BJ's Restaurants

BJRI

Restaurants · Consumer Cyclical

Price

$67.49

+5.02 (+8.04%)

Market Cap

$1.42B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is curious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

−2.5% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 23.2M (2021) → 22.6M (2025)

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. owns and operates casual dining restaurants in the United States. The company's restaurants offer pizzas, craft and other beers, appetizers, entrées, pastas, sandwiches, specialty salads, and desserts. As of April 19, 2022, it operated 213 restaurants in 29 states. The company was founded in 1978 and is based in Huntington Beach, California.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+2.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-27.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

13.4%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$27M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

BJ's Restaurants is growing revenue at 3% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

9.6%

Thin — 9.6% gross margin

Operating Margin

3.5%

Thin — 3.5% operating margin

ROCE

2.6%

Weak — 2.6% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+3.0%

Slow sales growth (3.0% YoY)

EPS YoY

+112.5%

Earnings growing fast (112.5% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

336%

Turns 336% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

5.7%

Thin free cash flow (5.7%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.29

Conservative — low debt load (0.29)

Interest Cover

18.02x

Comfortably covers interest (18.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

32.7x

Pricey — P/E 32.7

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward

+6.2

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (32.7 → 26.5)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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