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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, 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	0.56	$16.69M	$1.19	28.86
Dine Brands Global	$812.31M	0.40	$64.89M	$3.00	7.06

Do analysts rate BJRI or DIN?

BJ's Restaurants presently has a consensus price target of $39.67, suggesting a potential upside of 15.51%. Dine Brands Global has a consensus price target of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.77%. Given Dine Brands Global's higher probable 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Dine Brands Global	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BJRI or DIN?

100.0% of BJ's Restaurants shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of Dine Brands Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of BJ's Restaurants shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Dine Brands Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, BJRI or DIN?

BJ's Restaurants has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dine Brands Global has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer BJRI or DIN?

In the previous week, BJ's Restaurants had 7 more articles in the media than Dine Brands Global. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for BJ's Restaurants and 6 mentions for Dine Brands Global. Dine Brands Global's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat BJ's Restaurants' score of 0.32 indicating that Dine Brands Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BJ's Restaurants	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Dine Brands Global	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BJRI or DIN more profitable?

Dine Brands Global has a net margin of 5.40% compared to BJ's Restaurants' net margin of 1.99%. BJ's Restaurants' return on equity of 11.73% beat Dine Brands Global's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BJ's Restaurants	1.99%	11.73%	4.27%
Dine Brands Global	5.40%	-31.66%	3.87%

Summary

BJ's Restaurants beats Dine Brands Global on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.