BJRI BJs RESTAURANTS INC
Last updated: Mar 16, 2026
Execution Consistency
Did the company actually spend money buying back stock in 3+ of the last 4 quarters?
Bought back stock in 3/4 quarters. Q3 2025: $8M, Q2 2025: $9M, Q1 2025: $0M, Q3 2024: $4M
Execution Acceleration
Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?
Latest quarter $8M vs trailing avg $4M (+88%)
Buyback vs FCF
What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30-80%. Bear: <10% or >80%.
Negative FCF ($-95M), cannot compute buyback ratio
Buyback Intensity
How fast are they shrinking the float? Bull: 2%+ annually. Bear: under 0.5%.
Repurchased 2,300,000 shares = 20.3% of 22,697,000 outstanding (annualized)
Insider Buying
Are officers and directors buying stock with their own money on the open market?
4 open-market purchases by 1 insiders
- Richmond C Bradford () bought 1,000 shares at $34.05 on 2026-03-12
- Richmond C Bradford () bought 1,000 shares at $34.50 on 2026-03-06
- Richmond C Bradford () bought 1,000 shares at $35.05 on 2026-03-03
- Richmond C Bradford () bought 200 shares at $35.36 on 2026-03-03
Insider-Buyback Convergence
Are insider purchases happening during the same quarters the company is actively buying back stock?
Insider buying coincided with company buybacks in 0 of 4 quarters
Insider Net Direction
Looking at all open-market transactions, are insiders net buyers or net sellers?
Insiders bought $0M, sold $0M (net selling)
Red Flag
Active buyback + insiders net selling 3x+ more than buying. Company cash may be supporting price while insiders exit.
Company buying back stock while insiders sold 3.4x more than bought. 2 C-suite officers among sellers
- Krakower Brian S (EVP & Chief Info. Officer) sold 7,847 shares on 2025-12-11
- Krakower Brian S (EVP & Chief Info. Officer) sold 170 shares on 2025-12-11
- PUCHNER ALEX (Sr. Vice President Brewing Ops) sold 1,821 shares on 2025-09-08