Aramark (ARMK) Competitors

Restaurant Brands International (NYSE:QSR) and Aramark (NYSE:ARMK) are both large-cap restaurants, hotels, motels companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Do analysts rate QSR or ARMK?

Restaurant Brands International currently has a consensus price target of $75.68, suggesting a potential upside of 10.15%. Aramark has a consensus price target of $43.91, suggesting a potential upside of 3.12%. Given Restaurant Brands International's higher probable upside, 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)	10 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45
Aramark	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Which has more risk and volatility, QSR or ARMK?

Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aramark has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, QSR or ARMK?

Restaurant Brands International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Aramark. Restaurant Brands International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aramark, 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	$8.41B	2.68	$1.02B	$2.95	23.29
Aramark	$17.40B	0.64	$262.52M	$1.30	32.75

Is QSR or ARMK more profitable?

Restaurant Brands International has a net margin of 10.82% compared to Aramark's net margin of 1.97%. Restaurant Brands International's return on equity of 28.94% beat Aramark's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Restaurant Brands International	10.82%	28.94%	5.72%
Aramark	1.97%	15.07%	3.54%

Is QSR or ARMK a better dividend stock?

Restaurant Brands International pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Aramark pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Restaurant Brands International pays out 84.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Aramark pays out 32.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Restaurant Brands International has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Aramark has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Restaurant Brands International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in 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, 2.5% of Aramark shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer QSR or ARMK?

In the previous week, Aramark had 7 more articles in the media than Restaurant Brands International. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Aramark and 8 mentions for Restaurant Brands International. Restaurant Brands International's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Aramark's score of 0.68 indicating that Restaurant Brands International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Restaurant Brands International	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Aramark	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Restaurant Brands International beats Aramark on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.