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Casual dining chain (BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse) known for craft beer and its Pizookie dessert.
Casual dining chain (BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse) known for craft beer and its Pizookie dessert.
Operates its restaurants itself rather than franchising them, so it keeps the full restaurant-level result but carries food, labor and rent. Shared dishes, deep-dish pizza and the Pizookie dessert are core to the menu, and traffic depends on promotions and value offers.
Moat: none (brand). Recognizable dessert/beer niche, but casual dining is highly competitive with limited pricing power.
Headquarters: Huntington Beach, California, US · Founded: 1978 · Employees: 22,000
Size BJ's Restaurants (BJRI) is a United States Consumer Discretionary company (Restaurants) with a market value of $1.18B, the 2142nd largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $55.67 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 30.4%, against +18.1% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 8th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 3.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.2%); the operating margin is 3.0% (peer median 6.1%).
Valuation It trades at 22.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 19.6× (9th most expensive of 18).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 27% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +12%, so the hurdle is +14 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 6.2 points below its cost of capital (10.4% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 10.2% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 18 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.43B | $1.40B | $1.36B | $1.33B | $1.28B |
| Revenue growth | — | +3% | +2% | +4% | — |
| Gross profit | $139M | $140M | $123M | $107M | $74.4M |
| EBITDA | $127M | $125M | $107M | $95.7M | $105M |
| Net income | $40.9M | $48.8M | $16.7M | $19.7M | $4.08M |
| Free cash flow | $46.0M | $40.9M | $24.6M | $6.92M | -$27.5M |
| Capital expenditure | $71.7M | $69.6M | $76.9M | $98.9M | $78.6M |
| Total debt | $435M | $491M | $501M | $520M | $533M |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJ's Restaurants BJRI | $1.18B | +30% | +4% | 3% | 22.5× | 26.8% |
| Brinker International EAT | $8.58B | +49% | +6% | 11% | 14.7× | 9.3% |
| Dine Brands Global DIN | $454M | +26% | +8% | 14% | 7.9× | n/a |
| Cracker Barrel Old Country Store CBRL | $1.45B | +106% | -5% | 0% | 30.3× | 14.0% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | BJRI | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -6.5% | +4.1% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +30.4% | +18.1% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -25.4% | -9.6% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +3.5% | +6.2% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 3.0% | 6.1% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 22.5× | 19.6× | 9th most expensive of 18 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 26.8% | 7.7% | 2nd most demanding of 20 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +12.4% | +12.3% | 10th highest of 20 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +14.3 pp | -2.6 pp | 4th most demanding of 20 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -6.2 pp | +1.7 pp | 4th lowest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.7× | 11.1× | 7th most expensive of 17 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.3× | 2.5× | 9th most indebted of 18 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJ's Restaurants BJRI | United States | $1.18B | +30% | +4% | 3% | 22.5× | 26.8% | +12.4% |
| Domino's Pizza DOM.L | United Kingdom | $1.19B | +24% | +6% | 15% | 13.1× | 9.5% | +6.3% |
| Xiaocaiyuan International 0999.HK | Hong Kong | $1.17B | +16% | +3% | 15% | 13.1× | -9.6% | +15.8% |
| Ohsho Food Service 9936.T | Japan | $1.11B | -1% | 0% | 7% | 27.5× | 4.2% | +7.7% |
| Westlife Foodworld WESTLIFE.NS | India | $1.08B | +31% | +10% | 5% | 343.5× | 49.0% | +21.7% |
| Guangzhou Restaurant 603043.SS | China | $1.31B | 0% | +9% | 11% | 17.3× | -3.5% | +10.4% |
| Ichibanya 7630.T | Japan | $1.06B | +21% | +8% | 6% | 57.3× | 12.2% | +8.2% |
| J D Wetherspoon JDW.L | United Kingdom | $1.33B | +69% | +5% | 5% | 19.6× | 7.7% | +23.7% |
| Doutor Nichires 3087.T | Japan | $1.03B | +33% | +8% | 7% | 16.3× | -4.7% | +10.6% |
| Biglari BH | United States | $1.01B | +5% | +8% | 5% | n/a | 22.1% | -1.8% |
| Sweetgreen SG | United States | $1.43B | +72% | -1% | -18% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Cracker Barrel Old Country Store CBRL | United States | $1.45B | +106% | -5% | 0% | 30.3× | 14.0% | +3.3% |
| Arcos Dorados ARCO | United States | $1.45B | -23% | +11% | 6% | 9.1× | -3.5% | +18.7% |
| Domino's Pizza Enterprises DMP.AX | Australia | $1.48B | +48% | -11% | 5% | 16.9× | 17.9% | -1.4% |
| Monogatari 3097.T | Japan | $1.50B | +43% | +22% | 8% | 25.4× | 2.0% | +18.8% |
| Colowide 7616.T | Japan | $1.51B | +21% | +16% | 4% | n/a | 13.6% | +12.3% |
| Wendy's WEN | United States | $1.55B | +12% | -1% | 13% | 17.9× | 2.4% | +4.7% |
| Royal 8179.T | Japan | $887M | +5% | +7% | 5% | 24.6× | 5.7% | +14.4% |
| KOMEDA 3543.T | Japan | $859M | -4% | +13% | 17% | 19.2× | -0.7% | +14.7% |
| Travel Food Services TRAVELFOOD.NS | India | $1.63B | -6% | -2% | 30% | 31.7× | 13.0% | +15.6% |
| Kura Sushi 2695.T | Japan | $848M | -2% | +4% | 1% | 48.1× | 21.5% | +12.5% |