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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
DENN Denny's	$8.07 -2.2%	$8.81	$8.00 ▼ $12.53	$428.52M	1.93	483,816 shs	759,090 shs
EAT Brinker International	$48.87 +1.2%	$47.17	$28.23 ▼ $51.72	$2.16B	2.46	1.28 million shs	1.04 million shs
PLAY Dave & Buster's Entertainment	$52.17 +0.6%	$60.60	$31.65 ▼ $69.82	$2.10B	2.08	1.16 million shs	957,132 shs
PZZA Papa John's International	$63.10 +0.3%	$67.67	$60.24 ▼ $86.38	$2.08B	1.14	781,918 shs	546,995 shs
SONC Sonic	$43.49	$43.49	$23.22 ▼ $44.87	$1.55B	1.32	594,399 shs	N/A

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Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
DENN Denny's	-1.55%	+2.36%	-4.51%	-24.03%	-22.46%
EAT Brinker International	+1.39%	+6.56%	+1.74%	+22.48%	+27.13%
PLAY Dave & Buster's Entertainment	-2.78%	-3.32%	-12.73%	+0.97%	+52.54%
PZZA Papa John's International	-2.33%	+2.54%	-3.82%	-17.70%	-13.37%
SONC Sonic	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

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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
DENN Denny's	3.2055 of 5 stars	3.3	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	2.5	2.5
EAT Brinker International	3.6174 of 5 stars	2.1	1.0	0.0	1.8	3.0	0.8	3.8
PLAY Dave & Buster's Entertainment	4.5695 of 5 stars	4.3	1.0	0.0	0.8	2.9	2.5	3.1
PZZA Papa John's International	4.1704 of 5 stars	4.3	2.0	2.5	0.0	2.5	0.8	2.5
SONC Sonic	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
DENN Denny's	2.50	Moderate Buy	$11.75	45.60% Upside
EAT Brinker International	2.18	Hold	$44.81	-8.30% Downside
PLAY Dave & Buster's Entertainment	2.50	Moderate Buy	$69.21	32.67% Upside
PZZA Papa John's International	2.55	Moderate Buy	$81.60	29.32% Upside
SONC Sonic	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest PZZA, EAT, PLAY, SONC, and DENN 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
4/26/2024	EAT Brinker International	Wedbush Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$45.00 ➝ $47.00
4/24/2024	EAT Brinker International	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$46.00 ➝ $50.00
4/22/2024	PZZA Papa John's International	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Sell ➝ Hold	$65.00 ➝ $60.00
4/18/2024	EAT Brinker International	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	In-Line ➝ In-Line	$48.00 ➝ $50.00
4/16/2024	EAT Brinker International	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$47.00 ➝ $48.00
4/12/2024	EAT Brinker International	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Underweight ➝ Underweight	$36.00 ➝ $39.00
4/12/2024	PZZA Papa John's International	Stephens Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Overweight	$75.00
4/11/2024	EAT Brinker International	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$50.00 ➝ $55.00
4/9/2024	PZZA Papa John's International	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$84.00 ➝ $78.00
4/4/2024	PLAY Dave & Buster's Entertainment	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight ➝ Neutral	$50.00 ➝ $71.00

(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
DENN Denny's	$463.92M	0.92	$0.87 per share	9.28	($1.18) per share	-6.84
EAT Brinker International	$4.13B	0.52	$6.82 per share	7.17	($3.24) per share	-15.08
PLAY Dave & Buster's Entertainment	$2.21B	0.95	$8.89 per share	5.87	$6.25 per share	8.35
PZZA Papa John's International	$2.14B	0.97	$4.60 per share	13.72	($13.54) per share	-4.66
SONC Sonic	$423.59M	3.66	$2.68 per share	16.25	($8.12) per share	-5.36

