Park Hotels & Resorts (PK) Competitors

Aramark (NYSE:ARMK) and Park Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:PK) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Does the media prefer ARMK or PK?

In the previous week, Aramark had 4 more articles in the media than Park Hotels & Resorts. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Aramark and 5 mentions for Park Hotels & Resorts. Aramark's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Park Hotels & Resorts' score of -0.07 indicating that Aramark is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Aramark	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Park Hotels & Resorts	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ARMK or PK?

Aramark received 145 more outperform votes than Park Hotels & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.83% of users gave Aramark an outperform vote while only 53.94% of users gave Park Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aramark	Outperform Votes 439 61.83%	Underperform Votes 271 38.17%
Park Hotels & Resorts	Outperform Votes 294 53.94%	Underperform Votes 251 46.06%

Is ARMK or PK a better dividend stock?

Aramark pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Park Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Aramark pays out 42.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Park Hotels & Resorts pays out 63.7% 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.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ARMK or PK?

92.7% of Park Hotels & Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Aramark shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Park Hotels & Resorts shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, ARMK or PK?

Aramark has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Park Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 2.02, suggesting that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate ARMK or PK?

Aramark currently has a consensus target price of $42.59, indicating a potential upside of 8.70%. Park Hotels & Resorts has a consensus target price of $18.65, indicating a potential upside of 36.88%. Given Park Hotels & Resorts' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Park Hotels & Resorts 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
Park Hotels & Resorts	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ARMK or PK?

Aramark has higher revenue and earnings than Park Hotels & Resorts. Park Hotels & Resorts 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
Aramark	$17.40B	0.60	$262.52M	$0.99	39.58
Park Hotels & Resorts	$2.70B	1.04	$97M	$1.57	8.68

Is ARMK or PK more profitable?

Park Hotels & Resorts has a net margin of 12.66% compared to Aramark's net margin of 1.51%. Aramark's return on equity of 14.06% beat Park Hotels & Resorts' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aramark	1.51%	14.06%	3.28%
Park Hotels & Resorts	12.66%	9.63%	3.91%

Summary

Aramark beats Park Hotels & Resorts on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.