BJS WHSL CLUB HLDGS INC BJ
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 05550J101 · ISIN US05550J1016
American membership-only warehouse club chain
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($20.3m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 132.1m as of 2025-05-21, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $107.84. Options: 24 managers hold calls ($173.3m notional), 20 hold puts ($216.2m).
Trends to Q2 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 467 |
| Q4 2022 | 498 |
| Q1 2023 | 515 |
| Q2 2023 | 452 |
| Q3 2023 | 453 |
| Q4 2023 | 451 |
| Q1 2024 | 480 |
| Q2 2024 | 512 |
| Q3 2024 | 519 |
| Q4 2024 | 567 |
| Q1 2025 | 632 |
| Q2 2025 | 645 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 222 | 235 |
| Q4 2023 | 192 | 240 |
| Q1 2024 | 242 | 214 |
| Q2 2024 | 254 | 244 |
| Q3 2024 | 279 | 243 |
| Q4 2024 | 286 | 237 |
| Q1 2025 | 338 | 279 |
| Q2 2025 | 330 | 294 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | $163.2m | $87.9m | 0.54 |
| Q4 2024 | $150.1m | $120.0m | 0.80 |
| Q1 2025 | $178.3m | $129.9m | 0.73 |
| Q2 2025 | $173.3m | $216.2m | 1.25 |
Biggest buyers
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | Added | +2.2m |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Added | +1.3m |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Added | +905.8k |
| Select Equity Group, L.P. | Added | +672.1k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Added | +482.4k |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Added | +457.2k |
| MENORA MIVTACHIM HOLDINGS LTD. | New | +454.2k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Added | +414.9k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ | Added | +410.3k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | New | +291.5k |
Biggest sellers
| Amundi | Reduced | -4.8m |
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -1.1m |
| FIDUCIARY MANAGEMENT INC /WI/ | Reduced | -906.2k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -489.7k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -429.1k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -404.6k |
| River Road Asset Management, LLC | Reduced | -389.8k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -337.7k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC | Sold out | -245.7k |
| Nuveen, LLC | Reduced | -217.6k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $46.1m427.3k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $20.6m191.3k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $18.9m175.3k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $13.1m121.7k shares |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | $9.7m89.9k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $7.7m67.8k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $7.6m70.8k shares |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | New | $7.0m65.0k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Added | $6.5m60.3k shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | Added | $6.0m55.4k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $58.5m542.7k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $35.0m324.9k shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | Added | $20.8m192.8k shares |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | $19.5m180.6k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $17.4m161.5k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $11.7m108.3k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $10.4m96.8k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $10.2m94.3k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $9.8m85.9k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | New | $4.2m38.9k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| FMR LLC 13G · institution +1.5 pts · filed 2026-08-06 | 7.7% |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 13G · institution +1.0 pts · filed 2026-07-28 | 6.5% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.3% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC (4.5%, 2026-07-24), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2025
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 3 | $3.2m | $3.2m |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 3 | $5.7m | $5.7m |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 5 | $22.5m | $17.1m |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 4 | $5.0m | $2.7m |
| Q3 2024 | 1 | $199.5k | 5 | $10.0m | $10.0m |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 3 | $3.0m | $3.0m |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 2 | $3.5m | $2.2m |
| Q2 2025 | 1 | $199.4k | 6 | $41.0m | $38.1m |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-03 | Steele Robert Allan Director | Sold | $1.1m9.8k shares |
| 2025-06-02 | Eddy Robert W. President & CEO, director | Sold plan | $2.0m17.9k shares |
| 2025-05-27 | Ortega Steven L Director | Bought | $199.4k1.7k shares |
