Dine Brands Global (DIN) 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.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, DIN or BJRI?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dine Brands Global	$820.85M	0.49	$64.89M	$3.61	7.16
BJ's Restaurants	$1.37B	0.72	$16.69M	$0.94	47.29

Does the media favor DIN or BJRI?

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.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dine Brands Global	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
BJ's Restaurants	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is DIN or BJRI a better dividend stock?

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.

Which has more volatility and risk, DIN or BJRI?

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.

Do analysts prefer DIN or BJRI?

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.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dine Brands Global	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13
BJ's Restaurants	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86

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

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.

Is DIN or BJRI 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
Dine Brands Global	6.69%	-34.70%	4.39%
BJ's Restaurants	1.64%	10.35%	3.75%

Summary

BJ's Restaurants beats Dine Brands Global on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.