Park Hotels & Resorts (PK) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings & 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	0.59	$262.52M	$0.99	39.35
Park Hotels & Resorts	$2.70B	1.09	$97M	$1.57	9.04

Do analysts rate ARMK or PK?

Aramark currently has a consensus target price of $42.23, suggesting a potential upside of 8.40%. Park Hotels & Resorts has a consensus target price of $18.09, suggesting a potential upside of 27.49%. Given Park Hotels & Resorts' higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	6 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

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%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ARMK or PK?

92.7% of Park Hotels & Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Aramark shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Park Hotels & Resorts shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, ARMK or PK?

Aramark has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% 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.

Is ARMK or PK a better dividend stock?

Aramark pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Park Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Aramark pays out 38.4% 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.

Does the media refer more to ARMK or PK?

In the previous week, Park Hotels & Resorts had 1 more articles in the media than Aramark. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Park Hotels & Resorts and 9 mentions for Aramark. Park Hotels & Resorts' average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Aramark's score of 0.71 indicating that Park Hotels & Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Aramark	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Park Hotels & Resorts	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ARMK or PK?

Aramark received 145 more outperform votes than Park Hotels & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.04% of users gave Aramark an outperform vote while only 54.26% of users gave Park Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aramark	Outperform Votes 438 62.04%	Underperform Votes 268 37.96%
Park Hotels & Resorts	Outperform Votes 293 54.26%	Underperform Votes 247 45.74%

Summary

Aramark and Park Hotels & Resorts tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.