DIN vs. BJRI, BLMN, CAKE, CBRL, DENN, PLAY, TXRH, DRI, BH, and NATH
Should you be buying Dine Brands Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dine Brands Global include BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Denny's (DENN), Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Biglari (BH), and Nathan's Famous (NATH). These companies are all part of the "retail - restrnts" industry.
Dine Brands Global vs. Its Competitors
Dine Brands Global (NYSE:DIN) and BJ's Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and dividends.
Dine Brands Global has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
In the previous week, BJ's Restaurants had 2 more articles in the media than Dine Brands Global. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for BJ's Restaurants and 2 mentions for Dine Brands Global. BJ's Restaurants' average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Dine Brands Global's score of -0.34 indicating that BJ's Restaurants is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dine Brands Global pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. BJ's Restaurants pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Dine Brands Global pays out 56.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BJ's Restaurants pays out 55.3% 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.
Dine Brands Global has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BJ's Restaurants has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dine Brands Global presently has a consensus price target of $26.29, indicating a potential upside of 1.65%. BJ's Restaurants has a consensus price target of $37.20, indicating a potential downside of 16.31%. Given Dine Brands Global's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Dine Brands Global is more favorable than BJ's Restaurants.
92.8% of Dine Brands Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of BJ's Restaurants shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Dine Brands Global shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of BJ's Restaurants shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Summary
BJ's Restaurants beats Dine Brands Global on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:DIN) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff