BH vs. DENN, CHUY, TAST, NATH, DIN, BJRI, RRGB, JACK, CBRL, and CAKE
Should you be buying Biglari stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Biglari include Denny's (DENN), Chuy's (CHUY), Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST), Nathan's Famous (NATH), Dine Brands Global (DIN), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB), Jack in the Box (JACK), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), and Cheesecake Factory (CAKE). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
Biglari (NYSE:BH) and Denny's (NASDAQ:DENN) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and profitability.
Biglari has a net margin of 15.04% compared to Denny's' net margin of 5.27%. Biglari's return on equity of 9.18% beat Denny's' return on equity.
Denny's received 106 more outperform votes than Biglari when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.12% of users gave Biglari an outperform vote while only 61.54% of users gave Denny's an outperform vote.
74.3% of Biglari shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of Denny's shares are held by institutional investors. 71.4% of Biglari shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Denny's shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Biglari has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Denny's. Biglari is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Denny's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Denny's had 48 more articles in the media than Biglari. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Denny's and 1 mentions for Biglari. Denny's' average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Biglari's score of 0.00 indicating that Denny's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Denny's has a consensus price target of $11.42, indicating a potential upside of 41.12%. Given Denny's' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Denny's is more favorable than Biglari.
Biglari has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Denny's has a beta of 1.94, suggesting that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Denny's beats Biglari on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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