BJ's Restaurants drops on light volume as CEO steps down
** Shares of BJ's Restaurants BJRI.O fall >3% on Thurs after casual dining chain announced senior management transition
** Co late Weds said CEO Gregory Levin steps down and vacates board position, effective immediately
** Current board member and former finance chief of Darden Restaurants C. Bradford Richmond named interim CEO
** Levin was appointed CEO in 2021 and was CFO prior to that
** Board chair Lea Anne S. Ottinger thanked Levin for his 19 years of service with co, saying he played an essential role expanding chain's expansion to 217 restaurants in 19 states, as well as stabilizing it "during these past few tumultuous years in our industry"
** BJRI shares fell ~15% on Jul 26, a day after co reported total rev of ~$350 mln, inline with consensus, including 0.6% yr/yr decline in comp-restaurant-sales
** Shares on Thurs last down 3.4% at $30.86 on about 78k shares of trading volume. Stock's 10-DMA is roughly 355k, per LSEG data
** With move on Thurs, stock down 14% YTD
** 4 of 10 brokerages rate BJRI "strong buy" or "buy", 4 rate "hold", while rest recommend "sell" or "strong sell" and their median PT is $41
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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