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BJs RESTAURANTS INC

Consumer DiscretionaryRestaurants
Ticker BJRIHUNTINGTON BEACH, CAFiscal year ends JanuaryBook value per share $18.14Diluted shares 21.9M

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ: BJRI) operates a national full-service restaurant chain differentiated by a high-quality, varied menu with compelling value, best-in-class service, and a high-energy, welcoming atmosphere. The company's website is https://www.bjsrestaurants.com. From the company’s description.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 01-03Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-06-30
Sales & profitability
$1.40B
+3.1% year over year
Last 12 mo $1.43B
3.31%
+2.3 percentage points
Last 12 mo 2.74%
$48.81M
+192.5% year over year
Last 12 mo $40.92M
13.80%
+9.3 percentage points
Last 12 mo 10.30%
Cash & financing
$110.51M
+8.9% year over year
Last 12 mo $117.65M
$40.90M
+66.5% year over year
Last 12 mo $44.60M
0.23
Was 0.18× a year earlier
Last 12 mo 0.11
22.6M
−4.8% year over year
Last 12 mo 21.9M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What BJs RESTAURANTS INC does

In the company’s own words

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ: BJRI) operates a national full-service restaurant chain differentiated by a high-quality, varied menu with compelling value, best-in-class service, and a high-energy, welcoming atmosphere. The company's website is https://www.bjsrestaurants.com.

As of February 27, 2026, BJ's owns and operates 219 restaurants located across 31 states. The company employs approximately 22,000 team members at its restaurant locations, plus approximately 230 additional employees at its Restaurant Support Center in Huntington Beach, California and in field supervision positions nationwide. Approximately 18 percent of hourly restaurant team members work on a full-time basis.

The BJ's concept originated in 1978 as a small sit-down pizzeria featuring Chicago-style deep-dish pizza with a California twist. The company expanded significantly in 1996 when it introduced proprietary craft beers and opened its first large-format restaurant with an on-site brewing operation. Today, BJ's restaurants feature a broad menu of approximately 90 items including slow-roasted entrees and wings, EnLIGHTened Entrees, signature deep-dish pizza, and the world-famous Pizookie dessert. The company also offers award-winning BJ's craft beers produced at four in-house brewing facilities, two standalone brewpubs, and by independent third-party brewers using proprietary recipes, alongside a full bar featuring innovative cocktails.

The company's current restaurant prototype averages approximately 7,500 square feet with seating for as many as 250 guests. BJ's targets new restaurants to achieve average annual sales at maturity of at least $6.5 million with estimated operating cash flow margins in the range of 15 to 20 percent after occupancy expenses.

BJ's competes in the full-service segment of the domestic restaurant industry, which represents an estimated $100 billion-plus annual market. The company differentiates itself through high-energy restaurant design, a broad and distinctive menu with quality ingredients, award-winning proprietary craft beer, everyday value pricing, hospitality-focused culture, strategic technology implementation, and robust off-premise sales channels including delivery, takeout, and catering services. The company's craft beers have earned 275 medals at various beer festivals and events, including 39 medals at the Great American Beer Festival and 13 medals at the World Beer Cup.

Company details
Sector
Consumer Discretionary
Industry
Restaurants
Headquarters
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA
Fiscal year end
January
CIK
1013488
SIC
5812

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2012–2025 · USD
$-206.93M$240.20M$687.34M$1.13B$1.58B201220132014201520172018201920202021202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns BJs RESTAURANTS INC — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

240
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$569.00M
held by funds, at market
50.6%
of shares held by funds

Largest fund holders · BJs RESTAURANTS INC’s weight in each

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF
IJR · iShares Trust
0.07%of fund net assets
Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF
AVUV · American Century ETF Trust
0.15%of fund net assets
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM · iShares Trust
0.04%of fund net assets
VANGUARD SMALL-CAP INDEX FUND
VB · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.01%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Could not be determined for this company: bond issues.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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