Aramark (ARMK) Competitors

Restaurant Brands International (NYSE:QSR) and Aramark (NYSE:ARMK) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends and institutional ownership.

Is QSR or ARMK more profitable?

Restaurant Brands International has a net margin of 17.17% compared to Restaurant Brands International's net margin of 3.43%. Aramark's return on equity of 31.12% beat Restaurant Brands International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Restaurant Brands International	17.17%	31.12%	6.34%
Aramark	3.43%	13.82%	3.14%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor QSR or ARMK?

Restaurant Brands International received 229 more outperform votes than Aramark when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.23% of users gave Aramark an outperform vote while only 60.72% of users gave Restaurant Brands International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Restaurant Brands International	Outperform Votes 654 60.72%	Underperform Votes 423 39.28%
Aramark	Outperform Votes 425 62.23%	Underperform Votes 258 37.77%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of QSR or ARMK?

82.3% of Restaurant Brands International shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Restaurant Brands International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Aramark shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, QSR or ARMK?

Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aramark has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate QSR or ARMK?

Restaurant Brands International presently has a consensus price target of $83.56, suggesting a potential upside of 23.46%. Aramark has a consensus price target of $33.32, suggesting a potential upside of 3.32%. Given Aramark's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Restaurant Brands International is more favorable than Aramark.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Restaurant Brands International	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.61
Aramark	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, QSR or ARMK?

Restaurant Brands International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Aramark. Aramark is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Restaurant Brands International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Restaurant Brands International	$7.02B	3.04	$1.19B	$3.88	17.41
Aramark	$18.85B	0.45	$674.11M	$2.38	13.58

Is QSR or ARMK a better dividend stock?

Restaurant Brands International pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Aramark pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Restaurant Brands International pays out 59.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aramark pays out 16.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Restaurant Brands International has raised its dividend for 9 consecutive years. Restaurant Brands International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media refer more to QSR or ARMK?

In the previous week, Restaurant Brands International had 12 more articles in the media than Aramark. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Restaurant Brands International and 4 mentions for Aramark. Restaurant Brands International's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Aramark's score of 0.70 indicating that Aramark is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Restaurant Brands International	8 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Aramark	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Restaurant Brands International beats Aramark on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.