Aramark (ARMK) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate QSR or ARMK?

Restaurant Brands International presently has a consensus price target of $82.27, indicating a potential upside of 23.21%. Aramark has a consensus price target of $42.59, indicating a potential upside of 13.21%. Given Restaurant Brands International's higher possible 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)	8 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Aramark	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer QSR or ARMK?

Restaurant Brands International received 233 more outperform votes than Aramark when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.86% of users gave Aramark an outperform vote while only 60.78% of users gave Restaurant Brands International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Restaurant Brands International	Outperform Votes 671 60.78%	Underperform Votes 433 39.22%
Aramark	Outperform Votes 438 61.86%	Underperform Votes 270 38.14%

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 3.5%. Aramark pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Restaurant Brands International pays out 58.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aramark pays out 42.4% 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, QSR or ARMK?

Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aramark has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is QSR or ARMK more profitable?

Restaurant Brands International has a net margin of 16.01% compared to Aramark's net margin of 1.51%. Restaurant Brands International's return on equity of 28.25% beat Aramark's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Restaurant Brands International	16.01%	28.25%	5.73%
Aramark	1.51%	14.06%	3.28%

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

82.3% of Restaurant Brands International shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Restaurant Brands International 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to QSR or ARMK?

In the previous week, Aramark had 2 more articles in the media than Restaurant Brands International. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Aramark and 7 mentions for Restaurant Brands International. Aramark's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Restaurant Brands International's score of 0.61 indicating that Aramark is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Restaurant Brands International	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Aramark	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, QSR or ARMK?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Restaurant Brands International	$7.93B	2.73	$1.19B	$3.99	16.73
Aramark	$17.40B	0.57	$262.52M	$0.99	38.00

Summary

Restaurant Brands International beats Aramark on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.