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Bearish signalScored 2026-08-14 Drivers: fundamentals. Moteurs : fondamentaux.

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BJ's Restaurants, Inc.

Nom
BJ's Restaurants, Inc.
Secteur
Consumer Cyclical
Industrie
Restaurants
Bourse
NASDAQ
Capitalisation
$1.2B
Employés
22,230
PDG
Lyle D. Tick
Site web
https://www.bjsrestaurants.com
Marché
ARKRBLMNCAKECBRLDINEAT

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. manages a network of casual dining establishments situated throughout the United States. Patrons can enjoy a diverse menu at these eateries, encompassing pizzas, a variety of beers (including craft selections), appetizers, main courses, pasta dishes, sandwiches, signature salads, and decadent desserts. As of April 19, 2022, the corporation had a footprint of 213 restaurants, operating across 29 states. This company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Huntington Beach, California.

Price (1 year)

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VENTE TOTALE: 7 535 titres (~528 504,90 $ US)

Insiders
Elbogen Noah A.
Total bought
—

Avg buy (VWAP, 90d window) —

Total sold
$4,648,326

Avg sell (VWAP, 90d window) $68.58 vs last close —

Total sold sums Form 4 code S in this window. Codes F, M, A and G are left out.

Last activity
2026-08-10
Last synced
2026-08-16 09:56:14 Synced via automated research pipeline

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Insider holdings as a share of total assets aren't available for this company.

Avg buy and avg sell are volume-weighted prices (sum of shares × price, divided by shares) for Form 4 rows in this 90-day window that report both figures. A comparison with last close is market context for that average, not advice.

Recent Form 4

Filings in the 90-day window for this company. Value is shares × price from the filing. Research, not advice.

Date Person Side Shares Price Value Form 4
2026-08-10 Elbogen Noah A. Sell · S 7,535 $70.14 $528,505 Form 4
2026-08-07 Miller Kendra D Sell · S 2,978 $69.80 $207,864 Form 4
2026-08-06 Lynds Gregory S Sell · S 21,704 $68.81 $1,493,452 Form 4
2026-08-06 Miller Kendra D Sell · S 10,217 $69.31 $708,140 Form 4
2026-08-03 Lynds Gregory S Sell · S 25,350 $67.47 $1,710,364 Form 4

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Signal

Bearish signalScored 2026-08-14 Drivers: fundamentals. Moteurs : fondamentaux.

BJRI demonstrates a genuine fundamental turnaround — improving margins, reduced leverage, and better interest coverage — but this is materially offset by a critically low current ratio (<0.40) and persistent negative…

The first sentence of the analysis written for BJRI on 2026-08-14 - a real excerpt, not a sample. The rest of it, the 0-100 score and the rating it produced are part of Plus. See plans.

Bearish signal Drivers: fundamentals. Moteurs : fondamentaux.

Factor checklist — research, not advice

A check leans with a bullish reading. A cross leans against it. A dash is unavailable or mixed.

  • Insider Pulls against a bullish reading. Selling cluster — sale value, no purchase value
  • Congress Unavailable or mixed. No purchase disclosures in the stored window
  • Narrative Unavailable or mixed. Stored narrative reading is in the neutral band
  • Timing Unavailable or mixed. No stored price series
  • Financial indicators Pulls against a bullish reading. Current ratio 0.40 · operating margin 3.4%

