BJ's Restaurants BJRI Pre-opening costs
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Where this comes from
Reported directly by BJ's Restaurants in its filing.
Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:PreOpeningCosts.
The official record: BJ's Restaurants’s 10-Q, filed May 6, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →
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Questions, answered.
- What is BJ's Restaurants's pre-opening costs?
- BJ's Restaurants (BJRI) reported pre-opening costs of $15K in Q1 2026.
- How has BJ's Restaurants's pre-opening costs changed year-over-year?
- BJ's Restaurants's pre-opening costs decreased by 96.6% year-over-year, from $438K to $15K.
- What is the long-term trend for BJ's Restaurants's pre-opening costs?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), BJ's Restaurants's pre-opening costs has grown at a -18.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $1.48M to $663K.
- What does pre-opening costs mean?
- These are the non-capitalized expenses incurred during the development and launch phase of new restaurant locations, such as staff training, marketing, and initial inventory stocking. High levels of these costs indicate an aggressive expansion strategy, while lower levels suggest a focus on optimizing existing assets. Investors use this to assess the short-term impact of growth initiatives on current period profitability.