Denny’s Corp (NASDAQ: DENN) is -35.37% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $4.00 and a high of $9.27 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The DENN stock was last observed hovering at around $4.12 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.21%.
Currently trading at $3.91, the stock is -17.39% and -30.46% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.67 million and changing -5.10% at the moment leaves the stock -38.00% off its SMA200. DENN registered -57.31% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -33.16%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $5.6226 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $6.30675.
The stock witnessed a -41.82% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -35.58%, and is -6.68% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 5.77% over the week and 7.38% over the month.
Denny’s Corp (DENN) has around 3800 employees, a market worth around $201.80M and $452.33M in sales. Current P/E ratio is 9.52 and Fwd P/E is 7.26. Profit margin for the company is 4.77%. Distance from 52-week low is -2.25% and -57.82% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (6.04%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -8.06% this year
199.0 institutions hold shares in Denny’s Corp (DENN), with institutional investors hold 90.37% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 51.33M, and float is at 49.84M with Short Float at 6.56%. Institutions hold 87.54% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is ALLSPRING GLOBAL INVESTMENTS HOLDINGS, LLC with over 8.08 million shares valued at $57.34 million. The investor’s holdings represent 15.3268 of the DENN Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 4.0 million shares valued at $28.39 million to account for 7.5349 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 3.42 million shares representing 6.4431 and valued at over $24.28 million, while WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP holds 5.7976 of the shares totaling 3.08 million with a market value of $21.84 million.
Denny’s Corp (DENN) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Dunn Stephen C., the company’s EVP, Chief Global Dev. Ofc. SEC filings show that Dunn Stephen C. bought 9,815 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 26 ’25 at a price of $5.08 per share for a total of $49903.0. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 0.11 million shares.
Denny’s Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 20 ’25 that Saygbay-Hallie Monigo (EVP, Chief People Officer) bought a total of 950 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 20 ’25 and was made at $5.09 per share for $4832.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 1050.0 shares of the DENN stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 20 ’25, Valade Kelli (CEO) acquired 9,700 shares at an average price of $5.13 for $49722.0. The insider now directly holds 192,806 shares of Denny’s Corp (DENN).