Market snapshot

Financial ratios

MetricTrend2025-12-302024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-31
Gross Profit Margin15.5%14.4%13.3%11.3%11.9%
Ebit Margin3.7%1.0%1.1%-0.4%-1.3%
Ebitda Margin9.2%6.4%6.5%5.1%5.4%
Operating Profit Margin3.4%2.4%1.0%-0.4%-1.5%
Pretax Profit Margin3.4%0.6%0.8%-0.6%-1.8%
Continuous Operations Profit Margin3.5%1.2%1.5%0.3%-0.3%
Net Profit Margin3.5%1.2%1.5%0.3%-0.3%
Bottom Line Profit Margin3.5%1.2%1.5%0.3%-0.3%
Current Ratio0.3990.4050.4170.4180.453
Quick Ratio0.3290.3400.3500.3570.395
Solvency Ratio0.1940.1330.1060.0860.099
Cash Ratio0.1270.1330.1460.1260.192
Price To Earnings Ratio17.69848.80642.869155.176-215.937
Price To Earnings Growth Ratio0.085-3.4160.109-0.7522.293
Forward Price To Earnings Growth Ratio0.085-3.4160.109-0.7522.293
Price To Earnings Diluted Ratio18.19050.20043.915155.176-215.937
Price To Earnings Diluted Growth Ratio0.087-3.4300.115-0.7522.293
Price To Book Ratio2.3582.1972.3091.7872.401
Price To Sales Ratio0.6170.5990.6330.4810.737
Price To Free Cash Flow Ratio21.11433.081121.986-22.46536.262
Price To Operating Cash Flow Ratio7.8148.0117.97912.07712.464
Debt To Assets Ratio0.4830.4810.4250.4390.507
Debt To Equity Ratio1.3401.3531.4201.5421.574
Debt To Capital Ratio0.5730.5750.5870.6070.611
Long Term Debt To Capital Ratio0.1880.1520.1570.1480.130
Financial Leverage Ratio2.7732.8143.3433.5123.101
Working Capital Turnover Ratio-12.188-11.648-11.548-11.452-11.310
Operating Cash Flow Ratio0.5890.5170.5310.2600.321
Operating Cash Flow Sales Ratio0.0790.0750.0790.0400.059
Free Cash Flow Operating Cash Flow Ratio0.3700.2420.065-0.5380.344
Debt Service Coverage Ratio27.56517.3082.2591.80214.824
Interest Coverage Ratio10.1155.9252.799-1.898-3.300
Short Term Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio0.0000.0002.8311.2770.000
Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio0.2250.2030.2040.0960.122
Capital Expenditure Coverage Ratio1.5881.3201.0700.6501.524
Dividend Paid And Capex Coverage Ratio1.5881.3191.0700.6501.519
Dividend Payout Ratio0.0000.0010.0020.025-0.033
Enterprise Value Multiple10.29714.88415.52117.32121.989

Sparkline shows each ratio oldest → newest (left → right).

How the latest year compares

For each ratio: its most recent value, the change versus one year earlier, and versus its 5-year average. ▲ higher ▼ lower

MetricCurrentvs 1Y agovs 5Y avg
Gross Profit Margin 15.5% ▲1.0% ▲2.2%
Ebit Margin 3.7% ▲2.7% ▲2.9%
Ebitda Margin 9.2% ▲2.9% ▲2.7%
Operating Profit Margin 3.4% ▲1.0% ▲2.5%
Pretax Profit Margin 3.4% ▲2.8% ▲2.9%
Continuous Operations Profit Margin 3.5% ▲2.3% ▲2.2%
Net Profit Margin 3.5% ▲2.3% ▲2.2%
Bottom Line Profit Margin 3.5% ▲2.3% ▲2.2%
Current Ratio 0.399 ▼-0.006 ▼-0.019
Quick Ratio 0.329 ▼-0.011 ▼-0.025
Solvency Ratio 0.194 ▲0.061 ▲0.071
Cash Ratio 0.127 ▼-0.006 ▼-0.018
Price To Earnings Ratio 17.698 ▼-31.107 ▲7.976
Price To Earnings Growth Ratio 0.085 ▲3.501 ▲0.421
Forward Price To Earnings Growth Ratio 0.085 ▲3.501 ▲0.421
Price To Earnings Diluted Ratio 18.190 ▼-32.010 ▲7.881
Price To Earnings Diluted Growth Ratio 0.087 ▲3.518 ▲0.425
Price To Book Ratio 2.358 ▲0.162 ▲0.148
Price To Sales Ratio 0.617 ▲0.018 ▲0.004
Price To Free Cash Flow Ratio 21.114 ▼-11.967 ▼-16.882
Price To Operating Cash Flow Ratio 7.814 ▼-0.196 ▼-1.855
Debt To Assets Ratio 0.483 ▲0.002 ▲0.016
Debt To Equity Ratio 1.340 ▼-0.013 ▼-0.106
Debt To Capital Ratio 0.573 ▼-0.002 ▼-0.018
Long Term Debt To Capital Ratio 0.188 ▲0.036 ▲0.033
Financial Leverage Ratio 2.773 ▼-0.041 ▼-0.336
Working Capital Turnover Ratio -12.188 ▼-0.540 ▼-0.559
Operating Cash Flow Ratio 0.589 ▲0.072 ▲0.145
Operating Cash Flow Sales Ratio 0.079 ▲0.004 ▲0.013
Free Cash Flow Operating Cash Flow Ratio 0.370 ▲0.128 ▲0.273
Debt Service Coverage Ratio 27.565 ▲10.257 ▲14.813
Interest Coverage Ratio 10.115 ▲4.190 ▲7.387
Short Term Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio 0.000 0.000 ▼-0.822
Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio 0.225 ▲0.022 ▲0.055
Capital Expenditure Coverage Ratio 1.588 ▲0.268 ▲0.357
Dividend Paid And Capex Coverage Ratio 1.588 ▲0.268 ▲0.358
Dividend Payout Ratio 0.000 ▼-0.001 ▲0.001
Enterprise Value Multiple 10.297 ▼-4.587 ▼-5.706

