Dine Brands Global (DIN) Competitors

Dine Brands Global (NYSE:DIN) and BJ's Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and risk.

Do analysts recommend DIN or BJRI?

Dine Brands Global presently has a consensus target price of $26.86, suggesting a potential upside of 14.99%. BJ's Restaurants has a consensus target price of $37.20, suggesting a potential downside of 5.09%. Given Dine Brands Global's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Dine Brands Global is more favorable than BJ's Restaurants.

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
BJ's Restaurants	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of DIN or BJRI?

92.8% of Dine Brands Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 100.0% of BJ's Restaurants shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Dine Brands Global shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of BJ's Restaurants shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to DIN or BJRI?

In the previous week, Dine Brands Global had 5 more articles in the media than BJ's Restaurants. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Dine Brands Global and 4 mentions for BJ's Restaurants. BJ's Restaurants' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Dine Brands Global's score of 0.84 indicating that BJ's Restaurants is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dine Brands Global	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BJ's Restaurants	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is DIN or BJRI more profitable?

Dine Brands Global has a net margin of 6.69% compared to BJ's Restaurants' net margin of 1.64%. BJ's Restaurants' return on equity of 10.35% 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%
BJ's Restaurants	1.64%	10.35%	3.75%

Which has more risk & volatility, DIN or BJRI?

Dine Brands Global has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BJ's Restaurants has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, DIN or BJRI?

Dine Brands Global has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BJ's Restaurants. Dine Brands Global 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
Dine Brands Global	$812.31M	0.45	$64.89M	$3.61	6.47
BJ's Restaurants	$1.36B	0.64	$16.69M	$0.94	41.70

Summary

BJ's Restaurants beats Dine Brands Global on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.