Biglari (BH) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in BH or DENN?

74.3% of Biglari shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of Denny's shares are owned by institutional investors. 71.4% of Biglari shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Denny's shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, BH or DENN?

Biglari has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Denny's has a beta of 1.93, suggesting that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer BH or DENN?

In the previous week, Denny's had 29 more articles in the media than Biglari. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Denny's and 1 mentions for Biglari. Biglari's average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat Denny's' score of 0.29 indicating that Biglari is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Biglari	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Denny's	5 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BH or DENN?

Denny's received 104 more outperform votes than Biglari when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.12% of users gave Biglari an outperform vote while only 61.62% of users gave Denny's an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Biglari	Outperform Votes 246 62.12%	Underperform Votes 150 37.88%
Denny's	Outperform Votes 350 61.62%	Underperform Votes 218 38.38%

Do analysts rate BH or DENN?

Denny's has a consensus target price of $11.92, suggesting a potential upside of 47.85%. Given Denny's' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Denny's is more favorable than Biglari.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Biglari	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Denny's	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BH or DENN?

Biglari has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Denny's. Biglari 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
Biglari	$365.32M	1.23	$54.95M	$187.42	1.05
Denny's	$463.92M	0.92	$19.94M	$0.35	23.03

Is BH or DENN more profitable?

Biglari has a net margin of 15.04% compared to Denny's' net margin of 4.30%. Biglari's return on equity of 9.18% beat Denny's' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Biglari	15.04%	9.18%	6.33%
Denny's	4.30%	-70.78%	6.97%

Summary

Denny's beats Biglari on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.