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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

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

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 increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Aramark has increased 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.

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
Restaurant Brands International10.82% 28.94% 5.72%
Aramark 1.97%15.07%3.54%

82.3% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Aramark shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Restaurant Brands International$8.41B2.62$1.02B$2.9522.80
Aramark$17.62B0.65$262.52M$1.3033.56

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

Restaurant Brands International presently has a consensus target price of $76.39, indicating a potential upside of 13.56%. Aramark has a consensus target price of $43.91, indicating a potential upside of 0.65%. Given Restaurant Brands International's higher probable upside, equities research 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)
10 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.48
Aramark
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82

In the previous week, Restaurant Brands International had 7 more articles in the media than Aramark. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Restaurant Brands International and 7 mentions for Aramark. Restaurant Brands International's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Aramark's score of 0.77 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
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Aramark
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

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ARMK vs. The Competition

MetricAramarkBUSINESS SVCS IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.43B$5.97B$14.76B$20.66B
Dividend Yield0.96%3.04%2.71%3.71%
P/E Ratio33.5622.4328.7127.83
Price / Sales0.651.9045.4656.10
Price / Cash13.5613.7125.7017.94
Price / Book3.795.246.274.60
Net Income$262.52M$150.49M$190.97M$989.58M
7 Day Performance2.89%0.25%1.52%1.16%
1 Month Performance8.93%5.58%7.45%5.49%
1 Year Performance29.11%57.02%22.07%10.60%

Aramark Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARMK
Aramark
3.66 of 5 stars
$43.63
+0.2%
$43.91
+0.7%
+28.7%$11.43B$17.62B33.56266,680
QSR
Restaurant Brands International
4.8293 of 5 stars
$67.86
-1.5%
$75.68
+11.5%
-7.7%$22.24B$8.41B23.0037,600Positive News
Analyst Forecast
IHG
Intercontinental Hotels Group
2.603 of 5 stars
$118.72
-0.8%
N/A+11.1%$18.39B$4.92B21.0512,587
YUMC
Yum China
4.6805 of 5 stars
$47.60
+4.0%
$48.70
+2.3%
+48.2%$17.67B$11.30B19.92351,000Positive News
BROS
Dutch Bros
3.7303 of 5 stars
$66.41
-1.2%
$75.94
+14.4%
+55.2%$10.92B$1.36B170.2926,000
HTHT
H World Group
3.9699 of 5 stars
$33.95
+2.2%
$40.80
+20.2%
+1.1%$10.42B$3.27B23.5828,502Positive News
CAVA
CAVA Group
4.0129 of 5 stars
$84.40
-2.5%
$117.82
+39.6%
+9.4%$9.76B$1.04B70.338,100Positive News
Analyst Forecast
WING
Wingstop
4.0881 of 5 stars
$325.40
-0.6%
$362.26
+11.3%
-13.2%$9.08B$625.81M54.511,335Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
WH
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
4.6383 of 5 stars
$84.22
-0.3%
$107.48
+27.6%
+23.1%$6.48B$1.41B19.962,200Positive News
High Trading Volume
SHAK
Shake Shack
3.2406 of 5 stars
$140.16
-1.3%
$124.43
-11.2%
+65.1%$5.98B$1.25B500.5712,826Analyst Forecast
RRR
Red Rock Resorts
3.8412 of 5 stars
$54.85
+0.2%
$52.00
-5.2%
-4.7%$5.82B$1.94B21.269,300Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:ARMK) was last updated on 7/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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