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, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

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%

Which has more volatility and risk, BJRI or DIN?

BJ's Restaurants has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dine Brands Global has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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	$1.38B	0.48	$16.69M	$1.19	25.00
Dine Brands Global	$845.37M	0.42	$64.89M	$3.00	7.69

Do analysts rate BJRI or DIN?

BJ's Restaurants presently has a consensus target price of $39.67, suggesting a potential upside of 33.33%. Dine Brands Global has a consensus target price of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.75%. Given BJ's Restaurants' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe BJ's Restaurants is more favorable than Dine Brands Global.

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 institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BJRI or DIN?

99.9% 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Dine Brands Global shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer BJRI or DIN?

In the previous week, BJ's Restaurants had 2 more articles in the media than Dine Brands Global. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for BJ's Restaurants and 3 mentions for Dine Brands Global. BJ's Restaurants' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Dine Brands Global's score of 0.57 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Dine Brands Global	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BJRI or DIN a better dividend stock?

BJ's Restaurants pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Dine Brands Global pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. BJ's Restaurants pays out 43.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dine Brands Global pays out 68.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Summary

BJ's Restaurants beats Dine Brands Global on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.