Dine Brands Global (DIN) Competitors

Papa Johns International (NASDAQ:PZZA) and Dine Brands Global (NYSE:DIN) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings and risk.

Do analysts rate PZZA or DIN?

Papa Johns International presently has a consensus target price of $55.25, suggesting a potential upside of 52.08%. Dine Brands Global has a consensus target price of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 38.16%. Given Papa Johns International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities 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
Papa Johns International	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46
Dine Brands Global	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13

Does the media prefer PZZA or DIN?

In the previous week, Papa Johns International had 10 more articles in the media than Dine Brands Global. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Papa Johns International and 3 mentions for Dine Brands Global. Papa Johns International's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Dine Brands Global's score of 0.51 indicating that Papa Johns International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Papa Johns International	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PZZA or DIN?

Dine Brands Global has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Papa Johns International	$2.06B	0.58	$82.10M	$2.52	14.42
Dine Brands Global	$812.31M	0.39	$97.18M	$4.21	4.99

Is PZZA or DIN 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
Papa Johns International	4.51%	-19.61%	10.04%
Dine Brands Global	11.31%	-37.75%	5.22%

Which has more volatility & risk, PZZA or DIN?

Papa Johns International has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dine Brands Global has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PZZA or DIN?

Dine Brands Global received 127 more outperform votes than Papa Johns International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.26% of users gave Dine Brands Global an outperform vote while only 61.73% of users gave Papa Johns International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Papa Johns International	Outperform Votes 513 61.73%	Underperform Votes 318 38.27%
Dine Brands Global	Outperform Votes 640 69.26%	Underperform Votes 284 30.74%

Is PZZA or DIN a better dividend stock?

Papa Johns International pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Dine Brands Global pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%. Papa Johns International pays out 73.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dine Brands Global pays out 48.5% 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.

Summary

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