Wedbush Forecasts Denny’s’ Q1 Earnings (NASDAQ:DENN)

Denny’s Co. (NASDAQ:DENN) – Equities researchers at Wedbush decreased their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Denny’s in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, February 13th. Wedbush analyst N. Setyan now anticipates that the restaurant operator will post earnings per share of $0.06 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.10. Wedbush currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $8.50 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Denny’s’ current full-year earnings is $0.52 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Denny’s’ Q2 2025 earnings at $0.10 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.22 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.08 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.12 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.16 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.56 EPS.

A number of other analysts also recently issued reports on DENN. Oppenheimer dropped their price target on Denny’s from $8.00 to $7.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Benchmark dropped their target price on shares of Denny’s from $15.00 to $10.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, October 25th. Citigroup decreased their price target on shares of Denny’s from $8.00 to $7.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Denny’s from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, January 13th. Finally, Truist Financial reduced their target price on Denny’s from $10.00 to $8.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, October 28th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $8.10.

Denny’s Stock Down 9.5 %

Denny’s stock opened at $4.86 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $249.46 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.73, a PEG ratio of 1.27 and a beta of 2.02. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $6.11 and a 200 day simple moving average of $6.27. Denny’s has a 52 week low of $4.82 and a 52 week high of $9.56.

Denny’s (NASDAQ:DENN) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The restaurant operator reported $0.14 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.15 by ($0.01). Denny’s had a net margin of 3.90% and a negative return on equity of 48.64%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Denny’s

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company lifted its stake in Denny’s by 8.7% in the second quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 21,130 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $150,000 after purchasing an additional 1,694 shares during the last quarter. Creative Planning boosted its holdings in Denny’s by 6.4% during the 3rd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 37,669 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $243,000 after acquiring an additional 2,273 shares during the period. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD grew its position in Denny’s by 4.0% during the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 63,166 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $383,000 after acquiring an additional 2,408 shares during the last quarter. Access Investment Management LLC increased its stake in Denny’s by 1.5% in the 4th quarter. Access Investment Management LLC now owns 218,235 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $1,320,000 after purchasing an additional 3,135 shares during the period. Finally, State Street Corp raised its holdings in Denny’s by 0.3% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,175,986 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $7,585,000 after buying an additional 3,142 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.07% of the company’s stock.

Denny’s Company Profile

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.