| 2025-05-01 | Eddy Robert W. President & CEO, director | Sold plan | $2.1m17.9k shares |
| 2025-04-15 | McGrail Joseph SVP, Controller | Sold plan | $251.5k2.1k shares |
| 2025-04-07 | Eddy Robert W. President & CEO, director | Sold plan | $32.1m280.4k shares |
| 2025-04-04 | Schwartz Monica EVP, Chief Digital Officer | Sold | $1.3m11.0k shares |
| 2025-04-03 | Werner William C. EVP, Strategy & Development | Sold plan | $1.7m14.2k shares |
| 2025-04-03 | Schmadeke Scott EVP, Chief Operations Officer | Sold | $533.7k4.5k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q2 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 13.1m $1.4bn | Reduced -29.5k |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 12.1m $1.3bn | Added +457.2k |
| FMR LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 12.0m $1.3bn | Reduced -1.1m |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.16% of their portfolio | 5.7m $616.0m | Added +121.2k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.36% of their portfolio | 5.1m $557.0m | Added +2.2m |
| KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 1.11% of their portfolio | 4.3m $464.9m | Reduced -54.7k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 4.1m $437.1m | Reduced -113.0k |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.69% of their portfolio | 4.0m $428.0m | Reduced -217.4k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.12% of their portfolio | 3.6m $392.4m | Added +410.3k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.1m $335.5m | Reduced -489.7k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.06% of their portfolio | 3.0m $323.2m | Added +11.2k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.5m $265.6m | Added +1.3m |
| Select Equity Group, L.P. 1.11% of their portfolio | 2.4m $260.0m | Added +672.1k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.4m $253.7m | Added +29.1k |
| River Road Asset Management, LLC 2.78% of their portfolio | 2.1m $218.9m | Reduced -389.8k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 1.9m $209.7m | Reduced -176.7k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.8m $191.0m | Added +414.9k |
| NORGES BANK 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.7m $179.0m | Reduced -23.7k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.5m $163.9m | Reduced -14.3k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.5m $157.5m | Added +59.1k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.4m $147.8m | Reduced -429.1k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.3m $139.9m | Reduced -404.6k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 1.3m $134.9m | Added +52.8k |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC 1.82% of their portfolio | 1.2m $126.3m | Added +202.2k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.1m $121.7m | Added +30.3k |
| Capital International Investors 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.1m $119.3m | Unchanged |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.0m $111.1m | Reduced -337.7k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 977.2k $105.4m | Added +93.7k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 971.5k $104.8m | Reduced -207.9k |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. 0.12% of their portfolio | 952.6k $102.7m | Added +158.3k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 0.33% of their portfolio | 950.7k $102.5m | Reduced -113.2k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.02% of their portfolio | 934.1k $100.7m | Added +26.3k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.07% of their portfolio | 925.0k $99.7m | Added +905.8k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 879.3k $94.8m | Added +18.8k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 868.5k $93.6m | Reduced -97.1k |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp 0.66% of their portfolio | 861.9k $92.9m | Reduced -89.6k |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 0.07% of their portfolio | 859.9k $92.7m | Added +23.7k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.20% of their portfolio | 856.0k $92.3m | Reduced -176.1k |
| FIDUCIARY MANAGEMENT INC /WI/ 0.80% of their portfolio | 768.2k $82.8m | Reduced -906.2k |
| GW&K Investment Management, LLC 0.69% of their portfolio | 717.5k $77.4m | Reduced -171.3k |
| WOODLEY FARRA MANION PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT INC 3.56% of their portfolio | 702.1k $75.7m | Added +7.2k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 676.9k $73.0m | Added +150.8k |
| FIL Ltd 0.06% of their portfolio | 668.0k $72.0m | Reduced -54.9k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 644.7k $69.5m | Reduced -26.4k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 614.7k $66.3m | Added +58.7k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 598.6k $64.6m | Added +117.9k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.01% of their portfolio | 591.3k $63.8m | Added +282.2k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.07% of their portfolio | 527.9k $56.9m | Reduced -102.8k |
