Aramark vs BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC., two Restaurants stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ARMK and EAT diverge most: on fcf yield, ARMK reads -4.7% and EAT reads 5.9%; on return on equity, ARMK reads 11.3% and EAT reads 109.8%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's ARMK price has a different growth bar priced in than EAT (+19.6% implied for ARMK vs +13.7% for EAT); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What ARMK's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What EAT'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 | EAT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $58.59 | $213.11 |
| Market cap | $15.7B | $9.5B |
| Sector | Restaurants | Restaurants |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +19.6% | +13.7% |
| P/E | 41.0 | 19.6 |
| P/B | 4.64 | 21.37 |
| P/S | 0.79 | 1.63 |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.9 | 15.8 |
| Revenue growth | +11.1% | +8.4% |
| Operating margin | 4.3% | 10.9% |
| Net margin | 1.9% | 8.4% |
| Return on equity | 11.3% | 109.8% |
| Return on assets | 2.7% | 17.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.6% | 54.9% |
| FCF yield | -4.7% | 5.9% |
| Dividend yield | 0.7% | 0.5% |
| Debt / equity | 1.80 | 1.01 |
| Current ratio | 1.28 | 0.45 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.61 | 8.44 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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