Aramark (ARMK) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Aramark (NYSE: ARMK) is a global provider of food services and facilities management. The company serves businesses, schools and universities, hospitals, sports and entertainment venues, correctional facilities, and other organizations through contracted service arrangements.

Aramark’s food services include dining programs, catering, concessions, retail food operations, and hospitality services. Its facilities management activities include building operations, housekeeping, custodial services, maintenance, energy management, and related workplace support. The company also provides uniforms and career apparel in select markets.

Founded in 1959 as ARA Services, the company adopted the Aramark name in 1994. Aramark is headquartered in Philadelphia and serves clients in the United States and international markets, including Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and other countries across Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $55.41 to $56.34
• 50-Day Range: $53.74 to $62.38
• 52-Week Range: $35.07 to $62.65
• Volume: 691,427 shs
• Average Volume: 2.74 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $14.74 billion
• P/E Ratio: 39.10
• Dividend Yield: 0.86%
• Price Target: $69.25
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Aramark Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Aramark scored higher than 100% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 3rd out of 484 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Aramark has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 13 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Aramark has a consensus price target of $69.25, representing about 24.5% upside from its current price of $55.64.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Aramark has been the subject of 12 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 22.03%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Aramark are expected to grow by 22.03% in the coming year, from $2.27 to $2.77 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Aramark is 38.90, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.89.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Aramark is 38.90, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 45.79.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Aramark has a PEG Ratio of 0.80. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Aramark has a P/B Ratio of 4.64. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.05% of the float of Aramark has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Aramark has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Aramark has recently decreased by 5.20%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Aramark has a dividend yield of 0.86%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Aramark has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Aramark is 33.57%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Aramark will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.33% next year. This indicates that Aramark will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.85

News Sentiment

Aramark has a news sentiment score of 0.85. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.44 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Aramark this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

33 people have searched for ARMK on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 32% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Aramark to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Aramark insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.79% of the stock of Aramark is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Aramark has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/11/2026
• Record date for 9/9 Dividend: 8/19/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/9 Dividend: 8/19/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/09/2026
• Today: 10/21/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/16/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 9/30/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
• Sub-Industry: Restaurants
• Current Symbol: NYSE:ARMK
• CIK: 1584509
• Web: www.aramark.com
• Phone: (215) 238-3000
• Fax: 215-238-3333
• Employees: 278,390
• Year Founded: 1959

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Aramark: $69.25
• High Price Target: $75.50
• Low Price Target: $62.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +24.0%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 15 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.43
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 39.06
• Forward P/E Ratio: 24.59
• P/E Growth: 0.8
• Net Income: $326.39 million
• Net Margins: 1.93%
• Pretax Margin: 2.61%
• Return on Equity: 17.68%
• Return on Assets: 4.21%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.80
• Current Ratio: 1.28
• Quick Ratio: 1.14

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $18.51 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.80
• Cash Flow: $3.74 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 14.91
• Book Value: $11.98 per share
• Price / Book: 4.66

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 263,620,000
• Free Float: 256,270,000
• Market Cap: $14.72 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.12