Key metrics

MetricTrend20252024202320222021
Market cap$863.6M$812.9M$844.5M$617.4M$801.2M
Enterprise value$1.33B$1.29B$1.33B$1.13B$1.29B
EV / Sales0.95x0.95x1.00x0.88x1.19x
EV / Op. cash flow12.04x12.69x12.61x22.01x20.04x
EV / Free cash flow32.53x52.39x192.83x-40.94x58.29x
EV / EBITDA10.30x14.88x15.52x17.32x21.99x
Net debt / EBITDA3.61x5.49x5.70x7.82x8.31x
Current ratio0.40x0.41x0.42x0.42x0.45x
Income quality2.26x6.08x5.38x12.54x-17.83x
Graham number$29$16$17$8—
Graham net-net-$28-$27-$34-$35-$27
Tax burden103.3%201.9%194.7%-49.1%18.8%
Interest burden90.9%60.1%67.3%153.3%135.3%
Working capital-$112.8M-$116.7M-$116.3M-$114.6M-$109.6M
Invested capital$708.1M$735.4M$763.6M$766.0M$766.4M
Return on assets4.8%1.6%1.6%0.3%-0.3%
Operating ROA4.7%2.9%1.1%-0.5%-1.6%
Return on tangible assets4.8%1.6%1.6%0.3%-0.3%
Return on equity13.3%4.5%5.4%1.2%-1.1%
Return on invested capital5.5%3.7%1.3%0.3%-0.4%
Return on capital employed5.8%3.8%1.3%-0.5%-2.0%
Earnings yield5.7%2.1%2.3%0.7%-0.5%
Free cash flow yield4.7%3.0%0.8%-4.5%2.8%
Capex / Op. cash flow63.0%75.8%93.5%153.8%65.6%
Capex / Depreciation90.1%105.7%139.3%111.7%58.0%
Capex / Sales5.0%5.7%7.4%6.1%3.9%
SG&A / Sales6.5%6.5%6.2%5.7%6.3%
R&D / Sales0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Stock comp / Sales0.6%0.6%0.8%0.8%1.0%
Intangibles / Total assets0.5%0.4%0.4%0.4%0.5%
Days sales outstanding5d5d5d8d10d
Days payables outstanding12d16d19d19d19d
Operating cycle9d9d10d12d14d
Cash conversion cycle-3d-7d-10d-7d-4d

Change by theme

Grouped by what each metric measures. Each figure is the change over the period shown — ▲ up ▼ down versus then.

Change over 1 year

Valuation
Market cap ▲+6.2%EV / Sales ▲+0.3%EV / EBITDA ▼-30.8%EV / Op. cash flow ▼-0.647Earnings yield ▲+0.036Graham number ▲+12.738
Profitability
Return on equity ▲+0.088Return on assets ▲+0.032Return on invested capital ▲+0.018Return on capital employed ▲+0.020Operating ROA ▲+0.018Income quality ▼-3.817Tax burden ▼-0.986
Efficiency
Days sales outstanding ▼-0.689Days payables outstanding ▼-4.193Operating cycle ▼-0.656Cash conversion cycle ▲+3.537Capex / Sales ▼-0.007R&D / Sales n/a
Balance-sheet strength
Current ratio ▼-0.006Net debt / EBITDA ▼-1.872Working capital ▲+3894000.000Invested capital ▼-27337000.000Intangibles / Total assets +0.000

Change over 5 years

Valuation
Market cap ▲+7.8%EV / Sales ▼-19.7%EV / EBITDA ▼-53.2%EV / Op. cash flow ▼-7.996Earnings yield ▲+0.061
Profitability
Return on equity ▲+0.144Return on assets ▲+0.052Return on invested capital ▲+0.059Return on capital employed ▲+0.078Operating ROA ▲+0.062Income quality ▲+20.091Tax burden ▲+0.845
Efficiency
Days sales outstanding ▼-4.958Days payables outstanding ▼-6.785Operating cycle ▼-5.328Cash conversion cycle ▲+1.457Capex / Sales ▲+0.011R&D / Sales n/a
Balance-sheet strength
Current ratio ▼-0.054Net debt / EBITDA ▼-4.696Working capital ▼-3231000.000Invested capital ▼-58300000.000Intangibles / Total assets +0.000

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