Denny's (DENN) Competitors

Bloomin' Brands (NASDAQ:BLMN) 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 risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, BLMN or DENN?

Denny's has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bloomin' Brands. Bloomin' Brands 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
Bloomin' Brands	$3.95B	0.19	-$128.02M	-$0.03	-288.67
Denny's	$452.33M	0.47	$21.57M	$0.33	12.48

Do analysts recommend BLMN or DENN?

Bloomin' Brands presently has a consensus price target of $13.85, suggesting a potential upside of 59.93%. Denny's has a consensus price target of $7.46, suggesting a potential upside of 81.03%. Given Denny's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Denny's is more favorable than Bloomin' Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bloomin' Brands	2 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.82
Denny's	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BLMN or DENN?

85.1% of Denny's shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Bloomin' Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Denny's shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to BLMN or DENN?

In the previous week, Denny's had 8 more articles in the media than Bloomin' Brands. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Denny's and 13 mentions for Bloomin' Brands. Bloomin' Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Denny's' score of 0.23 indicating that Bloomin' Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bloomin' Brands	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Denny's	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is BLMN or DENN more profitable?

Denny's has a net margin of 3.79% compared to Bloomin' Brands' net margin of -0.05%. Bloomin' Brands' return on equity of 55.08% beat Denny's' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bloomin' Brands	-0.05%	55.08%	4.31%
Denny's	3.79%	-57.90%	5.41%

Which has more volatility and risk, BLMN or DENN?

Bloomin' Brands has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Denny's has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Denny's beats Bloomin' Brands on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.