---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-23-004737"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BJRI"
cik: "0001013488"
company_name: "BJs RESTAURANTS INC"
filed_at: "2023-07-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T23:31:15.588289+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BJ's Restaurants Q2 revenue $349.7M, EPS $0.50 vs $0.01; margin 14.5%

## Summary
- Total revenues $349.7M (+6.1% YoY), comp sales +4.7%; net income $11.9M vs $0.3M.
- Diluted EPS $0.50 vs $0.01; Adjusted EBITDA $31.8M vs $23.4M.
- Restaurant-level operating margin 14.5% (+260 bps YoY); surpassed $25M cost savings target.
- Opened second new restaurant in San Antonio; plan five new restaurants in 2023; remodeling 35-40 locations.
- Long-term target of at least 425 restaurants; current count over 200 in 30 states.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-23-004737
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BJRI
- cik: 0001013488
- company_name: BJs RESTAURANTS INC
- filed_at: 2023-07-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013488/000117184323004737/0001171843-23-004737-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013488/000117184323004737/f8k_072723.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  BJs RESTAURANTS INC updated its fiscal 2023 second quarter ended Tuesday, July 4, 2023 guidance (reaffirmed).
  - Period: fiscal 2023 second quarter ended Tuesday, July 4, 2023
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On July 27, 2023, BJ’s Restaurants, Inc., a California corporation (the “Registrant” or the “Company”), announced its financial results for the second quarter ended July 4, 2023. The press release issued by the Registrant in connection with the announcement is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013488/000117184323004737/0001171843-23-004737-index.htm

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