Aramark vs Texas Roadhouse, Inc., two Restaurants stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Texas Roadhouse shows what a disciplined restaurant model looks like next to Aramark's contract-services grind. The steakhouse operator earns a 7% net margin, returns 27.58% on equity, and carries almost no debt at 0.03 debt-to-equity, while paying a 1.38% dividend. Aramark, which feeds stadiums and campuses rather than running a dining brand, keeps only 1.84% of revenue, leans on 1.85 debt-to-equity, and posts a negative 5.24% free cash flow yield against Texas Roadhouse's positive 2.77%. Priced at 41.85 times earnings, Aramark costs more than Texas Roadhouse at 31.36 times. The steakhouse is worth $13.0B, Aramark $14.9B.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | ARMK | TXRH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $57.89 | $189.48 |
| Market cap | $15.4B | $12.5B |
| Sector | Restaurants | Restaurants |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +23.6% | +19.2% |
| P/E | 43.2 | 30.2 |
| P/B | 4.70 | 8.14 |
| P/S | 0.79 | 2.07 |
| EV/EBITDA | 19.2 | 17.6 |
| Revenue growth | +10.2% | +10.4% |
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 9.0% |
| Net margin | 1.8% | 7.0% |
| Return on equity | 10.9% | 27.6% |
| Return on assets | 2.6% | 11.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.7% | 26.2% |
| FCF yield | -5.1% | 2.9% |
| Dividend yield | 0.7% | 1.4% |
| Debt / equity | 1.85 | 0.03 |
| Current ratio | 1.21 | 0.46 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.57 | 5.97 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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