Biglari (BH.A) Competitors

Biglari (NYSE:BH.A) and Aramark (NYSE:ARMK) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility and risk, BH.A or ARMK?

Biglari has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aramark has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BH.A or ARMK?

Aramark received 363 more outperform votes than Biglari when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.01% of users gave Aramark an outperform vote while only 57.86% of users gave Biglari an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Biglari	Outperform Votes 81 57.86%	Underperform Votes 59 42.14%
Aramark	Outperform Votes 444 62.01%	Underperform Votes 272 37.99%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in BH.A or ARMK?

7.7% of Biglari shares are held by institutional investors. 70.9% of Biglari shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Aramark shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BH.A or ARMK?

Aramark has higher revenue and earnings than Biglari. Biglari 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
Biglari	$367.70M	7.46	-$500.99M	-$220.12	-5.47
Aramark	$17.62B	0.58	$262.52M	$1.30	29.93

Is BH.A or ARMK more profitable?

Aramark has a net margin of 1.94% compared to Biglari's net margin of 0.00%. Aramark's return on equity of 14.72% beat Biglari's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Biglari	N/A	N/A	N/A
Aramark	1.94%	14.72%	3.49%

Do analysts prefer BH.A or ARMK?

Aramark has a consensus target price of $43.33, suggesting a potential upside of 11.38%. Given Aramark's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aramark is more favorable than Biglari.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Biglari	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Aramark	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Does the media favor BH.A or ARMK?

In the previous week, Aramark had 19 more articles in the media than Biglari. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Aramark and 0 mentions for Biglari. Aramark's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Biglari's score of 0.00 indicating that Aramark is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Biglari	Neutral
Aramark	Positive

Summary

Aramark beats Biglari on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.