Aramark (ARMK) Competitors

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

Is ARMK or QSR more profitable?

Restaurant Brands International has a net margin of 12.15% compared to Aramark's net margin of 1.94%. Restaurant Brands International's return on equity of 28.53% beat Aramark's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aramark	1.94%	14.72%	3.49%
Restaurant Brands International	12.15%	28.53%	5.79%

Do analysts rate ARMK or QSR?

Aramark currently has a consensus price target of $43.08, suggesting a potential upside of 31.00%. Restaurant Brands International has a consensus price target of $76.04, suggesting a potential upside of 19.65%. Given Aramark's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Aramark is more favorable than Restaurant Brands International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aramark	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Restaurant Brands International	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.48

Is ARMK or QSR a better dividend stock?

Aramark pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Restaurant Brands International pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Aramark pays out 33.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Restaurant Brands International pays out 78.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk and volatility, ARMK or QSR?

Aramark has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ARMK or QSR?

In the previous week, Aramark and Aramark both had 14 articles in the media. Aramark's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Restaurant Brands International's score of 1.01 indicating that Aramark is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Aramark	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Restaurant Brands International	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ARMK or QSR?

Restaurant Brands International has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Aramark	$17.55B	0.50	$262.52M	$1.27	25.90
Restaurant Brands International	$8.41B	2.48	$1.02B	$3.18	19.99

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ARMK or QSR?

82.3% of Restaurant Brands International shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Aramark shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Restaurant Brands International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ARMK or QSR?

Restaurant Brands International received 240 more outperform votes than Aramark when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.99% of users gave Aramark an outperform vote while only 60.51% of users gave Restaurant Brands International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aramark	Outperform Votes 442 61.99%	Underperform Votes 271 38.01%
Restaurant Brands International	Outperform Votes 682 60.51%	Underperform Votes 445 39.49%

Summary

Restaurant Brands International beats Aramark on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.