ARMK vs. RHI, CR, ROLL, ALLE, HTZ, DAL, CASS, SMXWW, ASPN, and TRC
Should you be buying Aramark stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aramark include Robert Half (RHI), Crane (CR), RBC Bearings (ROLL), Allegion (ALLE), Hertz Global (HTZ), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Cass Information Systems (CASS), SMX (Security Matters) Public (SMXWW), Aspen Aerogels (ASPN), and Tejon Ranch (TRC).
Robert Half (NYSE:RHI) and Aramark (NYSE:ARMK) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and community ranking.
Robert Half received 73 more outperform votes than Aramark when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.32% of users gave Aramark an outperform vote while only 61.94% of users gave Robert Half an outperform vote.
92.4% of Robert Half shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Robert Half shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Aramark shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Robert Half has a net margin of 6.43% compared to Robert Half's net margin of 3.37%. Aramark's return on equity of 25.73% beat Robert Half's return on equity.
Robert Half pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Aramark pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Robert Half pays out 54.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aramark pays out 15.9% 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. Robert Half has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Robert Half is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Robert Half presently has a consensus target price of $68.57, suggesting a potential downside of 1.42%. Aramark has a consensus target price of $33.04, suggesting a potential upside of 5.96%. Given Robert Half's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Aramark is more favorable than Robert Half.
In the previous week, Aramark had 4 more articles in the media than Robert Half. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Aramark and 2 mentions for Robert Half. Robert Half's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Aramark's score of 0.78 indicating that Aramark is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Robert Half has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aramark has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Aramark has higher revenue and earnings than Robert Half. Aramark is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Robert Half, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Robert Half beats Aramark on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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