---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001531152-26-000053"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BJ"
cik: "0001531152"
company_name: "BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-21T11:03:32+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-21T11:05:09.824501+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BJ's Q2 FY26 EPS $1.36 (+19%), comp sales +11.9%, raises FY26 EPS guide to $4.60-$4.80

## Summary
- Q2 diluted EPS $1.36 (up 19.3% YoY); net income $173.9M, up 15.4%.
- Comp club sales +11.9% total, +3.1% ex-gas; membership fee income $135.6M (+9.9%), record 8.5M members.
- FY26 adjusted EPS guidance raised to $4.60-$4.80; comp sales (ex-gas) guided 2.0%-3.0%.
- CCO Paul Cichocki retires Aug 21, 2026; becomes part-time advisor, then on-call through Apr 1, 2027.
- Q2 buyback 1.384M shares for $124.1M; $422.1M remaining on program.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001531152-26-000053
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BJ
- cik: 0001531152
- company_name: BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-21T11:03:32+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1531152/000153115226000053/0001531152-26-000053-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1531152/000153115226000053/bj-20260821.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001531152-26-000053
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001531152-26-000053.txt

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