
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8-K2026-05-05
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.