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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BJRI BJ's Restaurants	$33.44 +0.8%	$34.66	$21.64 ▼ $38.76	$782.50M	2.12	377,923 shs	205,158 shs
DENN Denny's	$8.07 -2.2%	$8.81	$8.00 ▼ $12.53	$428.52M	1.93	483,816 shs	759,090 shs
DFRG Del Frisco's Restaurant Group	$7.98	$7.98	$4.61 ▼ $9.27	$267.25M	0.71	849,393 shs	N/A
LOCO El Pollo Loco	$8.91 +6.1%	$8.91	$8.11 ▼ $11.02	$277.81M	1.41	247,003 shs	301,134 shs

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Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BJRI BJ's Restaurants	+1.69%	+4.17%	-0.03%	-3.12%	+16.99%
DENN Denny's	-1.55%	+2.36%	-4.51%	-24.03%	-22.46%
DFRG Del Frisco's Restaurant Group	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
LOCO El Pollo Loco	-0.36%	+0.84%	-8.30%	-11.21%	-6.98%

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MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
BJRI BJ's Restaurants	3.863 of 5 stars	2.2	2.0	0.0	2.9	2.7	2.5	2.5
DENN Denny's	3.2055 of 5 stars	3.3	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	2.5	2.5
DFRG Del Frisco's Restaurant Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
LOCO El Pollo Loco	0.9315 of 5 stars	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.2	1.6	1.7	2.5

Analyst Ratings

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
BJRI BJ's Restaurants	2.33	Hold	$37.30	11.54% Upside
DENN Denny's	2.50	Moderate Buy	$11.75	45.60% Upside
DFRG Del Frisco's Restaurant Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
LOCO El Pollo Loco	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest BJRI, DENN, LOCO, and DFRG Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
4/26/2024	DENN Denny's	Wedbush Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$10.50 ➝ $9.50
2/16/2024	BJRI BJ's Restaurants	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$28.00 ➝ $37.00
2/16/2024	BJRI BJ's Restaurants	Wedbush Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$40.00
2/16/2024	BJRI BJ's Restaurants	Stephens Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$35.00
2/14/2024	DENN Denny's	Oppenheimer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$13.00 ➝ $12.00
2/14/2024	DENN Denny's	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$13.00 ➝ $12.00
2/14/2024	DENN Denny's	Wedbush Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$11.00 ➝ $10.50

(Data available from 4/26/2021 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
BJRI BJ's Restaurants	$1.33B	0.59	$4.01 per share	8.33	$15.77 per share	2.12
DENN Denny's	$463.92M	0.92	$0.87 per share	9.28	($1.18) per share	-6.84
DFRG Del Frisco's Restaurant Group	$378.22M	0.71	$0.60 per share	13.24	$6.41 per share	1.24
LOCO El Pollo Loco	$468.66M	0.59	$1.28 per share	6.95	$7.61 per share	1.17

Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
BJRI BJ's Restaurants	$19.66M	$0.83	40.29	21.30	1.90	1.47%	5.45%	1.88%	5/2/2024 (Confirmed)
DENN Denny's	$19.94M	$0.35	23.06	11.05	1.45	4.30%	-70.78%	6.97%	4/30/2024 (Confirmed)
DFRG Del Frisco's Restaurant Group	-$76.30M	-$0.18	N/A	N/A	N/A	-20.75%	-3.98%	-1.04%	N/A
LOCO El Pollo Loco	$25.55M	$0.75	11.88	12.73	N/A	5.45%	9.20%	4.13%	5/2/2024 (Confirmed)

Latest BJRI, DENN, LOCO, and DFRG Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
5/2/2024	N/A	BJRI BJ's Restaurants	$0.14	N/A	-$0.14	N/A	N/A	N/A
5/2/2024	N/A	LOCO El Pollo Loco	$0.13	N/A	-$0.13	N/A	N/A	N/A
4/30/2024	N/A	DENN Denny's	$0.14	N/A	-$0.14	N/A	N/A	N/A
3/7/2024	Q4 2023	LOCO El Pollo Loco	$0.16	$0.16	N/A	$0.18	$109.07 million	$112.20 million
2/15/2024	Q4 2023	BJRI BJ's Restaurants	$0.27	$0.34	+$0.07	$0.34	$331.03 million	$323.64 million
2/13/2024	Q4 2023	DENN Denny's	$0.17	$0.14	-$0.03	$0.23	$115.67 million	$115.40 million

Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
BJRI BJ's Restaurants	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
DENN Denny's	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
DFRG Del Frisco's Restaurant Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
LOCO El Pollo Loco	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
BJRI BJ's Restaurants	0.19	0.42	0.35
DENN Denny's	N/A	0.43	0.41
DFRG Del Frisco's Restaurant Group	2.80	0.46	0.24
LOCO El Pollo Loco	0.34	0.35	0.32

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
BJRI BJ's Restaurants	99.95%
DENN Denny's	85.07%
DFRG Del Frisco's Restaurant Group	96.60%
LOCO El Pollo Loco	81.28%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
BJRI BJ's Restaurants	4.20%
DENN Denny's	4.20%
DFRG Del Frisco's Restaurant Group	2.00%
LOCO El Pollo Loco	1.90%

