Denny's (DENN) Competitors

Denny's (NASDAQ:DENN) and Biglari (NYSE:BH) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.

Do analysts prefer DENN or BH?

Denny's presently has a consensus target price of $7.63, suggesting a potential upside of 105.53%. Given Denny's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Denny's is more favorable than Biglari.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Denny's	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Biglari	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DENN or BH?

Denny's received 116 more outperform votes than Biglari when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.38% of users gave Biglari an outperform vote while only 61.85% of users gave Denny's an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Denny's	Outperform Votes 368 61.85%	Underperform Votes 227 38.15%
Biglari	Outperform Votes 252 62.38%	Underperform Votes 152 37.62%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in DENN or BH?

85.1% of Denny's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of Biglari shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Denny's shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 74.7% of Biglari shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, DENN or BH?

Denny's has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Biglari has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer DENN or BH?

In the previous week, Denny's had 9 more articles in the media than Biglari. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Denny's and 3 mentions for Biglari. Biglari's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Denny's' score of 0.33 indicating that Biglari is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Denny's	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Biglari	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is DENN or BH more profitable?

Biglari has a net margin of 14.14% compared to Denny's' net margin of 4.77%. Biglari's return on equity of 16.03% beat Denny's' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Denny's	4.77%	-50.01%	5.92%
Biglari	14.14%	16.03%	11.23%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, DENN or BH?

Biglari has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Denny's	$452.33M	0.42	$21.57M	$0.41	9.05
Biglari	$362.11M	1.43	$54.95M	-$14.16	-16.08

Summary

Denny's beats Biglari on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.