The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc shares valued at $1,941,245 were sold by Eddy Robert W. on Aug 01 ’25. At $108.45 per share, Eddy Robert W. sold 17,900 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 350,433 shares worth approximately $38.08 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Cichocki Paul sold 58,436 shares, netting a total of over 6,432,635 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $110.08 each, the insider now holds 114,127 shares.
Before that, Eddy Robert W. had added 53,700 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $5,853,300, the Officer bought BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc shares for $109.00 each.
As published in a research note from Citigroup on April 03, 2025, BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc [BJ] has been rated up from a Neutral to a Buy and the price target has been revised to $130. Analysts at JP Morgan upgraded the stock from ‘”an Underweight”‘ to ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in late August. As of August 23, 2024, Wells Fargo has increased its “an Equal weight” rating to a “an Overweight” for BJ. Earlier on May 23, 2024, Gordon Haskett upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for BJ stock which previously was a “a Hold”.
Analyzing BJ Stock Performance
On last trading session, BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc [NYSE: BJ] rose 1.98% to $108.67. The stock’s lowest price that day was $106.51, but it reached a high of $109.835 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 3.31%. Over the course of the year, BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc shares have jumped approximately 25.12%.
Is BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-07-15 jumping by 0.96 million shares to 6.99 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 6.04 million shares. A jump of 13.68% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.27 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 4.27.
Which companies own the most shares of BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc (BJ)?
In terms of BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 78 in the next 12 months, down nearly -26.8% from the previous closing price of $106.56. Analysts anticipate BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc stock to reach 121 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 33. In spite of this, 17 analysts ranked BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On April 18, 2024, Loop Capital assigned a price target of “a Hold” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $80.
