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 superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, 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	0.60	$16.69M	$0.68	52.53
Denny's	$452.33M	0.43	$21.57M	$0.41	9.24

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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%

Does the media favor BJRI or DENN?

In the previous week, BJ's Restaurants had 4 more articles in the media than Denny's. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for BJ's Restaurants and 11 mentions for Denny's. BJ's Restaurants' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Denny's' score of 0.54 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	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Denny's	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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%

Do analysts prefer BJRI or DENN?

BJ's Restaurants currently has a consensus target price of $40.40, suggesting a potential upside of 13.10%. Denny's has a consensus target price of $7.75, suggesting a potential upside of 104.49%. Given Denny's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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 insiders & institutionals have more ownership 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 insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Denny's shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, BJRI or DENN?

BJ's Restaurants has a beta of 2.1, meaning that its stock price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Denny's has a beta of 2.08, meaning that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

BJ's Restaurants beats Denny's on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.