Denny's (DENN) Competitors

Denny's (NASDAQ:DENN) and Habit Restaurants (NASDAQ:HABT) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.

Does the media favor DENN or HABT?

In the previous week, Denny's had 15 more articles in the media than Habit Restaurants. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Denny's and 2 mentions for Habit Restaurants. Denny's' average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Habit Restaurants' score of 0.00 indicating that Denny's is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Denny's	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Habit Restaurants	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of DENN or HABT?

85.1% of Denny's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.3% of Habit Restaurants shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Denny's shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.0% of Habit Restaurants shares are held 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, DENN or HABT?

Denny's has a beta of 2.02, suggesting that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Habit Restaurants has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, DENN or HABT?

Denny's has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Habit Restaurants. Denny's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Habit 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
Denny's	$463.92M	0.73	$19.94M	$0.33	19.91
Habit Restaurants	$466.06M	0.78	$2.78M	$0.17	82.24

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DENN or HABT?

Denny's received 28 more outperform votes than Habit Restaurants when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.60% of users gave Habit Restaurants an outperform vote while only 61.54% of users gave Denny's an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Denny's	Outperform Votes 360 61.54%	Underperform Votes 225 38.46%
Habit Restaurants	Outperform Votes 332 68.60%	Underperform Votes 152 31.40%

Do analysts recommend DENN or HABT?

Denny's currently has a consensus price target of $7.70, indicating a potential upside of 17.20%. Given Denny's' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Denny's is more favorable than Habit Restaurants.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Denny's	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Habit Restaurants	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is DENN or HABT more profitable?

Denny's has a net margin of 3.90% compared to Habit Restaurants' net margin of 0.75%. Habit Restaurants' return on equity of 2.37% beat Denny's' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Denny's	3.90%	-48.64%	5.96%
Habit Restaurants	0.75%	2.37%	0.79%

Summary

Denny's beats Habit Restaurants on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.