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
DENN Denny's	$19.94M	$0.35	23.06	11.05	1.45	4.30%	-70.78%	6.97%	4/30/2024 (Confirmed)
EAT Brinker International	$102.60M	$3.41	14.33	11.83	0.77	3.63%	-113.41%	7.07%	4/30/2024 (Confirmed)
PLAY Dave & Buster's Entertainment	$126.90M	$2.81	18.57	10.98	N/A	5.76%	53.96%	4.12%	6/4/2024 (Estimated)
PZZA Papa John's International	$82.10M	$2.46	25.65	20.35	1.73	3.84%	-19.46%	10.28%	5/9/2024 (Confirmed)
SONC Sonic	$71.20M	$1.49	29.19	23.90	1.86	16.81%	-21.64%	10.39%	N/A

Latest PZZA, EAT, PLAY, SONC, and DENN Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
5/9/2024	N/A	PZZA Papa John's International	$0.60	N/A	-$0.60	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
4/30/2024	N/A	EAT Brinker International	$1.15	N/A	-$1.15	N/A	N/A	N/A
4/2/2024	Q4 2024	PLAY Dave & Buster's Entertainment	$1.07	$1.03	-$0.04	$1.18	$603.41 million	$599.10 million
2/29/2024	Q4 2023	PZZA Papa John's International	$0.73	$0.91	+$0.18	$1.03	$578.15 million	$571.32 million
2/13/2024	Q4 2023	DENN Denny's	$0.17	$0.14	-$0.03	$0.23	$115.67 million	$115.40 million
1/31/2024	Q2 2024	EAT Brinker International	$0.94	$0.99	+$0.05	$1.04	$1.08 billion	$1.07 billion

Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
DENN Denny's	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
EAT Brinker International	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
PLAY Dave & Buster's Entertainment	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
PZZA Papa John's International	$1.84	2.92%	+25.05%	74.80%	3 Years
SONC Sonic	$0.64	1.47%	N/A	42.95%	N/A

Latest PZZA, EAT, PLAY, SONC, and DENN Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
1/29/2024	PZZA Papa John's International	Quarterly	$0.46	2.42%	2/9/2024	2/12/2024	2/23/2024

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
DENN Denny's	N/A	0.43	0.41
EAT Brinker International	N/A	0.36	0.30
PLAY Dave & Buster's Entertainment	5.11	0.32	0.23
PZZA Papa John's International	N/A	0.76	0.64
SONC Sonic	N/A	1.68	1.65

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
DENN Denny's	85.07%
EAT Brinker International	N/A
PLAY Dave & Buster's Entertainment	91.45%
PZZA Papa John's International	N/A
SONC Sonic	89.06%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
DENN Denny's	4.20%
EAT Brinker International	1.50%
PLAY Dave & Buster's Entertainment	1.60%
PZZA Papa John's International	8.90%
SONC Sonic	8.28%

Miscellaneous

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
DENN Denny's	3,500	53.10 million	50.87 million	Optionable
EAT Brinker International	64,323	44.23 million	43.56 million	Optionable
PLAY Dave & Buster's Entertainment	23,258	40.30 million	39.65 million	Optionable
PZZA Papa John's International	13,200	32.94 million	30.01 million	Optionable
SONC Sonic	N/A	35.69 million	N/A	Optionable

