SpartanNash (SPTN) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, SPTN or DIN?

SpartanNash has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dine Brands Global has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SPTN or DIN a better dividend stock?

SpartanNash pays an annual dividend of $0.87 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Dine Brands Global pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. SpartanNash pays out 58.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dine Brands Global pays out 36.3% 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 SPTN or DIN more profitable?

Dine Brands Global has a net margin of 10.59% compared to SpartanNash's net margin of 0.54%. SpartanNash's return on equity of 9.86% beat Dine Brands Global's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SpartanNash	0.54%	9.86%	3.27%
Dine Brands Global	10.59%	-35.31%	5.49%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SPTN or DIN?

Dine Brands Global has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SpartanNash. Dine Brands Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SpartanNash, 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
SpartanNash	$9.73B	0.07	$52.24M	$1.50	13.94
Dine Brands Global	$831.07M	0.81	$97.18M	$5.62	7.75

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SPTN or DIN?

Dine Brands Global received 374 more outperform votes than SpartanNash when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.26% of users gave Dine Brands Global an outperform vote while only 49.03% of users gave SpartanNash an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SpartanNash	Outperform Votes 252 49.03%	Underperform Votes 262 50.97%
Dine Brands Global	Outperform Votes 626 70.26%	Underperform Votes 265 29.74%

Do analysts rate SPTN or DIN?

SpartanNash presently has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.21%. Dine Brands Global has a consensus target price of $58.57, suggesting a potential upside of 34.46%. Given Dine Brands Global's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Dine Brands Global is more favorable than SpartanNash.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SpartanNash	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Dine Brands Global	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

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

84.6% of SpartanNash shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of Dine Brands Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of SpartanNash shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Dine Brands Global shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer SPTN or DIN?

In the previous week, Dine Brands Global had 10 more articles in the media than SpartanNash. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Dine Brands Global and 1 mentions for SpartanNash. Dine Brands Global's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat SpartanNash's score of 0.00 indicating that Dine Brands Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SpartanNash	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Dine Brands Global	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Dine Brands Global beats SpartanNash on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.