Avoid the stress of overpaying for a stock or missing an opportunity by using the right tools and insights to evaluate BJ's Restaurants Inc before investing.

In this article, we go over a few key elements for understanding BJ's Restaurants Inc’s stock price such as:

• BJ's Restaurants Inc’s current stock price and volume
• Why BJ's Restaurants Inc’s stock price changed recently
• Upgrades and downgrades for BJRI from analysts
• BJRI’s stock price momentum as measured by its relative strength

About BJ's Restaurants Inc (BJRI)

Before we jump into BJ's Restaurants Inc’s stock price, history, target price and what caused it to recently rise, let’s take a look at some background.

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. is a casual dining restaurant. The Company’s restaurants feature a menu with approximately 100 menu items designed to offer various items, including slow roasted entrees, such as prime rib, EnLIGHTened Entrees, such as Cherry Chipotle Glazed Salmon, original signature deep-dish pizza, the Pizookie dessert and BJs craft beers. Its craft beer is produced at five in-house brewing facilities and by independent third-party brewers using its recipes. The Company is a national restaurant chain, which owns and operates approximately 200 casual dining restaurants located in 30 states, including Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington.

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BJ's Restaurants Inc’s Stock Price as of Market Close

As of September 13, 2024, 4:00 PM, CST, BJ's Restaurants Inc’s stock price was $30.99.

BJ's Restaurants Inc is up 4.59% from its previous closing price of $29.63.

During the last market session, BJ's Restaurants Inc’s stock traded between $28.57 and $29.71. Currently, there are 23.31 million shares of BJ's Restaurants Inc stock available for purchase.

BJ's Restaurants Inc’s price-earnings (P/E) ratio is currently at 24.3, which is high compared to the Restaurants & Bars industry median of 23.8. The price-earnings ratio gauges market expectation of future performance by relating a stock’s current share price to its earnings per share.

BJ's Restaurants Inc Stock Price History

BJ's Restaurants Inc’s (BJRI) price is currently up 1.18% so far this month.

During the month of September, BJ's Restaurants Inc’s stock price has reached a high of $31.02 and a low of $27.89.

Over the last year, BJ's Restaurants Inc has hit prices as high as $38.87 and as low as $21.64. Year to date, BJ's Restaurants Inc’s stock is up 17.48%.

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What Caused BJ's Restaurants Inc Stock’s Price to Rise?

Stock prices are primarily based on seller supply and buyer demand. But have you ever wondered about what other factors affect a stock's price?

When an analyst changes their opinion of a stock by upgrading or downgrading their rating, it often leads to a sudden stock price adjustment. As of September 12, 2024, there were 8 analysts who downgraded BJ's Restaurants Inc’s stock and 1 analyst who upgraded over the last month.

Additionally, you'll want to evaluate BJ's Restaurants Inc’s financial health and valuation. Investors can use AAII's Value Grade, which combines six key valuation metrics like P/E and P/S ratios for a comprehensive analysis to conduct analysis on BJ's Restaurants Inc’s valuation and financial health. This approach mitigates the limitations of single-metric evaluations.

BJ's Restaurants Inc’s current valuation based on AAII’s Value Grade is a C, which means it is considered to be Average.

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Lastly, news and media coverage as well as recent press reports about the company or its industry may cause stock prices to fluctuate. You can check out the most recent news articles about BJ's Restaurants Inc (BJRI) by visiting AAII Stock Evaluator.

Relative Price Strength of BJ's Restaurants Inc

Relative price strength measures a stock's performance against the market, helping investors identify stocks that are outperforming benchmarks.

For AAII’s Momentum Grade, a weighted relative price strength is calculated. Follow this link to learn more about the Momentum Grade.

As of September 12, 2024, BJ's Restaurants Inc has a weighted four-quarter relative price strength of -5.59%, which translates to a Momentum Score of 43 and is considered to be Average.

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BJ's Restaurants Inc Stock Price: Bottom Line

As of September 13, 2024, BJ's Restaurants Inc’s stock price is $30.99, which is up 4.59% from its previous closing price.

AAII advises against making stock decisions based solely on price or past returns. Instead, consider a variety of metrics, fundamentals, and analytics to evaluate a stock like BJ's Restaurants Inc stock prices are influenced by market supply and demand and offer just a snapshot of a company's overall health.

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