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BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.

$BJ·$12B·Discount Stores·Consumer Defensive
$99.04+3.3%YTD+10.0%1Y+11.1%
Price updated 4h ago·X counts updated 4d ago
BJBJ
$BJBJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.
$99.04+3.27%54 posts0.9×
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The complete picture of $BJ on X — how loud the conversation is right now, how it has trended over the last two weeks, and which way the crowd is leaning.

54X posts · last 7 days
Sep 21Oct 4
Chatter Meter
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How loud $BJ's conversation on X is versus its own normal — 1× is typical, higher means busier. Right now it's about its usual level.

Bullish sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data21 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-28

BJ's Wholesale chatter is decisively bullish following a Q2 beat-and-raise — adj EPS $1.36 vs $1.16 est (+19% YoY), revenue $6.22B vs $5.88B (+15.7% YoY), comparable club sales +11.9%, membership fee income +9.9% to record 8.5M members. FY26 EPS raised to $4.60-4.80. Deutsche Bank lifted PT to $103 from $94 with Hold. One poster notes tariff refunds are helping the earnings quality question. Overall the tone is 'solid execution, well-loved warehouse story.'

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AI verdictAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

TickerTalks' own read on what's driving $BJ — fundamentals, momentum, or an event — and whether it agrees with the X crowd.

Proven numbersAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-10-02

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

BJ's Wholesale up 5% YTD — Q2 beat-and-raise, 11.9% comp sales, 8.5M record members, Deutsche Bank $103 PT.

BJ's Wholesale Club is a membership-based warehouse-club retailer concentrated in the Eastern US — Costco's regional competitor. The stock is up 5% YTD and 49% of its 52-week range on 1.87x normal volume with specific Q2 strength.

  • The P&L is accelerating: revenue grew 15.7% YoY to $6.23B last quarter at a 3.9% operating margin and EPS $1.37 — Q2 adj EPS $1.36 vs $1.16 est (+19% YoY); comparable club sales +11.9%, membership fee income +9.9% to a record 8.5M members.
  • The specific guidance signal: FY26 EPS raised to $4.60-$4.80 and Deutsche Bank lifted PT to $103 from $94 (Hold) — plus the tariff-refund EPS-quality tailwind is a legitimate near-term catalyst.
  • Officer Werner's F-InKind $939K at $93.79 and CEO Eddy's $762K sale at $95.22 are modest trims at prices near current levels; the chart is still above the 50-day MA.

Accelerating holds while membership growth and comparable-club-sales extend. A soft Nov 20 earnings print on comp sales, or any specific commentary on membership-renewal softening, is what cools the move; a comp-sales beat above 10% plus specific tariff-pass-through-smooth commentary is what extends the breakout.

Agrees with X sentimentX bulls on Q2 adj EPS $1.36 vs $1.16 est (+19% YoY), revenue $6.22B vs $5.88B (+15.7% YoY), comp club sales +11.9%, membership fees +9.9% to record 8.5M members, FY26 EPS raised to $4.60-$4.80, and Deutsche Bank $103 PT (Hold) have the specific setup right — this is a legitimate quality-growth retailer thesis.

What to watch: Nov 20 earnings — comparable club sales above 10% YoY, membership fee income growth, operating margin trajectory, FY27 EPS guide. A soft comp print or membership-renewal softening is what cools the breakout.

On the calendar: 2026-11-20 — Q3 FY26 earnings

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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 operates membership-based warehouse clubs in the eastern U.S., competing with Costco on groceries and consumables.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

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

Discount Stores · Consumer Defensive

No material change from last week — Consumer value-seeking is structurally shifting share to discount and warehouse formats.

What this means for $BJ

Partial — BJ's Wholesale Club operates membership-based warehouse clubs in the eastern U.S., competing with Costco on groceries and consumables.

Top industry ETF

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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 $1.22

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 17 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY27$24.0B$23.1B – $24.6B$4.72$4.63 – $4.8017
FY28$25.3B$24.2B – $27.5B$5.03$4.76 – $5.4517
FY29$26.6B$25.9B – $27.6B$5.34$5.18 – $5.438
FY30$28.4B$27.5B – $29.6B$5.93$5.69 – $6.264
FY31$30.2B$29.2B – $31.5B$6.45$6.19 – $6.813

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.1.1×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.56%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.+2.2%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.+2.5%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 today1.5% 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

SellOct 1Morningstar Timothy PierceEVP, Chief Growth Officer4.9K sh$457KSellOct 1William C. WernerEVP, Strategy & Development3.0K sh$285KSellSep 15Robert W. EddyCEO8.0K sh$762KSellAug 25Joseph McgrailSVP, Controller1.5K sh$145KSellAug 24Robert W. EddyCEO4.9K sh$490KSellAug 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$1.5M
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+ 15 other (11 awards · 2 inkinds · 2 exempts) in window

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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

3New insider — initial holdingsSep 23
AI summary

BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (BJ) filed Form 3 reporting Stephanie Anne Reibling as a new reporting officer as of August 24, 2026. Reibling directly owns 13,211 shares of BJ's Wholesale Club common stock with no derivative securities reported. The filing covers non-derivative securities only, with no indirect ownership. This is a routine officer-onboarding disclosure with no material dilutive or strategic impact.

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
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Recent news

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

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