Miscellaneous

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
BJRI BJ's Restaurants	21,000	23.40 million	22.42 million	Optionable
DENN Denny's	3,500	53.10 million	50.87 million	Optionable
DFRG Del Frisco's Restaurant Group	6,595	33.49 million	N/A	Optionable
LOCO El Pollo Loco	4,362	31.18 million	30.59 million	Optionable

BJRI, DENN, LOCO, and DFRG Headlines

Source	Headline
	California’s Latest Job-Killing Policy Is More Bad News for Golden Staters heritage.org - April 26 at 2:13 PM
	FY2024 Earnings Estimate for El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:LOCO) Issued By William Blair marketbeat.com - April 26 at 9:46 AM
	Apple Valley’s State of the Town showcases Singh Center for the Arts, new Hobby Lobby msn.com - April 26 at 9:12 AM
	Employees of discontinued Foxtrot and Dom's chains sue for unpaid wages restaurantbusinessonline.com - April 26 at 9:12 AM
	10 popular international fast food chains that are growing in the US abqjournal.com - April 26 at 4:11 AM
	Latest Job-Killing Policy Spells More Bad News for Californians dailysignal.com - April 26 at 4:11 AM
	El Pollo Loco (LOCO) Set to Announce Earnings on Thursday americanbankingnews.com - April 25 at 4:46 AM
	Patrick Benson drives digital fandom for El Pollo Loco nrn.com - April 22 at 5:52 PM
	El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. to Announce First Quarter 2024 Results on Thursday, May 2, 2024 globenewswire.com - April 22 at 4:05 PM
	Ex-Customs and Border Protection Worker Pleads Guilty in Wife’s Death msn.com - April 19 at 5:43 PM
	El Pollo Loco Copycat Citrus Marinated Chicken msn.com - April 19 at 5:43 PM
	California Fast-Food Franchisees Face Customer Exodus to Chili’s and Applebee’s msn.com - April 17 at 2:03 PM
	How California's raises for fast-food workers will ripple across industries chicagobusiness.com - April 17 at 1:07 AM
	California Fast Food Franchisees Fear Losing Customers to Casual Dining Chains Amid Rising Prices msn.com - April 16 at 3:02 PM
	How California’s Huge Raises for Fast-Food Workers Will Ripple Across Industries msn.com - April 16 at 10:02 AM
	California restaurants ax jobs and raise prices due to new $20/hour minimum wage mandate msn.com - April 14 at 1:34 AM
	Breakfast Tacos and Rotisserie Chicken Take Center Stage at Noe Valley’s New All-Day Restaurant msn.com - April 10 at 3:25 PM
	El Pollo Loco Wraps Up Women's History Month with a Special Event Recognizing Women Who Lead, Inspire, and Empower finance.yahoo.com - April 9 at 1:46 PM
	El Pollo Loco Wraps Up Women's History Month with a Special Event Recognizing Women Who Lead, Inspire, and Empower globenewswire.com - April 9 at 10:00 AM
	El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc cnn.com - April 6 at 9:15 PM
	It’s National Burrito Day! Here’s where to score freebies, deals, BOGO bargains and more heraldcourier.com - April 4 at 4:44 PM
	It's national burrito day - 18 offers at chains across America including Chipotle, Taco Bell and El Pollo Loco msn.com - April 4 at 4:44 PM
	Mexican restaurants celebrating National Burrito Day with special deals and freebies msn.com - April 4 at 4:44 PM
	Excitement, relief, dread. What $20 an hour means, according to fast-food workers, franchise owners, customers latimes.com - April 4 at 10:36 AM

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Company Descriptions

BJ's Restaurants

NASDAQ:BJRI

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. owns and operates casual dining restaurants in the United States. Its restaurants offer pizzas, craft and other beers, appetizers, entrées, pastas, sandwiches, specialty salads, and desserts. The company was formerly known as Chicago Pizza & Brewery, Inc. and changed its name to BJ's Restaurants, Inc. in August 2004. BJ's Restaurants, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is based in Huntington Beach, California.

Denny's

NASDAQ:DENN

Denny's Corporation, through its subsidiaries, owns and operates franchised full-service restaurant chains under the Denny's and Keke's Breakfast Cafe brands in the United States and internationally. The company was formerly known as Advantica Restaurant Group, Inc. and changed its name to Denny's Corporation in July 2002. Denny's Corporation was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Del Frisco's Restaurant Group

NASDAQ:DFRG

Del Frisco's Restaurant Group, Inc. develops, owns, and operates restaurants in the United States. It owns and operates restaurants under the Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steak House, Del Frisco's Grille, Barcelona Wine Bar, and bartaco brand names. The company offers steaks, as well as other menu selections, such as chops, fresh seafood, tapas, street food, and wines and cocktails. As of November 6, 2018, it operated 69 restaurants in 16 states and the District of Columbia. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.

El Pollo Loco

NASDAQ:LOCO

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiary, El Pollo Loco, Inc., develops, franchises, licenses, and operates quick-service restaurants under the El Pollo Loco name. It operates and franchises restaurants located in California, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Colorado, Utah, and Louisiana. It also licenses its brand to restaurants in the Philippines. The company was formerly known as Chicken Acquisition Corp. and changed its name to El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. in April 2014. El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California.

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