Denny's (DENN) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BLMN or DENN?

Bloomin' Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Denny's. Bloomin' Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Denny's, 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
Bloomin' Brands	$4.67B	0.22	$247.39M	-$0.11	-107.63
Denny's	$452.33M	0.60	$21.57M	$0.41	12.99

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BLMN or DENN?

85.1% of Denny's shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Bloomin' Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Denny's shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend BLMN or DENN?

Bloomin' Brands presently has a consensus price target of $16.30, indicating a potential upside of 37.67%. Denny's has a consensus price target of $7.75, indicating a potential upside of 45.54%. Given Denny's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Denny's is more favorable than Bloomin' Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bloomin' Brands	2 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.82
Denny's	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Does the media prefer BLMN or DENN?

In the previous week, Denny's had 18 more articles in the media than Bloomin' Brands. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Denny's and 11 mentions for Bloomin' Brands. Bloomin' Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Denny's' score of -0.10 indicating that Bloomin' Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bloomin' Brands	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Denny's	3 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is BLMN or DENN more profitable?

Denny's has a net margin of 4.77% compared to Bloomin' Brands' net margin of -0.12%. Bloomin' Brands' return on equity of 62.18% beat Denny's' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bloomin' Brands	-0.12%	62.18%	5.71%
Denny's	4.77%	-50.01%	5.92%

Which has more risk & volatility, BLMN or DENN?

Bloomin' Brands has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Denny's has a beta of 2.02, suggesting that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BLMN or DENN?

Bloomin' Brands received 204 more outperform votes than Denny's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.78% of users gave Denny's an outperform vote while only 61.13% of users gave Bloomin' Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bloomin' Brands	Outperform Votes 571 61.13%	Underperform Votes 363 38.87%
Denny's	Outperform Votes 367 61.78%	Underperform Votes 227 38.22%

Summary

Denny's beats Bloomin' Brands on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.