DINE BRANDS GLOBAL, INC. (DIN) vs Nathan's Famous, Inc. (NATH)

DINE BRANDS GLOBAL, INC. and Nathan's Famous, Inc. are both Restaurants companies. DINE BRANDS GLOBAL, INC. and Nathan's Famous, Inc. are of similar size ($417.8M and $417.5M). Nathan's Famous, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 20.9× against 65.3×. Nathan's Famous, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.4% against 6.44%. Nathan's Famous, Inc. has the higher net margin (11.8% vs 0.71%) and the higher return on invested capital (119.2% vs 10.5%). Both pay a dividend; DINE BRANDS GLOBAL, INC. yields more (2.37% vs 1.47%). Across the 22 metrics below, Nathan's Famous, Inc. leads on 16 and DINE BRANDS GLOBAL, INC. on 6.

Valuation

Metric DIN NATH Restaurants median
P/E 65.35 20.92 24.26
P/S 0.43 2.47 0.92
P/B n/m n/m 2.01
Price to free cash flow 47.24 21.87 20.49
EV/EBITDA 8.79 14.21 11.76
EV/Sales 1.73 2.60 1.24
Earnings yield 1.53% 4.78% 2.07%
Free cash flow yield 2.12% 4.57% 3.58%

Profitability

Metric DIN NATH Restaurants median
Gross margin 39.50% 30.37% 38.77%
Operating margin 14.54% 17.73% 4.30%
Net margin 0.71% 11.78% 1.85%
Free cash flow margin 0.90% 11.28% 3.12%
Return on equity (2.54%) (241.41%) 3.72%
Return on assets 0.36% 31.07% 1.50%
Return on invested capital 10.53% 119.24% 3.14%

Growth

Metric DIN NATH Restaurants median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.44% 12.44% 5.66%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (73.70%) (17.38%) (7.75%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.99% 16.40% 10.57%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 12.57% 0.00%

Health

Metric DIN NATH Restaurants median
Debt to equity (4.17) (6.64) 0.10
Current ratio 0.86 2.45 0.77
Net debt to EBITDA 5.58 0.76 0.43

Dividend

Metric DIN NATH Restaurants median
Dividend yield 2.37% 1.47% 1.97%
Payout ratio 1.62 0.31 0.42

Size

Metric DIN NATH Restaurants median
Market cap 417.76m 417.47m 493.91m

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