Aramark vs DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC., two Restaurants stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ARMK and DRI diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), ARMK reads +20.5% and DRI reads +3.1%; on return on equity, ARMK reads 10.9% and DRI reads 54.7%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's ARMK price has a different growth bar priced in than DRI (+20.5% implied for ARMK vs +3.1% for DRI); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What ARMK's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What DRI's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ARMK | DRI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $57.13 | $196.31 |
| Market cap | $15.2B | $22.7B |
| Sector | Restaurants | Restaurants |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +20.5% | +3.1% |
| P/E | 42.6 | 18.9 |
| P/B | 4.64 | 10.30 |
| P/S | 0.78 | 1.72 |
| EV/EBITDA | 19.0 | 11.6 |
| Revenue growth | +10.2% | +9.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 22.1% |
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 13.9% |
| Net margin | 1.8% | 9.1% |
| Return on equity | 10.9% | 54.7% |
| Return on assets | 2.6% | 9.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.7% | 30.5% |
| FCF yield | -5.1% | -3.2% |
| Dividend yield | 0.7% | 3.1% |
| Debt / equity | 1.85 | 1.06 |
| Current ratio | 1.21 | 0.31 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.57 | 2.24 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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