DINE BRANDS GLOBAL (DIN) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of BJRI or DIN?

100.0% of BJ's Restaurants shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of DINE BRANDS GLOBAL shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of BJ's Restaurants shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of DINE BRANDS GLOBAL shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, BJRI or DIN?

BJ's Restaurants has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its stock price is 56% 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.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BJRI or DIN?

DINE BRANDS GLOBAL has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BJ's Restaurants. DINE BRANDS GLOBAL is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BJ's Restaurants, 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
BJ's Restaurants	$1.36B	0.65	$16.69M	$0.94	42.60
DINE BRANDS GLOBAL	$812.31M	0.45	$64.89M	$3.61	6.43

Do analysts prefer BJRI or DIN?

BJ's Restaurants currently has a consensus target price of $38.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.09%. DINE BRANDS GLOBAL has a consensus target price of $26.86, suggesting a potential upside of 15.61%. Given DINE BRANDS GLOBAL's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DINE BRANDS GLOBAL is more favorable than BJ's Restaurants.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BJ's Restaurants	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86
DINE BRANDS GLOBAL	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13

Is BJRI or DIN more profitable?

DINE BRANDS GLOBAL has a net margin of 6.69% compared to BJ's Restaurants' net margin of 1.64%. BJ's Restaurants' return on equity of 10.35% beat DINE BRANDS GLOBAL's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BJ's Restaurants	1.64%	10.35%	3.75%
DINE BRANDS GLOBAL	6.69%	-34.70%	4.39%

Does the media prefer BJRI or DIN?

In the previous week, DINE BRANDS GLOBAL had 3 more articles in the media than BJ's Restaurants. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for DINE BRANDS GLOBAL and 5 mentions for BJ's Restaurants. BJ's Restaurants' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat DINE BRANDS GLOBAL's score of 0.65 indicating that BJ's Restaurants is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BJ's Restaurants	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
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

DINE BRANDS GLOBAL beats BJ's Restaurants on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.