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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and community ranking.

Do institutionals & insiders believe 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor QSR or ARMK?

In the previous week, Restaurant Brands International had 9 more articles in the media than Aramark. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Restaurant Brands International and 10 mentions for Aramark. Aramark's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Restaurant Brands International's score of 0.71 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	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Aramark	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer QSR or ARMK?

Restaurant Brands International received 239 more outperform votes than Aramark when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.94% of users gave Aramark an outperform vote while only 60.61% of users gave Restaurant Brands International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Restaurant Brands International	Outperform Votes 680 60.61%	Underperform Votes 442 39.39%
Aramark	Outperform Votes 441 61.94%	Underperform Votes 271 38.06%

Do analysts rate QSR or ARMK?

Restaurant Brands International presently has a consensus price target of $77.08, indicating a potential upside of 15.76%. Aramark has a consensus price target of $43.42, indicating a potential upside of 27.40%. Given Aramark's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Aramark is more favorable than Restaurant Brands International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Restaurant Brands International	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Aramark	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Is QSR or ARMK a better dividend stock?

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 1.2%. Restaurant Brands International pays out 78.0% 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 33.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more volatility & risk, QSR or ARMK?

Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aramark has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and 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	$8.41B	2.57	$1.02B	$3.18	20.94
Aramark	$17.55B	0.51	$262.52M	$1.27	26.83

Is QSR or ARMK more profitable?

Restaurant Brands International has a net margin of 12.15% compared to Aramark's net margin of 1.94%. Restaurant Brands International's return on equity of 28.53% beat Aramark's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Restaurant Brands International	12.15%	28.53%	5.79%
Aramark	1.94%	14.72%	3.49%

Summary

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