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Denny's (DENN) Competitors

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$4.41 -0.11 (-2.43%)
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DENN vs. DIN, BLMN, BH, NATH, RICK, JACK, 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), RCI Hospitality (RICK), Janus Henderson Sustainable & Impact Core Bond ETF (JACK), 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 investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Denny's currently has a consensus price target of $7.46, indicating a potential upside of 69.12%. DINE BRANDS GLOBAL has a consensus price target of $26.29, indicating a potential upside of 3.61%. Given Denny's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities 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

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

In the previous week, Denny's had 30 more articles in the media than DINE BRANDS GLOBAL. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Denny's and 2 mentions for DINE BRANDS GLOBAL. Denny's' average media sentiment score of -0.06 beat DINE BRANDS GLOBAL's score of -0.34 indicating that Denny's is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Denny's
4 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
16 Neutral mention(s)
7 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
DINE BRANDS GLOBAL
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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$452.33M0.50$21.57M$0.3313.36
DINE BRANDS GLOBAL$812.31M0.49$64.89M$3.617.03

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%

Summary

Denny's beats DINE BRANDS GLOBAL on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$231.65M$11.87B$26.75B$9.03B
Dividend YieldN/A3.65%175.53%4.01%
P/E Ratio13.3635.8227.2519.89
Price / Sales0.502.144.71117.07
Price / Cash5.2618.3017.1528.59
Price / Book-6.6811.295.755.55
Net Income$21.57M$400.87M$872.97M$248.49M
7 Day Performance7.56%1.66%2.73%5.37%
1 Month Performance9.43%4.20%2.84%6.63%
1 Year Performance-32.47%6.97%21.39%21.20%

Denny's Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DENN
Denny's
3.2734 of 5 stars
$4.41
-2.4%
$7.46
+69.1%
-30.7%$231.65M$452.33M13.363,800
DIN
DINE BRANDS GLOBAL
1.3123 of 5 stars
$24.36
-0.9%
$26.29
+7.9%
-19.8%$383.92M$812.31M6.753,520
BLMN
Bloomin' Brands
3.3822 of 5 stars
$8.61
-0.6%
$13.85
+60.9%
-44.9%$735.50M$3.95B-286.9081,000Gap Down
BH
Biglari
1.2649 of 5 stars
$291.92
+0.2%
N/A+58.2%$663.24M$362.11M-1.332,535High Trading Volume
NATH
Nathan's Famous
2.663 of 5 stars
$110.58
+0.1%
N/A+58.9%$451.77M$148.18M18.84130High Trading Volume
RICK
RCI Hospitality
2.3256 of 5 stars
$38.12
-2.0%
$98.00
+157.1%
-1.0%$342.08M$295.60M45.383,613
JACK
Janus Henderson Sustainable & Impact Core Bond ETF
4.1485 of 5 stars
$17.46
+3.7%
$37.68
+115.8%
-59.1%$317.74M$1.57B-1.618,168
RRGB
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers
4.0966 of 5 stars
$5.79
+5.3%
$13.38
+131.0%
+1.3%$97.55M$1.25B-1.3721,443
MCD
McDonald's
4.631 of 5 stars
$292.48
+0.3%
$321.17
+9.8%
+17.0%$208.47B$25.92B25.81150,000Trending News
SBUX
Starbucks
4.333 of 5 stars
$91.63
-0.5%
$98.81
+7.8%
+24.2%$104.67B$36.18B33.20361,000
CMG
Chipotle Mexican Grill
4.2887 of 5 stars
$56.29
+2.3%
$60.71
+7.9%
-8.9%$74.17B$11.31B49.81130,504Positive News

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