denny's corp. - DENN

DENN

Close Chg Chg %
4.21 -0.02 -0.48%

Closed Market

4.19

-0.02 (0.48%)

Volume: 1.91M

Last Updated:

Mar 6, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT

Company Overview: denny's corp. - DENN

DENN Key Data

Open

$4.05

Day Range

4.00 - 4.25

52 Week Range

4.00 - 9.53

Market Cap

$217.28M

Shares Outstanding

51.61M

Public Float

49.83M

Beta

2.09

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

10.27

EPS

$0.41

Yield

0.00%

Dividend

N/A

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

2.02M

 

DENN Performance

1 Week
 
-15.29%
 
1 Month
 
-40.20%
 
3 Months
 
-32.85%
 
1 Year
 
-54.85%
 
5 Years
 
-72.77%
 

DENN Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 9
Full Ratings ➔

About denny's corp. - DENN

Denny's Corp. engages in the operation of restaurants and franchised, and licensed restaurants. It operates through the Denny's and Other segments. The Denny's segment includes the results of all company and franchised and licensed Denny’s restaurants. The Other segment refers to the results of all company and franchise restaurants. The company was founded by Harold Butler and Richard Jezak in 1953 and is headquartered in Spartanburg, SC.

DENN At a Glance

Denny's Corp.
203 East Main Street
Spartanburg, South Carolina 29319-9966
Phone 1-864-597-8000 Revenue 452.33M
Industry Restaurants Net Income 21.57M
Sector Consumer Services Employees 3,800
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2025
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DENN Valuation

P/E Current 10.878
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 14.854
Price to Sales Ratio 0.708
Price to Book Ratio N/A
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 10.867
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 11.675
Enterprise Value to Sales 1.605
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.562

DENN Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 119,035.263
Income Per Employee 5,676.579
Receivables Turnover 17.802
Total Asset Turnover 0.854

DENN Liquidity

Current Ratio 0.418
Quick Ratio 0.40
Cash Ratio 0.029

DENN Profitability

Gross Margin 28.189
Operating Margin 10.459
Pretax Margin 6.466
Net Margin 4.769
Return on Assets 4.073
Return on Equity N/A
Return on Total Capital 5.765
Return on Invested Capital 6.403

DENN Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity N/A
Total Debt to Total Capital 109.093
Total Debt to Total Assets 74.68
Long-Term Debt to Equity N/A
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 104.611
  • Income Statement
  • Balance Sheet
  • Cash Flow Statement

