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BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.

$BJ·$12B·Discount Stores·Consumer Defensive
$98.49+2.1%1Y+3.3%
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BJBJ
$BJBJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.
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Today's AI verdict on what's driving $BJ, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-08-25

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

BJ's Wholesale beat Q2 with comp sales +11.9% and raised FY26 guide — the warehouse-club category-share gains from Costco and Sam's are landing on the print.

BJ's Wholesale Club is the US warehouse-club chain (behind Costco and Sam's Club, ahead of the rest), and last week's Q2 print was one of the cleanest beat-and-raise combinations in the consumer complex — comp sales +11.9% (ex-gas +3.1%), adjusted EPS beat by 16%, and FY26 EPS guide raised above consensus.

What the print actually said:

  • The engine is compounding fast: last quarter revenue grew 15.7% year-over-year to $6.23B at an 18% gross margin, adjusted EPS came in at $1.36 versus $1.17 consensus (+19.3%), and adjusted EBITDA of $347M was up 14.3% — this is warehouse-club-taking-share showing up on the print, not narrative.
  • The membership economics are the specific tell: membership fee income of $135.6M (+9.9%) with a record 8.5M members shows the recurring-revenue base is compounding cleanly — the FY26 EPS guide raise to $4.60-$4.80 reflects that even the pricing strategy hitting the promotional cadence isn't hitting long-term margins.
  • The insider signaling is a real friction: CEO Eddy sold $7.3M on July 29 at $100 plus another $749K on Aug 14 at $93.6 — real, sizeable coincident-with-strength distribution before and after the print, so the C-suite is treating current levels as full-to-fair, which the fan base is dismissing.

The Nov 20 Q3 print takes the story from here — continued comp-sales strength plus stable membership growth pushes shares through $105 and toward the $110 zone; a soft comp quarter or continued CEO Eddy selling and the tape gives back into the low-$90s. BlackRock's fresh new investment is a specific coincident bull signal.

Agrees with X sentimentAgree with the bullish tape — Q2 comp sales +11.9%, membership fee income +9.9%, and the FY26 EPS guide raise back the warehouse-club category-share thesis. The 'BJ's, Costco, Sam's taking massive US grocery share' framing is defensible; the specific caveat the crowd under-weights is CEO Eddy's ~$8M of stock sales at $93-100, which is real distribution into strength.

What to watch: The Nov 20 Q3 print — continued comp-sales strength plus stable membership growth pushes shares through $105 toward $110; a soft comp quarter or continued CEO Eddy selling and the tape gives back into the low-$90s.

On the calendar: 2026-11-20 — Q3 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment19 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-24

BJ's Wholesale Club beat Q2'26 with revenue $6.2B (+15.7% YoY), adjusted EPS $1.36 (+19.3%), comp sales +11.9% (ex-gas +3.1%), membership fee income $135.6M (+9.9%) with a record 8.5M members, and adjusted EBITDA $347.2M (+14.3%). FY26 adjusted EPS guide raised to $4.60-$4.80 above consensus. Bulls credit the pricing strategy working without hitting long-term margins and see BJ's, Costco, and Sam's Club as taking massive US grocery share. Shares gained pre-market.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc., alongside its subsidiaries, manages a network of membership-based retail warehouses primarily located across the eastern United States. This enterprise provides a range of products including perishable goods, general merchandise, and gasoline, in addition to various supplementary services. Customers can acquire items through its dedicated websites—BJs.com, BerkleyJensen.com, Wellsleyfarms.com, and Delivery.bjs.com—as well as via its mobile application. By June 10, 2022, the company's operational footprint extended to 229 warehouse clubs and 160 gas stations across 17 states. Originally incorporated as Beacon Holding Inc., the company rebranded to BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. in February 2018. Established in 1984, its corporate headquarters are situated in Westborough, Massachusetts.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Discount Stores sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $BJ.

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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
20.9How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
11.8%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
3.9%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
1.8%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
0.5Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
26.2%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
18.2%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
1.1Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 21, 2026$1.36$1.17+16.2%
Q1 2026May 22, 2026$1.10$1.03+6.8%
Q4 2025Mar 5, 2026$0.96$0.93+2.8%
Q3 2025Nov 21, 2025$1.16$1.09+6.4%
Next earningsFri, Nov 20·consensus EPS $1.24

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY26$6.2B+15.7%17.8%4.1%$1.37—
Q1 FY26$5.7B+9.9%18.2%3.9%$1.11$-42.0M
Q4 FY25$5.6B+5.6%18.1%3.4%$0.97$192.8M
Q3 FY25$5.3B+4.9%19.0%4.1%$1.16$-10.7M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 16 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY27$23.9B$22.6B – $25.3B$4.65$4.48 – $4.7916
FY28$25.3B$24.7B – $26.9B$4.97$4.75 – $5.1615
FY29$26.4B$25.6B – $27.8B$5.24$4.99 – $5.408
FY30$28.4B$27.1B – $29.9B$5.93$5.59 – $6.344
FY31$30.2B$28.8B – $31.8B$6.45$6.08 – $6.903

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.7×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.68%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+7.3%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+5.5%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 127.0M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today2.3% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.235-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellAug 14Robert W. EddyCEO8.0K sh$749KSellJul 29Robert W. EddyCEO73.0K sh$7.3MSellJul 15Robert W. EddyCEO8.0K sh$725KSellJun 15Robert W. EddyCEO8.0K sh$723KSellJun 10Scott SchmadekeEVP, Chief Operations Officer16.5K sh$1.5MSellMay 15Robert W. EddyCEO8.0K sh$769KSellApr 15Joseph McgrailSVP, Controller2.0K sh$187KSellApr 15Robert W. EddyCEO8.0K sh$728KSellApr 13Morningstar Timothy PierceEVP, Chief Growth Officer7.4K sh$693KSellApr 10Morningstar Timothy PierceEVP, Chief Growth Officer7.4K sh$672K
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KOfficer or director changeAug 218-K — Item 2.02: Earnings release · Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary

BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. filed an 8-K on August 21, 2026 covering Q2 FY2026 earnings results (thirteen-week period ended August 1, 2026) alongside an executive departure. The financial results are furnished as Exhibit 99.1; separately, Paul Cichocki, EVP and Chief Commercial Officer, notified the company of his intent to retire effective August 21, 2026. Cichocki will transition to an Executive Advisor role at $500,000 annually through October 1, 2026, then on-call at $100,000 through his full retirement on April 1, 2027, with equity grants vesting on that date. The CCO-level departure is an executive transition of moderate significance alongside the Q2 results headline.

8-KShareholder voteJun 188-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
+ 14 other (7 13Gs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 2 proxys · 1 10-Q) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

BJ's Q2 Earnings Beat on Traffic & Membership Momentum, Outlook Raisedzacks.com·23h agoBJ's Wholesale Club: A Great Business At The Wrong Priceseekingalpha.com·1d agoBJ's Wholesale Club Is Turning Stronger Fundamentals Into a Bullish Setupmarketbeat.com·1d agoComparing BJ’s Wholesale Club (NYSE:BJ) and Weis Markets (NYSE:WMK)defenseworld.net·2d agoBlackRock Inc. Makes New Investment in BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. $BJdefenseworld.net·3d ago

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