---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-24-002489"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BJRI"
cik: "0001013488"
company_name: "BJs RESTAURANTS INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T23:42:18.591469+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BJ's Restaurants Q1 net income jumps to $7.7M; revenue down 1.2% but margins improve 240bps

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-24-002489
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BJRI
- cik: 0001013488
- company_name: BJs RESTAURANTS INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013488/000117184324002489/0001171843-24-002489-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013488/000117184324002489/f8k_050224.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-24-002489.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  BJs RESTAURANTS INC reported first quarter ended Tuesday, April 2, 2024 results: revenue $337.3 million, net income $7.7 million, EPS $0.32.
  - Period: first quarter ended Tuesday, April 2, 2024
  - Revenue: $337.3 million
  - Net income: $7.7 million
  - EPS: $0.32
  - Result: reported results
  source text: financial results for its fiscal 2024 first quarter ended Tuesday, April 2, 2024. Fiscal First Quarter 2024 Compared to First Quarter 2023 Total revenues decreased 1.2% to $337.3 million Comparable restaurant sales declined 1.7% Total restaurant operating weeks increased by one week Net income of $7.7 million, compared to $3.5 million; diluted net income per
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013488/000117184324002489/0001171843-24-002489-index.htm

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