Denny's (DENN) Competitors $3.79 +0.14 (+3.84%) Closing price 05/22/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$3.73 -0.06 (-1.61%) As of 05/22/2025 07:56 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock DENN vs. BJRI, BLMN, JACK, BH, NATH, RICK, DIN, RRGB, MCD, and SBUXShould you be buying Denny's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Denny's include BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Jack in the Box (JACK), Biglari (BH), Nathan's Famous (NATH), RCI Hospitality (RICK), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB), McDonald's (MCD), and Starbucks (SBUX). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry. Denny's vs. BJ's Restaurants Bloomin' Brands Jack in the Box Biglari Nathan's Famous RCI Hospitality Dine Brands Global Red Robin Gourmet Burgers McDonald's Starbucks Denny's (NASDAQ:DENN) and BJ's Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership. Do analysts recommend DENN or BJRI? Denny's presently has a consensus price target of $7.46, indicating a potential upside of 96.79%. BJ's Restaurants has a consensus price target of $37.20, indicating a potential downside of 10.36%. Given Denny's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Denny's is more favorable than BJ's Restaurants.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) 2.83BJ's Restaurants 2 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.86 Which has more volatility & risk, DENN or BJRI? Denny's has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BJ's Restaurants has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DENN or BJRI? BJ's Restaurants received 143 more outperform votes than Denny's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.91% of users gave Denny's an outperform vote while only 54.35% of users gave BJ's Restaurants an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformDenny'sOutperform Votes36961.91% Underperform Votes22738.09% BJ's RestaurantsOutperform Votes51254.35% Underperform Votes43045.65% Which has better earnings and valuation, DENN or BJRI? Denny's has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BJ's Restaurants. Denny's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BJ's Restaurants, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioDenny's$454.00M0.43$21.57M$0.3311.48BJ's Restaurants$1.37B0.67$16.69M$0.9444.15 Is DENN or BJRI more profitable? Denny's has a net margin of 4.77% compared to BJ's Restaurants' net margin of 1.23%. BJ's Restaurants' return on equity of 8.76% beat Denny's' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Denny's4.77% -50.01% 5.92% BJ's Restaurants 1.23%8.76%3.17% Do insiders & institutionals believe in DENN or BJRI? 85.1% of Denny's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of BJ's Restaurants shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Denny's shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of BJ's Restaurants shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Does the media prefer DENN or BJRI? In the previous week, BJ's Restaurants had 8 more articles in the media than Denny's. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for BJ's Restaurants and 13 mentions for Denny's. BJ's Restaurants' average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Denny's' score of 0.40 indicating that BJ's Restaurants is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Denny's 3 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 7 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral BJ's Restaurants 10 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 5 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryBJ's Restaurants beats Denny's on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Denny's News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for DENN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart DENN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricDenny'sEating places IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$194.24M$9.02B$25.22B$8.39BDividend YieldN/A3.80%169.81%4.11%P/E Ratio9.2427.2024.6019.71Price / Sales0.431.873.97120.53Price / Cash5.6619.1719.4134.62Price / Book-3.215.586.104.50Net Income$21.57M$318.00M$784.05M$248.22M7 Day Performance-13.07%-3.64%-1.01%0.56%1 Month Performance12.80%4.58%10.25%13.17%1 Year Performance-47.94%-8.15%8.11%7.30% Denny's Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)DENNDenny's3.2784 of 5 stars$3.79+3.8%$7.46+96.8%-47.9%$194.24M$454.00M9.243,700Trending NewsBJRIBJ's Restaurants2.7539 of 5 stars$41.55+6.3%$37.20-10.5%+18.3%$918.92M$1.37B61.1022,200Positive NewsGap UpBLMNBloomin' Brands3.83 of 5 stars$8.81+20.7%$13.75+56.1%-64.4%$748.24M$3.93B-80.0887,000Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeJACKJack in the Box4.7241 of 5 stars$28.80+7.0%$44.00+52.8%-62.5%$543.11M$1.57B-14.7712,100Analyst DowngradeBHBiglari1.7023 of 5 stars$235.80-1.6%N/A+24.9%$536.67M$362.11M1.342,560NATHNathan's Famous2.3364 of 5 stars$103.09+4.1%N/A+48.9%$421.54M$146.39M17.77130News CoveragePositive NewsGap UpRICKRCI Hospitality3.1713 of 5 stars$43.39+3.2%$98.00+125.9%-15.8%$384.74M$293.18M77.483,613DINDine Brands Global3.3033 of 5 stars$24.27+8.2%$26.29+8.3%-44.6%$379.24M$820.85M4.043,520Positive NewsRRGBRed Robin Gourmet Burgers3.2767 of 5 stars$3.07+10.4%$13.38+335.7%-55.3%$54.10M$1.25B-0.9324,300News CoveragePositive NewsUpcoming EarningsGap UpMCDMcDonald's4.3211 of 5 stars$311.97-0.5%$325.91+4.5%+18.3%$223.08B$25.71B27.39150,000Trending NewsDividend AnnouncementAnalyst RevisionSBUXStarbucks4.7324 of 5 stars$85.67+6.7%$98.72+15.2%+4.0%$97.36B$36.35B27.64402,000Analyst DowngradeAnalyst Revision Related Companies and Tools Related Companies BJ's Restaurants Competitors Bloomin' Brands Competitors Jack in the Box Competitors Biglari Competitors Nathan's Famous Competitors RCI Hospitality Competitors Dine Brands Global Competitors Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Competitors McDonald's Competitors Starbucks Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:DENN) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredWhite House to reset Social Security?Elon Musk's parting DOGE gift looks set to shock America... 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