earnings
confidence high
sentiment positive
materiality 0.70
BJ's Restaurants Q1 net income jumps to $7.7M; revenue down 1.2% but margins improve 240bps
BJs RESTAURANTS INC
2024-Q1 EPS reported
$0.32
revenue$337,334,000
- Revenue $337.3M (-1.2% YoY); comparable restaurant sales -1.7%.
- Net income $7.7M ($0.32 diluted EPS) vs $3.5M ($0.15) a year ago.
- Adjusted EBITDA $29.4M vs $25.0M; restaurant-level margin 15.0% (+240 bps).
- Opened 217th restaurant in Wisconsin; two more planned H2 2024; new prototype saves ~$1M.
- Management confident margins will approach pre-pandemic levels by year-end 2024.