For the quarter ended March 2025, BJ's Restaurants (BJRI) reported revenue of $347.97 million, up 3.2% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.59, compared to $0.32 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $347.94 million, representing a surprise of +0.01%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +47.50%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.40.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how BJ's Restaurants performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Comparable restaurant sales: 1.7% compared to the 2.1% average estimate based on seven analysts.
- Number of restaurants: 219 versus the six-analyst average estimate of 219.
- Restaurant operating weeks: 2,835 versus 2,837 estimated by four analysts on average.
- Number of restaurants opened: 1 versus the two-analyst average estimate of 1.
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Shares of BJ's Restaurants have returned -7.1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.7% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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