PZZA, EAT, PLAY, SONC, and DENN Headlines

Source	Headline
	The Knuckles Show Dropped, And Fans Are Complaining The Sonic Character Isn’t In It Enough msn.com - April 26 at 7:50 PM
	Does the Knuckles Show Set Up Sonic the Hedgehog 3? comicbook.com - April 26 at 2:49 PM
	The Knuckles TV Show Has A Wild Reference To Sonic ‘06 msn.com - April 26 at 2:49 PM
	‘Sonic The Hedgehog 3’: Everything To Know About The Threequel With Keanu Reeves uproxx.com - April 26 at 2:49 PM
	What's Driving Sonic Automotive Inc's Surprising 23% Stock Rally? gurufocus.com - April 26 at 12:33 PM
	Sonic movie spin-off Knuckles isn't a total Paramount Plus knockout – watch these 3 great video-game shows instead msn.com - April 26 at 9:48 AM
	Idris Elba explains how the 'Knuckles' series fits into the wider Sonic Universe msn.com - April 26 at 9:48 AM
	‘Knuckles’ turns Idris Elba’s ‘Sonic’ warrior into a series that goes nowhere fast msn.com - April 26 at 9:48 AM
	OnePlus 13 to sport ultrasonic fingerprint scanner, 2K display newsbytesapp.com - April 26 at 4:22 AM
	Kid Cudi Picks an Unlikely Duo for Sonic Universe, One of Which Is Jaden Smith msn.com - April 26 at 4:22 AM
	Knuckles Rotten Tomatoes Score Ties Sonic Sequel for Franchise High comicbook.com - April 26 at 4:22 AM
	Knuckles EP teases how the Paramount+ spinoff expands the Sonic franchise: “Knuckles is our first pure comedy” msn.com - April 25 at 11:21 PM
	Sonic Auto F&I revenue inches up autofinancenews.net - April 25 at 11:21 PM
	The Best Sonic The Hedgehog Toys for Kids and Adults ign.com - April 25 at 11:21 PM
	The wildest kart racer I've ever played might just be this Sonic fan game so mechanically dense it opens with a 45-minute tutorial gamesradar.com - April 25 at 6:21 PM
	How to watch ‘Knuckles,’ the new ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ series (for free) nj.com - April 25 at 6:21 PM
	Sonic opening soon in Atascadero pasoroblesdailynews.com - April 25 at 1:20 PM
	Sonic the Hedgehog themed pop-up cafe takes on Houston area msn.com - April 25 at 1:20 PM
	Sonic Automotive Jumps Over 10% After Earnings: 'Well-Positioned To Adapt To Evolving Market Conditions' msn.com - April 25 at 1:20 PM
	Knuckles might not be the only Sonic spin-off: "We have a really good plan for the future of Sonic," says producer msn.com - April 25 at 1:20 PM
	‘Knuckles’ Is in Trouble in a New Sneak Peek From ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ Spin-Off collider.com - April 25 at 1:20 PM
	SAH Stock Earnings: Sonic Automotive Beats EPS, Misses Revenue for Q1 2024 investorplace.com - April 25 at 12:10 PM
	Sonic Automotive: Q1 Earnings Snapshot washingtonpost.com - April 25 at 8:19 AM
	Sonic Automotive Q1 Profit Declines markets.businessinsider.com - April 25 at 8:19 AM

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Company Descriptions

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.

Brinker International

NYSE:EAT

Brinker International, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership, development, operation, and franchising of casual dining restaurants in the United States and internationally. It operates and franchises Chili's Grill & Bar and Maggiano's Little Italy restaurant brands. The company also operates virtual brands, It's Just Wings. Brinker International, Inc. was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment

NASDAQ:PLAY

Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. owns and operates entertainment and dining venues for adults and families. Its venues offer a menu of entrees and appetizers, as well as a selection of non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages; and an assortment of entertainment attractions centered on playing games and watching live sports, and other televised events. The company operates its venues under the Dave & Buster's name. As of April 02, 2019, it owned and operated 125 venues in 39 states, Puerto Rico, and Canada. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Papa John's International

NASDAQ:PZZA

Papa John's International, Inc. operates and franchises pizza delivery and carryout restaurants under the Papa John's trademark in the United States and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Domestic Company-Owned Restaurants, North America Commissaries, North America Franchising, and International Operations. It also operates dine-in and delivery restaurants under the Papa John's trademark internationally. Papa John's International, Inc. was founded in 1984 and is based in Louisville, Kentucky.

Sonic

NASDAQ:SONC

Sonic Corp., through its subsidiaries, operates and franchises a chain of drive-in restaurants in the United States. As of August 31, 2018, the company operated 3,606 Sonic Drive-Ins in 45 states, including 3,427 Drive-Ins owned and operated by franchisees; and 179 Drive-Ins owned and operated by the company. The company also owns and leases 162 properties; and sublease 48 properties to franchisees and other parties. Sonic Corp. was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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