Denny's (DENN) Competitors

Denny's (NASDAQ:DENN) and Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (NASDAQ:CBRL) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has better valuation and earnings, DENN or CBRL?

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has higher revenue and earnings than Denny's. Denny's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, 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	$453.01M	0.74	$19.94M	$0.33	19.76
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	$3.47B	0.36	$40.93M	$1.81	31.29

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DENN or CBRL?

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store received 14 more outperform votes than Denny's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.54% of users gave Denny's an outperform vote while only 48.63% of users gave Cracker Barrel Old Country Store an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Denny's	Outperform Votes 360 61.54%	Underperform Votes 225 38.46%
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	Outperform Votes 374 48.63%	Underperform Votes 395 51.37%

Is DENN or CBRL more profitable?

Denny's has a net margin of 3.90% compared to Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's net margin of 1.15%. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's return on equity of 18.58% beat Denny's' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Denny's	3.90%	-48.64%	5.96%
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	1.15%	18.58%	3.80%

Does the media favor DENN or CBRL?

In the previous week, Denny's had 1 more articles in the media than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Denny's and 9 mentions for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Denny's' score of 0.42 indicating that Cracker Barrel Old Country Store is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Denny's	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate DENN or CBRL?

Denny's presently has a consensus target price of $7.70, suggesting a potential upside of 18.10%. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a consensus target price of $51.25, suggesting a potential downside of 9.52%. Given Denny's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Denny's is more favorable than Cracker Barrel Old Country Store.

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
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.89

Which has more volatility & risk, DENN or CBRL?

Denny's has a beta of 2.02, meaning that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DENN or CBRL?

85.1% of Denny's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Denny's shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Denny's beats Cracker Barrel Old Country Store on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.