American restaurant chain BJ’s Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI) will be reporting results tomorrow after market hours. Here’s what investors should know.
BJ's beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 2.3% last quarter, reporting revenues of $344.3 million, up 6.4% year on year. It was a stunning quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and a solid beat of analysts’ same-store sales estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting BJ’s revenue to grow 3.2% year on year to $348 million, a reversal from the 1.2% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.38 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. BJ's has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates four times over the last two years.
Looking at BJ’s peers in the sit-down dining segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Brinker International delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 27.2%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.6%, and Darden reported revenues up 6.2%, falling short of estimates by 1.7%. Darden traded up 6.2% following the results.
Read our full analysis of Brinker International’s results here and Darden’s results here.
Debates over possible tariffs and corporate tax adjustments have raised questions about economic stability in 2025. While some of the sit-down dining stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 6.5% on average over the last month. BJ's is down 7.1% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $39.50 (compared to the current share price of $33.21).
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