# BJ’s Restaurants Raises Fiscal 2026 Targets as Quarterly Sales Grow

By John Kim

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Published: 2026-11-08T12:13:54.000Z
Updated: 2026-11-08T12:13:54.000Z
Section: Business

> Comparable restaurant sales increased 8.1%, while the company lowered its capital-expenditure outlook to about $80 million.

BJ’s Restaurants raised three fiscal 2026 performance targets after revenue and comparable restaurant sales grew in its fiscal third quarter, while trimming its capital spending outlook.

Revenue for the quarter ended Sept. 29 rose 8.6% from a year earlier to $358.625 million. Comparable restaurant sales increased 8.1%.

Net income was $5.317 million, or $0.24 per diluted share, compared with $465,000, or $0.02 per share, a year earlier. Adjusted diluted earnings per share, a non-GAAP measure, were $0.33.

Restaurant-level operating profit, a company-defined non-GAAP measure, increased 27.9% to $52.9 million. Its margin rose to 14.7% from 12.5% a year earlier. Adjusted EBITDA, also a non-GAAP measure, climbed 48.6% to $31.4 million from $21.1 million.

BJ’s raised its fiscal 2026 comparable-sales growth outlook to about 4.7%, from a previous range of 3% to 4%. Its restaurant-level operating profit forecast increased to $233 million to $237 million, from $228 million to $235 million. The company lifted its adjusted EBITDA forecast to $149 million to $154 million, from $145 million to $152 million.

The company lowered its fiscal 2026 capital-expenditure outlook to about $80 million, down from a range of $85 million to $95 million.

Separately, BJ’s Restaurants shares closed at $55.67 at 4 p.m. ET Friday, Nov. 6, down $2.78, or 4.76%, from the previous session’s $58.45 close. The company released its quarterly results on Nov. 5.

“The third quarter marked our ninth consecutive quarter of sales and traffic growth,” CEO and President Lyle Tick said.