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DENN vs. DIN, BLMN, BH, NATH, JACK, RICK, RRGB, MCD, SBUX, and CMG

Should you be buying Denny's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Denny's include DINE BRANDS GLOBAL (DIN), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Biglari (BH), Nathan's Famous (NATH), Janus Henderson Sustainable & Impact Core Bond ETF (JACK), RCI Hospitality (RICK), Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB), McDonald's (MCD), Starbucks (SBUX), and Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.

Denny's vs. Its Competitors

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

Denny's has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DINE BRANDS GLOBAL has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Denny's$452.33M0.45$21.57M$0.3312.00
DINE BRANDS GLOBAL$812.31M0.45$64.89M$3.616.43

85.1% of Denny's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of DINE BRANDS GLOBAL shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Denny's shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of DINE BRANDS GLOBAL shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Denny's presently has a consensus price target of $7.46, indicating a potential upside of 88.34%. DINE BRANDS GLOBAL has a consensus price target of $26.86, indicating a potential upside of 15.61%. Given Denny's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13

DINE BRANDS GLOBAL has a net margin of 6.69% compared to Denny's' net margin of 3.79%. DINE BRANDS GLOBAL's return on equity of -34.70% beat Denny's' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Denny's3.79% -57.90% 5.41%
DINE BRANDS GLOBAL 6.69%-34.70%4.39%

In the previous week, Denny's had 7 more articles in the media than DINE BRANDS GLOBAL. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Denny's and 8 mentions for DINE BRANDS GLOBAL. DINE BRANDS GLOBAL's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Denny's' score of 0.21 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
2 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
DINE BRANDS GLOBAL
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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DENN vs. The Competition

MetricDenny'sRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$204.49M$11.72B$26.44B$9.41B
Dividend YieldN/A3.79%177.11%4.03%
P/E Ratio12.0034.3027.7620.09
Price / Sales0.452.126.0699.01
Price / Cash4.6417.4148.2658.27
Price / Book-6.0010.285.655.65
Net Income$21.57M$400.87M$876.41M$257.91M
7 Day Performance-4.81%-1.90%-0.68%2.09%
1 Month Performance-6.82%1.40%6.88%11.13%
1 Year Performance-45.38%2.84%22.45%18.40%

Denny's Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DENN
Denny's
2.8256 of 5 stars
$3.96
-0.8%
$7.46
+88.3%
-47.0%$204.49M$452.33M12.003,800
DIN
DINE BRANDS GLOBAL
3.1329 of 5 stars
$25.37
-4.5%
$26.29
+3.6%
-37.3%$415.02M$812.31M7.033,520Analyst Forecast
BLMN
Bloomin' Brands
3.5121 of 5 stars
$9.53
-6.2%
$13.85
+45.3%
-52.2%$862.90M$3.95B-317.5681,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
BH
Biglari
0.77 of 5 stars
$287.39
-0.9%
N/A+50.7%$659.90M$362.11M-1.312,535News Coverage
NATH
Nathan's Famous
2.5157 of 5 stars
$113.27
+0.4%
N/A+40.4%$461.17M$148.18M19.30130High Trading Volume
JACK
Janus Henderson Sustainable & Impact Core Bond ETF
4.514 of 5 stars
$19.76
-3.0%
$37.68
+90.7%
-61.4%$384.57M$1.57B-1.828,168
RICK
RCI Hospitality
3.4211 of 5 stars
$39.74
-3.1%
$98.00
+146.6%
-20.1%$360.99M$295.60M47.313,613
RRGB
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers
3.8677 of 5 stars
$6.37
-4.6%
$13.38
+110.0%
+3.2%$118.48M$1.25B-1.5121,443Analyst Forecast
MCD
McDonald's
4.3886 of 5 stars
$293.49
-0.2%
$321.17
+9.4%
+15.0%$210.28B$25.92B25.90150,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
SBUX
Starbucks
4.1799 of 5 stars
$93.64
-0.8%
$98.23
+4.9%
+24.1%$107.32B$36.18B33.93361,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
CMG
Chipotle Mexican Grill
4.7359 of 5 stars
$55.48
-2.8%
$60.93
+9.8%
-3.2%$76.89B$11.31B49.10130,504Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:DENN) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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