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ARMK vs. QSR, IHG, YUMC, BROS, HTHT, CAVA, WING, 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), CAVA Group (CAVA), Wingstop (WING), 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

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

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Aramark$17.40B0.65$262.52M$1.3033.16
Restaurant Brands International$8.41B2.65$1.02B$2.9523.03

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
Aramark1.97% 15.07% 3.54%
Restaurant Brands International 10.82%28.94%5.72%

Aramark pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Restaurant Brands International pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Aramark pays out 32.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Restaurant Brands International has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Restaurant Brands International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Aramark presently has a consensus price target of $43.91, indicating a potential upside of 1.85%. Restaurant Brands International has a consensus price target of $76.39, indicating a potential upside of 12.43%. Given Restaurant Brands International's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Restaurant Brands International is more favorable than Aramark.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Aramark
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82
Restaurant Brands International
1 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.48

In the previous week, Restaurant Brands International had 2 more articles in the media than Aramark. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Restaurant Brands International and 9 mentions for Aramark. Restaurant Brands International's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Aramark's score of 0.66 indicating that Restaurant Brands International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

82.3% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Aramark shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Restaurant Brands International beats Aramark on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ARMK vs. The Competition

MetricAramarkBUSINESS SVCS IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.25B$5.90B$15.06B$20.61B
Dividend Yield0.98%3.08%2.76%3.68%
P/E Ratio33.1623.1028.1827.27
Price / Sales0.651.9144.2767.19
Price / Cash13.3813.6426.2421.88
Price / Book3.755.226.444.60
Net Income$262.52M$150.49M$196.70M$995.22M
7 Day Performance-1.21%-0.42%-0.05%-1.55%
1 Month Performance9.44%4.09%6.47%4.38%
1 Year Performance29.04%54.10%18.56%8.12%

Aramark Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARMK
Aramark
3.7285 of 5 stars
$43.11
+0.4%
$43.91
+1.9%
+26.5%$11.25B$17.40B33.16266,680Positive News
QSR
Restaurant Brands International
4.8005 of 5 stars
$67.86
-1.5%
$75.68
+11.5%
-9.1%$22.24B$8.41B23.0037,600Positive News
Analyst Forecast
IHG
Intercontinental Hotels Group
3.2977 of 5 stars
$118.72
-0.8%
N/A+5.7%$18.39B$4.92B21.0512,587
YUMC
Yum China
4.6546 of 5 stars
$47.60
+4.0%
$48.70
+2.3%
+49.4%$17.67B$11.30B19.92351,000Positive News
BROS
Dutch Bros
3.7384 of 5 stars
$66.41
-1.2%
$75.94
+14.4%
+48.0%$10.92B$1.36B170.2926,000News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
HTHT
H World Group
3.2538 of 5 stars
$33.95
+2.2%
$40.80
+20.2%
+3.5%$10.42B$3.27B23.5828,502Positive News
CAVA
CAVA Group
3.9386 of 5 stars
$84.40
-2.5%
$117.82
+39.6%
+1.7%$9.76B$1.04B70.338,100Analyst Forecast
WING
Wingstop
3.4354 of 5 stars
$325.40
-0.6%
$362.26
+11.3%
-15.6%$9.08B$625.81M54.511,335Trending News
Analyst Forecast
WH
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
4.9073 of 5 stars
$84.22
-0.3%
$107.48
+27.6%
+13.1%$6.48B$1.41B19.962,200Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
SHAK
Shake Shack
3.2384 of 5 stars
$140.16
-1.3%
$124.43
-11.2%
+55.3%$5.98B$1.25B500.5712,826Trending News
Analyst Forecast
RRR
Red Rock Resorts
3.6965 of 5 stars
$54.85
+0.2%
$52.00
-5.2%
-9.1%$5.82B$1.94B21.269,300News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
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This page (NYSE:ARMK) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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