Aramark vs DUTCH BROS INC., two Restaurants stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ARMK and BROS diverge most: on fcf yield, ARMK reads -5.1% and BROS reads 1.1%; on debt / equity, ARMK reads 1.85 and BROS reads 0.22. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What ARMK's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What BROS's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ARMK | BROS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $57.13 | $63.99 |
| Market cap | $15.2B | $8.2B |
| Sector | Restaurants | Restaurants |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +20.5% | — |
| P/E | 42.6 | 100.0 |
| P/B | 4.64 | 8.86 |
| P/S | 0.78 | 4.66 |
| EV/EBITDA | 19.0 | 27.8 |
| Revenue growth | +10.2% | +28.4% |
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 7.4% |
| Net margin | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Return on equity | 10.9% | 8.8% |
| Return on assets | 2.6% | 2.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.7% | 11.5% |
| FCF yield | -5.1% | 1.1% |
| Dividend yield | 0.7% | — |
| Debt / equity | 1.85 | 0.22 |
| Current ratio | 1.21 | 1.33 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.57 | 2.92 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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