Denny's Ownership | Who Owns Denny's?

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Denny's Ownership Summary

Denny's is owned by 55.89% institutional investors, 4.33% insiders, and 39.78% retail investors. Blackrock is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 7.53% of DENN shares. Allspring Special Small Cap Value A is the top mutual fund, with 8.36% of its assets in Denny's shares.

DENN Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Denny's	55.89%	4.33%	39.78%
Sector	Consumer Cyclical Stocks	33.27%	14.14%	52.59%
Industry	Restaurants Stocks	35.64%	11.34%	53.03%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Blackrock	4.00M	7.53%	$28.39M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	3.86M	6.11%	$24.02M
Bank of america corp /de/	3.01M	5.68%	$21.39M
Vanguard group	2.96M	4.69%	$18.43M
Hotchkis & wiley capital management	1.45M	2.78%	$7.56M
State street	1.09M	2.09%	$5.70M
Geode capital management	1.24M	1.97%	$7.73M
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	988.72K	1.90%	$5.17M
Jcp investment management	829.49K	1.59%	$4.34M
Gabelli funds	863.90K	1.37%	$5.37M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Jcp investment management	829.49K	2.84%	$4.34M
Monimus capital management, lp	513.75K	1.66%	$2.69M
Mork capital management	215.00K	0.77%	$1.12M
Gabelli & co investment advisers	366.90K	0.34%	$2.28M
Caitong asset management	13.10K	0.22%	$81.46K
Teton advisors	51.00K	0.13%	$209.10K
Claret asset management	170.72K	0.12%	$1.06M
Gabelli funds	863.90K	0.04%	$5.37M
Groupe la francaise	390.00K	0.03%	$2.43M
Entrypoint capital	13.28K	0.03%	$82.61K

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Jcp investment management	829.49K	2.84%	829.49K
Gabelli funds	863.90K	0.04%	645.90K
Morgan stanley	768.71K	0.00%	550.31K
Marshall wace, llp	526.02K	0.00%	526.02K
Groupe la francaise	390.00K	0.03%	390.00K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Allspring global investments	-	-	-7.53M
Boston partners	78.11K	0.00%	-3.64M
First eagle investment management	-	-	-1.62M
Earnest partners	26.64K	0.00%	-1.46M
Alberta investment management	-	-	-1.30M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Jcp investment management	829.49K	2.84%	829.49K	$4.34M
Groupe la francaise	390.00K	0.03%	390.00K	$2.43M
Gabelli & co investment advisers	366.90K	0.34%	366.90K	$2.28M
Skandinaviska enskilda banken ab (publ)	323.91K	0.01%	323.91K	$2.01M
Cetera investment advisers	149.31K	0.00%	149.31K	$780.90K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Clearstead advisors	-5.00
Ifp advisors	-10.00
Capital performance advisors llp	-10.00
Coppell advisory solutions	-12.00
Global retirement partners	-17.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	115	-18.44%	35,321,190	-20.95%	55	0.76%	50	-	41	-26.79%
Sep 30, 2025	136	-4.90%	44,582,244	-5.49%	85	1.04%	46	-41.77%	55	37.50%
Jun 30, 2025	141	-3.42%	47,155,392	2.58%	90	1.17%	78	4.00%	39	-15.22%
Mar 31, 2025	3	-98.03%	147,414	-99.67%	-	0.00%	2	-96.77%	1	-98.36%
Dec 31, 2024	148	-2.63%	43,999,847	3.21%	84	1.26%	59	-22.37%	61	27.08%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Allspring Special Small Cap Value A	4.31M	8.36%	-161.00K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	1.74M	3.39%	-
First Eagle US Small Cap Strategy	1.56M	3.05%	84.47K
First Eagle Small Cap Opportunity I	1.56M	3.04%	-
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	1.46M	2.84%	-32.30K
Column Small Cap Select	1.35M	2.64%	271.84K
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	1.19M	2.31%	-
Brighthouse Small Cap Value A	696.74K	1.35%	-
Olstein All Cap Value C	670.00K	1.30%	106.60K
Olstein US Multi-Cap Value Equity	670.00K	1.30%	106.60K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Nov 03, 2025	Jumana Capital Investments LLC	See Footnote 1	Buy	$1.02M
Oct 17, 2025	Jumana Capital Investments LLC	See Footnote 1	Buy	$58.67K
Oct 20, 2025	Jumana Capital Investments LLC	See Footnote 1	Buy	$818.75K
Oct 21, 2025	Jumana Capital Investments LLC	See Footnote 1	Buy	$48.06K
Oct 21, 2025	Jumana Capital Investments LLC	See Footnote 1	Sell	$33.00K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q4	4	1
2025 Q2	-	-
2025 Q1	4	-
2024 Q4	-	-
2024 Q3	-	-

DENN Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Denny's?

Denny's shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 55.89%, followed by 4.33% insiders and 39.78% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Denny's's industry, Restaurants Stocks , is 35.64%, which Denny's exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Denny's?

Denny's’s largest shareholders are Blackrock (4M shares, 7.53%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (3.86M shares, 6.11%), and Bank of america corp /de/ (3.01M shares, 5.68%). Together, they hold 19.32% of Denny's’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Denny's?

Yes, BlackRock owns 7.53% of Denny's, totaling 4M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.00% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 28.39M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 72.88K shares, a 1.86% change.

Who is Denny's’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Jcp investment management is Denny's’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 2.84% of its assets in 829.49K Denny's shares, valued at 4.34M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Denny's shares?

Allspring Special Small Cap Value A is the top mutual fund holder of Denny's shares, with 8.36% of its total shares outstanding invested in 4.31M Denny's shares.

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