Denny's (DENN) Competitors

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

Is BJRI or DENN more profitable?

Denny's has a net margin of 4.77% compared to BJ's Restaurants' net margin of 1.23%. BJ's Restaurants' return on equity of 8.76% beat Denny's' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BJ's Restaurants	1.23%	8.76%	3.17%
Denny's	4.77%	-50.01%	5.92%

Which has more volatility and risk, BJRI or DENN?

BJ's Restaurants has a beta of 1.78, indicating that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Denny's has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BJRI or DENN?

Denny's has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BJ's Restaurants. Denny's 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	$1.36B	0.53	$16.69M	$0.68	46.72
Denny's	$452.33M	0.34	$21.57M	$0.41	7.34

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BJRI or DENN?

BJ's Restaurants received 145 more outperform votes than Denny's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.78% of users gave Denny's an outperform vote while only 54.53% of users gave BJ's Restaurants an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BJ's Restaurants	Outperform Votes 512 54.53%	Underperform Votes 427 45.47%
Denny's	Outperform Votes 367 61.78%	Underperform Votes 227 38.22%

Do analysts rate BJRI or DENN?

BJ's Restaurants presently has a consensus target price of $40.40, suggesting a potential upside of 27.16%. Denny's has a consensus target price of $7.75, suggesting a potential upside of 157.48%. Given Denny's' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Denny's is more favorable than BJ's Restaurants.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BJ's Restaurants	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Denny's	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BJRI or DENN?

99.9% of BJ's Restaurants shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of Denny's shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of BJ's Restaurants shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Denny's shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to BJRI or DENN?

In the previous week, Denny's had 19 more articles in the media than BJ's Restaurants. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Denny's and 4 mentions for BJ's Restaurants. BJ's Restaurants' average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Denny's' score of 0.53 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	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Denny's	9 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

BJ's Restaurants and Denny's tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.