Analysts were expecting BJ's Restaurants Inc. (BJRI) [Chart - News - Analysis] to report earnings of $0.13 for last quarter, but BJRI missed expectations with actual earnings of $0.12---1 cent below the consensus estimate.

If you compare last quarter's earnings to the $0.08 the company made per share during the same quarter a year ago, you can see that BJRI’s earnings are up this year.

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Also, if you compare BJRI's 23.39% projected earnings-per-share (EPS) growth rate for the next five years with the projected EPS growth rate of 10.98% for the Restaurants industry as a whole during that same time frame, you can see that analysts expect BJRI to outperform the industry in the future---which is a good sign for the stock.

Drilling down a little deeper into the Restaurants industry, you can see how analysts believe BJRI will stack up against some of the other stocks in the industry, like Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (CMG) [Chart - News - Analysis] and Burger King Holdings Inc. (BKC) [Chart - News - Analysis], in the future. Analysts believe CMG's earnings are going to grow at a rate of 21.82% while BKC's earnings are going to grow at a rate of 14.11%.

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