BJ’s Restaurant Inc’s filing revealed that its Sr. Vice President Brewing Ops PUCHNER ALEX unloaded Company’s shares for reported $62023.0 on Sep 08 ’25. In the deal valued at $34.06 per share,1,821 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, PUCHNER ALEX now holds 10,622 shares worth roughly $0.32 million.
Then, ALEXANDER PUCHNER bought 1,821 shares, generating $62,023 in total proceeds.
Before that, Rogers Heidi sold 4,116 shares. BJ’s Restaurant Inc shares valued at $145,542 were divested by the Sr VP-Marketing at a price of $35.36 per share. As a result of the transaction, Rogers Heidi now holds 7,144 shares, worth roughly $0.22 million.
The Benchmark Company upgraded its BJ’s Restaurant Inc [BJRI] rating to a Buy from a a Hold in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Gordon Haskett’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in early January from “an Underperform” to “a Hold”. Oppenheimer also remained covering BJRI and has decreased its forecast on January 07, 2025 with a “Perform” recommendation from previously “an Outperform” rating. The Benchmark Company revised its rating on July 26, 2024. It rated BJRI as “a Hold” which previously was an “a Buy”.
Price Performance Review of BJRI
On Tuesday, BJ’s Restaurant Inc [NASDAQ:BJRI] saw its stock fall -2.86% to $30.18. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -8.02%. BJ’s Restaurant Inc shares have risen nearly 1.86% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -14.10% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in BJ’s Restaurant Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in BJ’s Restaurant Inc stocks on 2025-08-29, growing by 0.2 million shares to a total of 1.93 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-07-31 was 1.73 million shares. There was a rise of 10.39%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on July 18, 2023 when Piper Sandler began covering the stock and recommended ‘”a Neutral”‘ rating along with a $35 price target.