| Artemis Investment Management LLP 0.72% of their portfolio | 519.8k $56.1m | Reduced -64.5k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 513.4k $55.4m | Added +263.8k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.08% of their portfolio | 511.3k $55.1m | Added +482.4k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 511.3k $55.1m | Reduced -60.8k |
| TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS 0.23% of their portfolio | 506.6k $54.6m | Added +91.7k |
| Focus Partners Wealth 0.11% of their portfolio | 488.0k $52.6m | Reduced -7.9k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.03% of their portfolio | 485.8k $52.4m | Reduced -116.5k |
| MENORA MIVTACHIM HOLDINGS LTD. 0.28% of their portfolio | 454.2k $49.0m | New |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. 0.08% of their portfolio | 415.5k $44.8m | Reduced -43.6k |
| VAUGHAN NELSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P. 0.40% of their portfolio | 392.2k $42.3m | Reduced -11.1k |
| BLAIR WILLIAM & CO/IL 0.11% of their portfolio | 379.7k $40.9m | Added +5.6k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 376.9k $40.6m | Added +63.9k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.03% of their portfolio | 357.9k $38.6m | Added +1.9k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 338.8k $36.5m | Reduced -217.6k |
| RENAISSANCE GROUP LLC 1.42% of their portfolio | 337.7k $36.4m | Reduced -26.6k |
| Tidal Investments LLC 0.24% of their portfolio | 333.9k $36.0m | Added +28.9k |
| FACTORY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO 0.36% of their portfolio | 301.5k $32.5m | Reduced -20.7k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 291.9k $31.5m | Added +91.1k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 291.5k $31.4m | New |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.03% of their portfolio | 276.1k $29.8m | Added +79.4k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.01% of their portfolio | 275.2k $29.7m | Added +4.1k |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 0.04% of their portfolio | 274.4k $29.6m | Reduced -65.8k |
| CONGRESS ASSET MANAGEMENT CO 0.20% of their portfolio | 268.6k $29.0m | Added +14.4k |
| Walter Public Investments Inc. 4.90% of their portfolio | 268.1k $28.9m | Added +9.4k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.03% of their portfolio | 264.3k $28.5m | Added +95.9k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 254.9k $27.5m | Reduced -106.3k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.02% of their portfolio | 251.6k $27.1m | Reduced -4.3k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 249.5k $26.9m | Added +213.2k |
| ROYAL LONDON ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 0.06% of their portfolio | 239.4k $25.8m | Reduced -86.4k |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 235.7k $25.4m | Reduced -101.5k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 227.8k $24.6m | Added +106.1k |
| STRS OHIO 0.09% of their portfolio | 221.2k $23.9m | Added +5.9k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 221.1k $23.7m | New |
| Aberdeen Group plc 0.04% of their portfolio | 211.0k $22.8m | Added +3.1k |
| Man Group plc 0.05% of their portfolio | 210.2k $22.7m | Added +62.5k |
| Mediolanum International Funds Ltd 0.28% of their portfolio | 206.1k $23.5m | Added +144.2k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 204.7k $22.1m | Added +146.4k |
| WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP INC 0.16% of their portfolio | 204.1k $22.0m | Added +3.6k |
| NICHOLAS COMPANY, INC. 0.37% of their portfolio | 203.9k $22.0m | Reduced -13.8k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.08% of their portfolio | 201.0k $21.7m | Reduced -87.9k |
| FRONTIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 198.2k $21.4m | Reduced -14.5k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 184.0k $19.8m | Added +20.2k |
| Prana Capital Management, LP 0.71% of their portfolio | 181.9k $19.6m | Added +111.2k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 173.6k $18.7m | Reduced -6.1k |
| Curi Capital, LLC 0.32% of their portfolio | 153.9k $16.6m | Reduced -5.3k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.03% of their portfolio | 151.4k $16.3m | Added +4.9k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 136.4k $14.7m | Reduced -6.6k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 134.3k $14.5m | Added +93.4k |
| ZACKS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT 0.12% of their portfolio | 133.7k $14.4m | Added +22.7k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 133.6k $14.4m | Reduced -38.5k |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc 0.08% of their portfolio | 129.1k $13.9m | Added +9.1k |
| Foster Victor Wealth Advisors, LLC 0.93% of their portfolio | 127.4k $13.7m | Added +17.7k |