Denny’s (NASDAQ:DENN – Get Free Report) and GEN Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:GENK – Get Free Report) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation, dividends and earnings.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
85.1% of Denny’s shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.2% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Denny’s shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Denny’s and GEN Restaurant Group, as provided by MarketBeat.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Denny’s | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2.50 |
GEN Restaurant Group | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.00 |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Denny’s and GEN Restaurant Group’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Denny’s | $463.92 million | 0.92 | $19.94 million | $0.35 | 23.06 |
GEN Restaurant Group | $181.01 million | 1.78 | $8.41 million | N/A | N/A |
Denny’s has higher revenue and earnings than GEN Restaurant Group.
Profitability
This table compares Denny’s and GEN Restaurant Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Denny’s | 4.30% | -70.78% | 6.97% |
GEN Restaurant Group | 2.46% | 20.27% | 2.84% |
Summary
Denny’s beats GEN Restaurant Group on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Denny’s
Denny's Corporation, through its subsidiaries, owns and operates franchised full-service restaurant chains under the Denny's and Keke's Breakfast Cafe brands in the United States and internationally. The company was formerly known as Advantica Restaurant Group, Inc. and changed its name to Denny's Corporation in July 2002. Denny's Corporation was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
About GEN Restaurant Group
GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. operates restaurants in California, Arizona, Hawaii, Nevada, Texas, New York, and Florida. It offers meats, poultry, and seafood. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Cerritos, California.
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