Park Hotels & Resorts (PK) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PK or ARMK?

Aramark received 146 more outperform votes than Park Hotels & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.88% of users gave Aramark an outperform vote while only 53.36% of users gave Park Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Park Hotels & Resorts	Outperform Votes 294 53.36%	Underperform Votes 257 46.64%
Aramark	Outperform Votes 440 61.88%	Underperform Votes 271 38.12%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, PK or ARMK?

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
Park Hotels & Resorts	$2.60B	1.00	$97M	$1.01	12.51
Aramark	$17.40B	0.55	$262.52M	$1.27	28.28

Is PK or ARMK more profitable?

Park Hotels & Resorts has a net margin of 8.16% compared to Aramark's net margin of 1.94%. Aramark's return on equity of 14.72% beat Park Hotels & Resorts' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Park Hotels & Resorts	8.16%	5.58%	2.28%
Aramark	1.94%	14.72%	3.49%

Is PK or ARMK a better dividend stock?

Park Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Aramark pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Park Hotels & Resorts pays out 99.0% 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.

Does the media refer more to PK or ARMK?

In the previous week, Park Hotels & Resorts had 13 more articles in the media than Aramark. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Park Hotels & Resorts and 8 mentions for Aramark. Aramark's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Park Hotels & Resorts' score of 0.14 indicating that Aramark is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Park Hotels & Resorts	5 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Aramark	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend PK or ARMK?

Park Hotels & Resorts presently has a consensus target price of $18.15, suggesting a potential upside of 43.69%. Aramark has a consensus target price of $43.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.73%. Given Park Hotels & Resorts' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Park Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than Aramark.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Park Hotels & Resorts	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55
Aramark	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Which has more volatility & risk, PK or ARMK?

Park Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 2, meaning that its stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aramark has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in PK or ARMK?

92.7% of Park Hotels & Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Park Hotels & Resorts shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Aramark shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Aramark beats Park Hotels & Resorts on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.