ARMK vs. QSR, IHG, YUMC, BROS, HTHT, WING, CAVA, WH, SHAK, and RRR
Should you be buying Aramark stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aramark include Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG), Yum China (YUMC), Dutch Bros (BROS), H World Group (HTHT), Wingstop (WING), CAVA Group (CAVA), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Shake Shack (SHAK), and Red Rock Resorts (RRR). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
Aramark vs. Its Competitors
Restaurant Brands International (NYSE:QSR) and Aramark (NYSE:ARMK) are both large-cap restaurants, hotels, motels companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
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.
Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aramark has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Aramark had 1 more articles in the media than Restaurant Brands International. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Aramark and 9 mentions for Restaurant Brands International. Restaurant Brands International's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Aramark's score of 0.69 indicating that Restaurant Brands International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
82.3% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Aramark shares are owned by 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.
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.
Restaurant Brands International currently has a consensus price target of $75.68, indicating a potential upside of 14.17%. Aramark has a consensus price target of $43.91, indicating a potential upside of 4.82%. Given Restaurant Brands International's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Restaurant Brands International is more favorable than Aramark.
Restaurant Brands International pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. 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 raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Aramark has raised 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.
Summary
Restaurant Brands International beats Aramark on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ARMK) was last updated on 6/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff