Denny's (DENN) Competitors

Denny's (NASDAQ:DENN) and DINE BRANDS GLOBAL (NYSE:DIN) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and earnings.

Is DENN or DIN more profitable?

DINE BRANDS GLOBAL has a net margin of 5.40% compared to Denny's' net margin of 3.53%. DINE BRANDS GLOBAL's return on equity of -31.66% beat Denny's' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Denny's	3.53%	-59.51%	4.90%
DINE BRANDS GLOBAL	5.40%	-31.66%	3.87%

Does the media favor DENN or DIN?

In the previous week, Denny's had 13 more articles in the media than DINE BRANDS GLOBAL. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Denny's and 7 mentions for DINE BRANDS GLOBAL. DINE BRANDS GLOBAL's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Denny's' score of 0.18 indicating that DINE BRANDS GLOBAL 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)	5 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
DINE BRANDS GLOBAL	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend DENN or DIN?

Denny's presently has a consensus target price of $6.46, indicating a potential upside of 44.16%. DINE BRANDS GLOBAL has a consensus target price of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.89%. Given Denny's' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Denny's is more favorable than DINE BRANDS GLOBAL.

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
DINE BRANDS GLOBAL	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, DENN or DIN?

DINE BRANDS GLOBAL has higher revenue and earnings than Denny's. DINE BRANDS GLOBAL 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	0.51	$21.57M	$0.31	14.45
DINE BRANDS GLOBAL	$812.31M	0.43	$64.89M	$3.00	7.61

Which has more risk & volatility, DENN or DIN?

Denny's has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DINE BRANDS GLOBAL has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in DENN or DIN?

85.1% of Denny's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of DINE BRANDS GLOBAL shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Denny's shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of DINE BRANDS GLOBAL 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.

Summary

Denny's and DINE BRANDS GLOBAL tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.