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DENN vs. PZZA, CBRL, BLMN, BJRI, JACK, BH, RICK, DIN, NATH, and RRGB

Should you be buying Denny's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Denny's include Papa Johns International (PZZA), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Jack in the Box (JACK), Biglari (BH), RCI Hospitality (RICK), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Nathan's Famous (NATH), and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.

Denny's vs.

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

Denny's presently has a consensus target price of $7.75, indicating a potential upside of 47.28%. Papa Johns International has a consensus target price of $55.67, indicating a potential upside of 8.98%. Given Denny's' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Denny's is more favorable than Papa Johns International.

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
Papa Johns International
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.46

Papa Johns International received 144 more outperform votes than Denny's when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.79% of users gave Papa Johns International an outperform vote while only 61.78% of users gave Denny's an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Denny'sOutperform Votes
367
61.78%
Underperform Votes
227
38.22%
Papa Johns InternationalOutperform Votes
511
61.79%
Underperform Votes
316
38.21%

Papa Johns International has a net margin of 4.51% compared to Denny's' net margin of 3.90%. Papa Johns International's return on equity of -19.61% beat Denny's' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Denny's3.90% -48.64% 5.96%
Papa Johns International 4.51%-19.61%10.04%

In the previous week, Denny's had 39 more articles in the media than Papa Johns International. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for Denny's and 14 mentions for Papa Johns International. Papa Johns International's average media sentiment score of 0.05 beat Denny's' score of -0.06 indicating that Papa Johns International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Denny's
7 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
18 Neutral mention(s)
13 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Papa Johns International
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Papa Johns International has higher revenue and earnings than Denny's. Denny's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Papa Johns International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Denny's$463.92M0.58$19.94M$0.3315.95
Papa Johns International$2.14B0.78$82.10M$2.8717.80

85.1% of Denny's shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Denny's shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Papa Johns International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Denny's has a beta of 2.02, meaning that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Papa Johns International has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Papa Johns International beats Denny's on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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DENN vs. The Competition

MetricDenny'sEating places IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$270.10M$9.24B$26.42B$9.20B
Dividend YieldN/A3.97%172.71%3.98%
P/E Ratio15.9531.11133.6619.51
Price / Sales0.582.493.1969.98
Price / Cash7.3321.5422.3438.90
Price / Book-4.466.706.195.07
Net Income$19.94M$320.68M$679.24M$222.54M
7 Day Performance2.77%2.70%2.22%2.13%
1 Month Performance-11.26%15.71%3.72%1.63%
1 Year Performance-43.54%8.63%9.70%16.41%

Denny's Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DENN
Denny's
3.2399 of 5 stars
$5.26
+8.3%
$7.75
+47.3%
-43.5%$249.46M$452.33M12.833,500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PZZA
Papa Johns International
3.2769 of 5 stars
$38.64
+2.8%
$55.83
+44.5%
-30.1%$1.26B$2.10B13.4613,200
CBRL
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
4.612 of 5 stars
$52.97
-7.9%
$57.63
+8.8%
-31.6%$1.18B$3.49B29.2777,600Upcoming Earnings
BLMN
Bloomin' Brands
2.8531 of 5 stars
$11.83
-2.9%
$16.30
+37.8%
-53.7%$1.00B$4.67B-107.5487,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
BJRI
BJ's Restaurants
3.6783 of 5 stars
$35.42
-1.7%
$38.00
+7.3%
-0.9%$808.28M$1.33B28.3421,000Short Interest ↓
JACK
Jack in the Box
4.5336 of 5 stars
$39.49
-2.6%
$54.50
+38.0%
-46.9%$744.78M$1.57B-20.2512,100Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
BH
Biglari
3.5069 of 5 stars
$237.10
+2.5%
N/A+56.8%$540.58M$365.32M1.342,466Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
RICK
RCI Hospitality
3.7863 of 5 stars
$53.31
+2.6%
$98.00
+83.8%
-5.7%$474.46M$295.60M166.603,613Analyst Revision
DIN
Dine Brands Global
3.2894 of 5 stars
$27.14
-1.6%
$41.29
+52.1%
-38.7%$413.82M$831.07M4.523,520News Coverage
NATH
Nathan's Famous
3.5135 of 5 stars
$86.10
+2.1%
N/A+47.0%$351.29M$138.61M14.84130
RRGB
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers
3.7545 of 5 stars
$5.05
-6.8%
$14.50
+187.1%
-49.1%$87.82M$1.30B-1.5322,516Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:DENN) was last updated on 2/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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