Dine Brands Global (DIN) Competitors

Dine Brands Global (NYSE:DIN) and Papa Johns International (NASDAQ:PZZA) 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 profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.

Is DIN or PZZA a better dividend stock?

Dine Brands Global pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Papa Johns International pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Dine Brands Global pays out 33.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Papa Johns International pays out 64.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Dine Brands Global is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is DIN or PZZA more profitable?

Dine Brands Global has a net margin of 11.31% compared to Papa Johns International's net margin of 4.51%. Papa Johns International's return on equity of -19.61% beat Dine Brands Global's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dine Brands Global	11.31%	-37.75%	5.22%
Papa Johns International	4.51%	-19.61%	10.04%

Which has more volatility & risk, DIN or PZZA?

Dine Brands Global has a beta of 1.73, meaning that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Papa Johns International has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

92.8% of Dine Brands Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Dine Brands Global shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Papa Johns International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DIN or PZZA?

Dine Brands Global received 132 more outperform votes than Papa Johns International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.84% of users gave Dine Brands Global an outperform vote while only 61.75% of users gave Papa Johns International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dine Brands Global	Outperform Votes 639 69.84%	Underperform Votes 276 30.16%
Papa Johns International	Outperform Votes 507 61.75%	Underperform Votes 314 38.25%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, DIN or PZZA?

Dine Brands Global has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Papa Johns International. Dine Brands Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Papa Johns International, 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	$813.84M	0.57	$97.18M	$6.01	5.06
Papa Johns International	$2.10B	0.60	$82.10M	$2.87	13.56

Do analysts rate DIN or PZZA?

Dine Brands Global presently has a consensus price target of $44.71, indicating a potential upside of 47.13%. Papa Johns International has a consensus price target of $60.82, indicating a potential upside of 56.30%. Given Papa Johns International's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Papa Johns International 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)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Papa Johns International	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46

Does the media prefer DIN or PZZA?

In the previous week, Papa Johns International had 7 more articles in the media than Dine Brands Global. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Papa Johns International and 3 mentions for Dine Brands Global. Dine Brands Global's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Papa Johns International's score of 0.36 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Papa Johns International	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Dine Brands Global beats Papa Johns International on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.