Company Analysis

Aramark (ARMK)

NYSE: ARMK · Retail-Eating Places · Philadelphia, PA · filing with the SEC since 2013
Grade5.3
◀ Past 4.2● Present 5.8▶ Future 5.6

The grade of Aramark

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.3/10
◀ Past4.225% of the headline
● Present5.845% of the headline
▶ Future5.630% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.2/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
4.7/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2020-12-04.

weight 45% of this tense · 47th percentile among 43 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Aramark's filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2020-12-04) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
4.2/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+2.8% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 8 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Aramark's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $14 billion in fiscal 2016 to $19 billion in fiscal 2025, up 2.8% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 25% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 8 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span2.8%bottom 32% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 48% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 48% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak25.5%bottom 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
3.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 1.1% a year. 25% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 4 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 36th percentile among 37 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-10-03, Aramark's diluted share count grew about 1.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 25% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 4 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-12 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 29% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.8/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 10%: 10¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 76%: owes 76¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 51st percentile among 41 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-10-03, Aramark earned about 10 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 76 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 46% of its family
  • return on equitytop 36% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 28% of 43 in its family; net margin 1.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 43 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Aramark's standing among 43 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $19 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 4% by size; a net margin of 1.8% ranks in the top 50%; revenue growth of 10.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 29% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$18.51Btop 4% of its family
  • net margin1.8%top 50% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth10.5%top 29% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 49% of 30 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 51st percentile among 30 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Aramark's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Bruno, Marc A (CEO, U.S., as filed), filing under that title since 2026-11-12, under a month (bottom 2% of its family); the 17 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.8 years (top 22%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 17 people in charge now (top 27%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge7 in three years among 17 peopletop 27% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.8 yearstop 22% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the recordunder a monthbottom 2% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 35% of 41 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 35th percentile among 41 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Aramark's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $639 million against debt of $5.4 billion leaves -35.6% of its assets as net cash, bottom 26% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 2.3% of revenue (bottom 44%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-35.6%bottom 26% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue2.3%bottom 44% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
7.4/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 26% of 42 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 74th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Aramark's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 10.5% a year over the last three filed years against 2.8% over all 10, speeding up (top 6% of its family); the newest year grew 6.3% (top 44%); capital spending grew 16.1% a year (top 27%) (its annual reports). Aramark reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Food and Support Services United States at $13 billion (71%), Food and Support Services International at $5.3 billion (29%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+7.7 points a yeartop 6% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth6.3%top 44% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending16.1%top 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.5/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 45% of 39 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 45th percentile among 39 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Aramark's newest year against its own record: revenue of $19 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 5.7% below the $20 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 37% of its family); net income of $326 million against a prior three-year average of $377 million (bottom 47%); a net margin of 1.8% against 2.4% before (top 50%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-5.7%bottom 37% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-13%bottom 47% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-0.6 pointstop 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton ARMK · research, not advice