Annual Financials for Denny's Corp. - DENN

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All values USD millions. 2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
398.17M 456.43M 463.92M 452.33M
Sales Growth
+37.97% +14.63% +1.64% -2.50%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
271.22M 329.65M 324.44M 324.83M
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
15.45M 14.86M 14.38M 14.86M
Depreciation
13.34M 12.82M 12.17M 12.61M
Amortization of Intangibles
2.11M 2.04M 2.21M 2.25M
COGS Growth
+20.50% +21.54% -1.58% +0.12%
Gross Income
126.96M 126.78M 139.49M 127.51M
Gross Income Growth
+99.85% -0.14% +10.02% -8.59%
Gross Profit Margin
+31.88% +27.78% +30.07% +28.19%
2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
68.19M 67.17M 77.77M 80.20M
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
68.19M 67.17M 77.77M 80.20M
SGA Growth
+23.88% -1.49% +15.78% +3.12%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
(10.12M) (50.20M) 19.51M 318.00K
EBIT after Unusual Expense
68.89M 109.81M 42.20M 46.99M
Non Operating Income/Expense
46.20M 2.14M 7.18M 5.63M
Non-Operating Interest Income
25.00K 87.00K 5.20M 6.16M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
10.98M 12.52M 22.44M 23.37M
Interest Expense Growth
-22.21% +13.97% +79.30% +4.13%
Gross Interest Expense
10.98M 12.52M 22.44M 23.37M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
104.10M 99.43M 26.94M 29.25M
Pretax Income Growth
+1,563.15% -4.49% -72.91% +8.58%
Pretax Margin
+26.15% +21.78% +5.81% +6.47%
Income Tax
26.03M 24.72M 6.99M 7.68M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
11.07M 8.83M 7.26M 6.47M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
862.00K 1.15M 1.43M 1.48M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
14.10M 14.73M (1.70M) (267.00K)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
78.07M 74.71M 19.95M 21.57M
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
78.07M 74.71M 19.95M 21.57M
Net Income Growth
+1,626.06% -4.30% -73.30% +8.15%
Net Margin Growth
+19.61% +16.37% +4.30% +4.77%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
78.07M 74.71M 19.95M 21.57M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
78.07M 74.71M 19.95M 21.57M
EPS (Basic)
1.198 1.2294 0.3563 0.4109
EPS (Basic) Growth
+1,524.49% +2.62% -71.02% +15.32%
Basic Shares Outstanding
65.17M 60.77M 55.98M 52.50M
EPS (Diluted)
1.1906 1.2272 0.3549 0.41
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+1,515.70% +3.07% -71.08% +15.53%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
65.57M 60.88M 56.20M 52.61M
EBITDA
74.22M 74.47M 76.10M 62.17M
EBITDA Growth
+201.10% +0.34% +2.19% -18.31%
EBITDA Margin
+18.64% +16.32% +16.40% +13.74%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 7.75
Number of Ratings 9 Current Quarters Estimate 0.085
FY Report Date 03 / 2025 Current Year's Estimate 0.496
Last Quarter’s Earnings 0.14 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 0.54 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 0.538
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 9 9 9 8
Mean Estimate 0.09 0.12 0.50 0.54
High Estimates 0.12 0.14 0.53 0.60
Low Estimate 0.06 0.10 0.44 0.48
Coefficient of Variance 23.90 10.29 6.73 8.96

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 5 5 4
OVERWEIGHT 1 1 1
HOLD 3 3 4
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Denny's Corp. - DENN

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Feb 28, 2025 Stephen C. Dunn EVP, Chief Global Dev. Ofc. 113,666 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $5.08 per share 577,423.28
Feb 24, 2025 Kelli Valade CEO; Director 192,806 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $5.13 per share 989,094.78
Feb 24, 2025 Monigo G. Saygbay-Hallie EVP, Chief People Officer 1,050 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $5.09 per share 5,344.50
Feb 7, 2025 Jay C. Gilmore SVP, CAO & Corp. Controller 33,533 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 7, 2025 Minh Le SVP, Chief Technology Officer 28,013 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 7, 2025 David Peter Schmidt President, Keke s 73,534 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 7, 2025 Robert P. Verostek EVP, Chief Financial Officer 65,875 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 7, 2025 Christopher D. Bode President, COO 86,511 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 7, 2025 Gail Sharps Myers EVP, Chief Lgl & Adm Ofc, Sec. 63,282 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jan 10, 2025 Kelli Valade CEO; Director 46,429 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jan 10, 2025 Jay C. Gilmore Sr. VP, CAO & Corp. Controller 128,969 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jan 10, 2025 Jay C. Gilmore Sr. VP, CAO & Corp. Controller 122,733 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $6.4 per share 785,491.20
Jan 10, 2025 Jay C. Gilmore Sr. VP, CAO & Corp. Controller N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jan 10, 2025 Jay C. Gilmore Sr. VP, CAO & Corp. Controller 13,082 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jan 10, 2025 Kelli Valade CEO; Director 95,381 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jan 10, 2025 Jay C. Gilmore Sr. VP, CAO & Corp. Controller 129,064 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $6.4 per share 826,009.60
Jan 10, 2025 Kelli Valade CEO; Director N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jan 10, 2025 Kelli Valade CEO; Director 136,350 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $6.4 per share 872,640.00
Jan 10, 2025 Kelli Valade CEO; Director 147,656 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jan 10, 2025 Kelli Valade CEO; Director 101,228 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $6.4 per share 647,859.20

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