Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB) Competitors

Dine Brands Global (NYSE:DIN) and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (NASDAQ:RRGB) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Which has better earnings and valuation, DIN or RRGB?

Dine Brands Global has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Red Robin Gourmet Burgers. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dine Brands Global, 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
Dine Brands Global	$812.31M	0.46	$64.89M	$3.61	6.57
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers	$1.25B	0.09	-$77.54M	-$4.22	-1.49

Do analysts prefer DIN or RRGB?

Dine Brands Global currently has a consensus price target of $26.86, suggesting a potential upside of 13.19%. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers has a consensus price target of $12.38, suggesting a potential upside of 96.74%. Given Red Robin Gourmet Burgers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Red Robin Gourmet Burgers is more favorable than Dine Brands Global.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dine Brands Global	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is DIN or RRGB more profitable?

Dine Brands Global has a net margin of 6.69% compared to Red Robin Gourmet Burgers' net margin of -5.34%. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers' return on equity of 0.00% beat Dine Brands Global's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dine Brands Global	6.69%	-34.70%	4.39%
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers	-5.34%	N/A	-5.59%

Does the media prefer DIN or RRGB?

In the previous week, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers had 1 more articles in the media than Dine Brands Global. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Red Robin Gourmet Burgers and 7 mentions for Dine Brands Global. Dine Brands Global's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Red Robin Gourmet Burgers' score of 0.47 indicating that Dine Brands Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dine Brands Global	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of DIN or RRGB?

92.8% of Dine Brands Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of Dine Brands Global shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers shares are owned 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 risk & volatility, DIN or RRGB?

Dine Brands Global has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers has a beta of 2.41, suggesting that its stock price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Dine Brands Global beats Red Robin Gourmet Burgers on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.