Aramark (ARMK) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in QSR or ARMK?

82.3% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Aramark shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate QSR or ARMK?

Restaurant Brands International presently has a consensus price target of $83.11, indicating a potential upside of 15.82%. Aramark has a consensus price target of $37.69, indicating a potential downside of 0.34%. Given Restaurant Brands International's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly 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)	8 Hold rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
Aramark	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85

Is QSR or ARMK a better dividend stock?

Restaurant Brands International pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Aramark pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Restaurant Brands International pays out 59.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aramark pays out 16.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the media prefer QSR or ARMK?

In the previous week, Aramark had 2 more articles in the media than Restaurant Brands International. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Aramark and 6 mentions for Restaurant Brands International. Restaurant Brands International's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Aramark's score of 0.89 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Aramark	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in QSR or ARMK?

Restaurant Brands International received 232 more outperform votes than Aramark when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.12% of users gave Aramark an outperform vote while only 60.79% of users gave Restaurant Brands International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Restaurant Brands International	Outperform Votes 665 60.79%	Underperform Votes 429 39.21%
Aramark	Outperform Votes 433 62.12%	Underperform Votes 264 37.88%

Which has more volatility & risk, QSR or ARMK?

Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aramark has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its stock price is 62% 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. Aramark is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Restaurant Brands International, 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	$7.48B	3.04	$1.19B	$3.88	18.49
Aramark	$19.95B	0.50	$674.11M	$2.38	15.89

Is QSR or ARMK more profitable?

Restaurant Brands International has a net margin of 16.99% compared to Aramark's net margin of 1.93%. Restaurant Brands International's return on equity of 30.78% beat Aramark's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Restaurant Brands International	16.99%	30.78%	6.25%
Aramark	1.93%	14.09%	3.21%

Summary

Restaurant Brands International beats Aramark on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.