profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Aramark
$54.22-0.95% today
+44.2% in 1 year
1-year low $36.041-year high $62.39
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $43.79 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Aramark sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $13.7 billion in 2022 to $18.5 billion in 2025, with $326 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Aramark handed back 65% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $170M$111M
Free cash flow 2025$432M
Bought back its own shares$170M
Paid as dividends$111M
Cash vs. debt$639M vs. $5.7B
Aramark vs. similar companies
Aramark grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aramark | 43.8× · Expensive | ||
 Cintas | 44.7× · Expensive | ||
 RELX | 25.1× · Fair price | ||
 Thomson Reuters | 31.3× · Expensive | ||
 Copart | 19.3× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Aramark's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12,830 | 12,096 | 13,687 | 16,083 | 17,401 | 18,506 | |
| – | – | 1,072 | 1,309 | 1,426 | 1,547 | |
| -265 | 191 | 415 | 625 | 707 | 792 | |
| 337 | 832 | 830 | 1,441 | 1,190 | 1,271 | |
| -462 | -91 | 194 | 674 | 263 | 326 | |
| – | -0.36 | 0.76 | 2.57 | 0.99 | 1.22 | |
| – | – | 7.8% | 8.1% | 8.2% | 8.4% | |
| -2.1% | 1.6% | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4.1% | 4.3% | |
| -3.6% | -0.8% | 1.4% | 4.2% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 15,713 | 14,376 | 15,082 | 16,871 | 12,674 | 13,305 |
| Cash | 2,509 | 533 | 329 | 1,927 | 672 | 639 |
| Total debt | 9,620 | 7,767 | 7,785 | 6,939 | 5,567 | 5,722 |
| Total liabilities | – | – | 12,044 | 13,150 | 9,628 | 10,142 |
| 2,736 | 2,723 | 3,030 | 3,713 | 3,039 | 3,148 | |
| 252 | 255 | 259 | 263 | 266 | 267 | |
| -1.7% | 2.1% | 3.2% | 7.6% | 6.9% | 7.1% | |
| -16.9% | -3.3% | 6.4% | 18.2% | 8.6% | 10.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 177 | 657 | 464 | 512 | 727 | 921 | |
| 419 | 408 | 312 | 384 | 427 | 489 | |
| -242 | 249 | 152 | 128 | 299 | 432 | |
| Dividends paid | 111 | 112 | 113 | 115 | 100 | 111 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 14 | 170 | |
| 30 | 71 | 82 | 76 | 63 | 59 |
Valuation
- 43.8×
- 24.4×
- –
- 4.3×
- 0.8×
- 33.1×
- 15.2×
- 3.0%
- 2.3%
- 0.8%
Profitability
- 8.4%
- 4.3%
- 1.8%
- 6.8%
- 5.8%
- 2.8%
- 11.2%
- 2.6%
- 7.8%
- –
Growth
- +7.6%
- –
- +51.9%
- +6.5%
- +0.9%
Financial health
- 4.5×
- 1.96
- 46.4%
- 2.4×
- 1.21
- 1.07
- 1.40
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 33%of 979
Bottom 21%of 985
Bottom 16%of 864
Top 47%of 983
Bottom 43%of 987
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $47.20
- Range
- $44.00 – $50.00
- 4 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2026 | 0.49 | 0.47 | +4.3% |
| Feb 10, 2026 | 0.51 | 0.50 | +2.0% |
| Nov 17, 2025 | 0.64 | 0.64 | −0.2% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | 0.40 | 0.40 | +0.0% |
| May 6, 2025 | 0.34 | 0.33 | +3.0% |
| Feb 4, 2025 | 0.51 | 0.48 | +6.3% |
| Nov 11, 2024 | 0.54 | 0.53 | +2.9% |
| Aug 6, 2024 | 0.31 | 0.30 | +3.3% |
0.8%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$8a year at today's yield, before tax
+6.5%2020 to 2025
Raised3 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.25 in 2015 → $0.44 in 2025
How safe it looks
34.0% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 25.7%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
19No pass
Benjamin Graham
10No pass
Philip Fisher
22No pass
Peter Lynch
31No pass
Joel Greenblatt
12No pass
Charlie Munger
14No pass
Terry Smith
25No pass
Questions about Aramark
Is Aramark a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, but the price is high. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Aramark AI analysis
What does Aramark do?
Aramark provides food, facilities, and uniform services to education, healthcare, business and industry, sports, leisure, and corrections clients in the United States and internationally. It is in Specialty Business Services, based in Philadelphia, PA, United States, with 278,390 employees.
Does Aramark pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 0.8% a year, about 34% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $111 million in dividends.
Is Aramark stock halal?
No. Aramark does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 40% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Aramark stock done over the past year?
Up 44.2% over the past twelve months, to $54.22. It traded between $36.04 and $62.39 and is 13.1% below its high.
Who are Aramark's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Cintas, RELX, Thomson Reuters and Copart. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Aramark's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 10, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.