SpartanNash (SPTN) Competitors

Dine Brands Global (NYSE:DIN) and SpartanNash (NASDAQ:SPTN) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, DIN or SPTN?

Dine Brands Global has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SpartanNash. Dine Brands Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SpartanNash, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dine Brands Global	$831.07M	0.83	$97.18M	$6.23	7.14
SpartanNash	$9.73B	0.07	$52.24M	$1.50	13.05

Does the media prefer DIN or SPTN?

In the previous week, Dine Brands Global had 8 more articles in the media than SpartanNash. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Dine Brands Global and 1 mentions for SpartanNash. SpartanNash's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Dine Brands Global's score of 0.00 indicating that Dine Brands Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dine Brands Global	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
SpartanNash	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer DIN or SPTN?

Dine Brands Global currently has a consensus price target of $59.43, indicating a potential upside of 33.58%. SpartanNash has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.42%. Given SpartanNash's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Dine Brands Global is more favorable than SpartanNash.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dine Brands Global	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
SpartanNash	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DIN or SPTN?

Dine Brands Global received 373 more outperform votes than SpartanNash when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.38% of users gave Dine Brands Global an outperform vote while only 49.03% of users gave SpartanNash an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dine Brands Global	Outperform Votes 625 70.38%	Underperform Votes 263 29.62%
SpartanNash	Outperform Votes 252 49.03%	Underperform Votes 262 50.97%

Is DIN or SPTN more profitable?

Dine Brands Global has a net margin of 11.69% compared to Dine Brands Global's net margin of 0.54%. Dine Brands Global's return on equity of 9.86% beat SpartanNash's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dine Brands Global	11.69%	-37.72%	6.05%
SpartanNash	0.54%	9.86%	3.27%

Which has more risk and volatility, DIN or SPTN?

Dine Brands Global has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SpartanNash has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in DIN or SPTN?

92.8% of Dine Brands Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of SpartanNash shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Dine Brands Global shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of SpartanNash shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is DIN or SPTN a better dividend stock?

Dine Brands Global pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. SpartanNash pays an annual dividend of $0.87 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Dine Brands Global pays out 32.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SpartanNash pays out 58.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. SpartanNash has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Dine Brands Global is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Dine Brands Global beats SpartanNash on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.