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NASDAQ:DENN

Denny's (DENN) Competitors

$11.53
-0.20 (-1.71%)
(As of 06/9/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$11.50
$11.70
50-Day Range
$10.52
$11.83
52-Week Range
$8.46
$13.13
Volume
248,441 shs
Average Volume
336,829 shs
Market Capitalization
$645.68 million
P/E Ratio
12.96
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$13.70

DENN vs. RUTH, BJRI, CHUY, BH, DIN, NATH, TAST, FRGI, RRGB, and CAKE

Should you be buying Denny's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Denny's include Ruth's Hospitality Group (RUTH), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Chuy's (CHUY), Biglari (BH), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Nathan's Famous (NATH), Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST), Fiesta Restaurant Group (FRGI), Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB), and Cheesecake Factory (CAKE). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.

Denny's vs.

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

Denny's has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ruth's Hospitality Group. Denny's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ruth's Hospitality Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ruth's Hospitality Group$505.86 million1.36$38.62 million$1.2017.90
Denny's$456.43 million1.41$74.71 million$0.8912.96

Ruth's Hospitality Group received 6 more outperform votes than Denny's when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.30% of users gave Ruth's Hospitality Group an outperform vote while only 62.11% of users gave Denny's an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Ruth's Hospitality GroupOutperform Votes
347
62.30%
Underperform Votes
210
37.70%
Denny'sOutperform Votes
341
62.11%
Underperform Votes
208
37.89%

Ruth's Hospitality Group has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Denny's has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ruth's Hospitality Group presently has a consensus price target of $22.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.75%. Denny's has a consensus price target of $13.70, suggesting a potential upside of 18.82%. Given Denny's' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Denny's is more favorable than Ruth's Hospitality Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ruth's Hospitality Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Denny's
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

87.3% of Ruth's Hospitality Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.7% of Denny's shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Ruth's Hospitality Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Denny's shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Denny's has a net margin of 11.35% compared to Ruth's Hospitality Group's net margin of 7.66%. Ruth's Hospitality Group's return on equity of 32.00% beat Denny's' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ruth's Hospitality Group 7.66% 32.00% 8.63%
Denny's 11.35% -69.18% 6.86%

In the previous week, Denny's had 17 more articles in the media than Ruth's Hospitality Group. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Denny's and 6 mentions for Ruth's Hospitality Group. Ruth's Hospitality Group's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Denny's' score of 0.24 indicating that Ruth's Hospitality Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ruth's Hospitality Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Denny's
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Ruth's Hospitality Group beats Denny's on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DENN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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'sEating places IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$645.68M$8.53B$17.64B$6.28B
Dividend YieldN/A3.24%171.37%6.27%
P/E Ratio12.9621.7835.9312.33
Price / Sales1.412.0412.5589.01
Price / Cash14.2522.2238.22115.16
Price / Book-17.746.237.485.30
Net Income$74.71M$235.34M$532.62M$193.31M
7 Day Performance-2.45%0.33%2.42%1.29%
1 Month Performance9.60%1.85%1.96%4.61%
1 Year Performance16.58%22.76%1.43%5.86%

Denny's Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RUTH
Ruth's Hospitality Group
2.1274 of 5 stars
$21.49
+0.1%
$22.50
+4.7%
+13.4%$690.47M$505.86M17.914,768Analyst Report
News Coverage
Positive News
BJRI
BJ's Restaurants
1.828 of 5 stars
$30.76
+0.9%
$34.00
+10.5%
+21.7%$716.52M$1.33B118.3122,000News Coverage
Positive News
CHUY
Chuy's
1.3535 of 5 stars
$40.04
+2.9%
$37.60
-6.1%
+75.0%$725.53M$422.21M31.537,400
BH
Biglari
0 of 5 stars
$210.73
+0.8%
N/A+45.5%$480.46M$368.23M1.762,559
DIN
Dine Brands Global
2.9888 of 5 stars
$61.78
+1.2%
$84.00
+36.0%
-17.1%$967.72M$892.75M11.813,008
NATH
Nathan's Famous
2.1945 of 5 stars
$77.69
+2.9%
N/A+57.5%$316.98M$114.88M17.23146Dividend Announcement
TAST
Carrols Restaurant Group
1.6496 of 5 stars
$5.45
-4.6%
$5.88
+7.8%
+122.3%$294.63M$1.73B-5.1424,300
FRGI
Fiesta Restaurant Group
2.0223 of 5 stars
$8.04
+4.7%
$13.00
+61.7%
+5.4%$209.56M$395.11M-13.184,350News Coverage
RRGB
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers
1.9216 of 5 stars
$12.56
+1.7%
$18.00
+43.3%
+37.6%$202.48M$1.27B-2.5724,335Insider Buying
Analyst Revision
Positive News
CAKE
Cheesecake Factory
2.0027 of 5 stars
$32.81
+1.1%
$36.38
+10.9%
+2.4%$1.68B$3.30B34.9047,500

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This page (NASDAQ:DENN) was last updated on 6/10/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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