BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:BJ) Stock Now Rated “Moderate Buy” by Sell-Side Analysts

Shares of BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:BJ) have been given an average rating of “Moderate Buy” by the twenty brokerages that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, eight have given a hold recommendation and eleven have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month price objective among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $106.06.

Several equities analysts have weighed in on BJ shares. William Blair lowered BJ’s Wholesale Club from a “mixed” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, August 17th. Weiss Ratings upgraded BJ’s Wholesale Club from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 8th. DA Davidson set a $108.00 target price on BJ’s Wholesale Club in a research report on Thursday, October 8th. Citigroup upped their price target on BJ’s Wholesale Club from $100.00 to $111.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, August 24th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “hold” rating on shares of BJ’s Wholesale Club in a research note on Friday, August 14th.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, EVP William Werner sold 3,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, October 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $95.00, for a total value of $285,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 50,160 shares in the company, valued at $4,765,200. This represents a 5.64% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, SVP Joseph Mcgrail sold 1,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $96.65, for a total transaction of $144,975.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 13,269 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,282,448.85. This represents a 10.16% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 283,000 shares of company stock worth $28,654,559. Company insiders own 1.10% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Victory Capital Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of BJ’s Wholesale Club by 57.2% in the fourth quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 12,930,288 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,164,114,000 after acquiring an additional 4,704,423 shares in the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. bought a new position in shares of BJ’s Wholesale Club during the 2nd quarter valued at about $1,087,503,000. River Road Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of BJ’s Wholesale Club by 9.6% during the 4th quarter. River Road Asset Management LLC now owns 3,403,710 shares of the company’s stock valued at $306,436,000 after purchasing an additional 297,952 shares in the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP lifted its holdings in shares of BJ’s Wholesale Club by 15.4% during the 2nd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 3,282,291 shares of the company’s stock valued at $286,281,000 after purchasing an additional 436,827 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp acquired a new position in shares of BJ’s Wholesale Club in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $179,649,000. 98.60% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Key BJ’s Wholesale Club News

Here are the key news stories impacting BJ’s Wholesale Club this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Early Black Friday promotion could support holiday sales. BJ’s will begin its Early Black Friday event on October 23 in stores and online. The promotion may increase seasonal traffic, membership engagement and fourth-quarter revenue. BJ’s Early Black Friday announcement
• Positive Sentiment: Recent operating performance remains supportive. BJ’s most recently reported earnings of $1.36 per share, above the $1.17 consensus estimate, while revenue increased 15.7% year over year to $6.23 billion. Full-year EPS guidance remains $4.60 to $4.80. The company also continues to receive favorable coverage, including D.A. Davidson’s $108 price target. D.A. Davidson price target
• Positive Sentiment: Employee gift-card program may help retention. BJ’s is distributing more than $25 million in gift cards to over 30,000 hourly employees, potentially supporting morale and labor stability, though the program creates a near-term expense. BJ’s employee gift-card program
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts see additional upside, but expectations are elevated. Barron’s noted that BJ’s has outperformed Costco and Walmart since its January selection, while another analysis questioned whether the stock is fully priced after an approximately 77% advance. This creates potential upside if earnings continue to exceed expectations, but also raises the risk of consolidation. Barron’s BJ’s analysis
• Negative Sentiment: CEO Robert Eddy reported sizable stock sales. Eddy sold 172,184 shares on October 14, 12,400 shares on October 13 and 8,000 shares on October 15, for combined proceeds of approximately $19.7 million. The transactions were executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, reducing their value as a discretionary bearish signal, but the scale of the sales may weigh on investor sentiment. BJ SEC insider transaction filing

BJ’s Wholesale Club Stock Performance

Shares of BJ’s Wholesale Club stock opened at $103.09 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $94.10 and a two-hundred day moving average of $92.64. The stock has a market capitalization of $13.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.56, a PEG ratio of 3.04 and a beta of 0.17. BJ’s Wholesale Club has a 52 week low of $83.21 and a 52 week high of $106.04. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 0.19 and a current ratio of 0.73.

BJ’s Wholesale Club (NYSE:BJ) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, August 21st. The company reported $1.36 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.17 by $0.19. BJ’s Wholesale Club had a return on equity of 27.40% and a net margin of 2.62%. The company had revenue of $6.23 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.97 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.14 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 15.7% on a year-over-year basis. BJ’s Wholesale Club has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.600-4.800 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that BJ’s Wholesale Club will post 4.70 EPS for the current year.

About BJ’s Wholesale Club

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc operates a membership-based warehouse club business in the United States. Through its BJ’s Wholesale Club locations, the company offers members a broad selection of products at discounted prices, including groceries, fresh foods, household essentials, electronics, appliances, furniture, apparel, health and beauty products, and seasonal merchandise.

The company also operates gasoline stations at many of its clubs and provides services such as optical, tire, and home-improvement offerings in select locations.