Aramark (ARMK) Stock Analysis
Industrials · Specialty Business Services
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $45.34: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.4/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum.
Aramark is a global provider of food and facilities services to education, healthcare, business and industry, and sports/leisure/corrections clients, generating $18.5B revenue in FY2025 across 16 countries with ~278,390 employees. FSS United States ($13.2B, 71%) and FSS... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $45.34: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.4/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Score 4.4/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 4/7 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, semi cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: moderate.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHSupplierSysco43%10-K Item 1A: 'Sysco, which distributed approximately 43% of our food and non-food products in the United States and Canada in fiscal 2025'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-02-20Item 5.02LOWCompensation Committee approved special RSU grant worth $3M to COO Marc Bruno, vesting on third anniversary or six months after permanent CEO appointment, whichever is earlier. Routine compensatory arrangement related to CEO succession planning.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
4 floor-breakers
Growth below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Quality below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Momentum below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $45.34: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.4/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Prior stop was $43.37. Score 4.4/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $45.94 (+1.2% upside). Prior stop was $43.37. Stop-loss: $43.37.
Concentration risk — Supplier: Sysco (43.0%); Target reached (-5.6% upside); Quality below floor (3.1 < 4.0).
Aramark trades at a P/E of 37.8 (forward 17.2). TrendMatrix value score: 5.9/10. Verdict: Sell.
22 analysts cover ARMK with a consensus score of 4.2/5. Average price target: $48.
What does Aramark do?Aramark is a global provider of food and facilities services to education, healthcare, business and industry, and...
Aramark is a global provider of food and facilities services to education, healthcare, business and industry, and sports/leisure/corrections clients, generating $18.5B revenue in FY2025 across 16 countries with ~278,390 employees. FSS United States ($13.2B, 71%) and FSS International ($5.3B, 29%) are its two segments. No individual client exceeds 2% of revenue except collectively U.S. government agencies.