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 better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

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

92.8% of Dine Brands Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of BJ's Restaurants shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Dine Brands Global shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of BJ's Restaurants shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, DIN or BJRI?

Dine Brands Global has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BJ's Restaurants has a beta of 2.12, meaning that its stock price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & 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	$831.07M	0.81	$97.18M	$6.23	7.01
BJ's Restaurants	$1.33B	0.57	$19.66M	$0.83	39.47

Is DIN or BJRI more profitable?

Dine Brands Global has a net margin of 11.69% compared to BJ's Restaurants' net margin of 1.47%. BJ's Restaurants' return on equity of 5.45% beat Dine Brands Global's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dine Brands Global	11.69%	-37.72%	6.05%
BJ's Restaurants	1.47%	5.45%	1.88%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DIN or BJRI?

Dine Brands Global received 119 more outperform votes than BJ's Restaurants when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.35% of users gave Dine Brands Global an outperform vote while only 54.71% of users gave BJ's Restaurants an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dine Brands Global	Outperform Votes 624 70.35%	Underperform Votes 263 29.65%
BJ's Restaurants	Outperform Votes 505 54.71%	Underperform Votes 418 45.29%

Does the media refer more to DIN or BJRI?

In the previous week, BJ's Restaurants had 15 more articles in the media than Dine Brands Global. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for BJ's Restaurants and 7 mentions for Dine Brands Global. BJ's Restaurants' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Dine Brands Global's score of 0.43 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
BJ's Restaurants	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend DIN or BJRI?

Dine Brands Global presently has a consensus price target of $59.43, suggesting a potential upside of 36.09%. BJ's Restaurants has a consensus price target of $37.30, suggesting a potential upside of 13.86%. Given Dine Brands Global's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
BJ's Restaurants	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is DIN or BJRI a better dividend stock?

Dine Brands Global pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. BJ's Restaurants pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Dine Brands Global pays out 32.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BJ's Restaurants pays out 62.7% 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

Dine Brands Global beats BJ's Restaurants on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.