Aramark ARMK

Competitive advantage analysis · industrials

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
52/100
Moderate

Ranked against 40 peers in Specialty Business Services

About Aramark

Aramark provides food and facilities services to education, healthcare, business and industry, sports, leisure, and corrections clients in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Food and Support Services United States, and Food and Support Services International. It offers food-related managed services, including dining, catering, food service management, and convenience-oriented retail services; non-clinical food and food-related … Full ARMK analysis →

Key strengths

  • ROIC Sustainably Above Peers ROIC at 63.2th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.
  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.92), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.

Key risks

  • Elevated Debt Risk Debt serviceability is weak (score 0.31), raising refinancing risk.
  • Liquidity Concerns Liquidity is concerning (score 0.28), raising questions about short-term obligations.

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Pricing Power

Moderate
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Where ARMK ranks in Specialty Business Services

Aramark ranks #21 of 41 scored companies in Specialty Business Services by moat score — the top 51%. The widest moat in the group is Copart, Inc. (CPRT) at 81/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
17 BrightView Holdings, Inc. BV 57/100 Moderate
18 Pursuit Attractions and Hospita PRSU 56/100 Moderate
19 ABM Industries Incorporated ABM 53/100 Moderate
20 Quad Graphics, Inc QUAD 52/100 Moderate
21 Aramark ARMK 52/100 Moderate
22 CBIZ, Inc. CBZ 51/100 Moderate
23 First Advantage Corporation FA 49/100 Developing
24 YSX Tech. Co., Ltd YSXT 48/100 Developing
25 DLH Holdings Corp. DLHC 46/100 Developing

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How ARMK scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 51 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 75 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 50 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 61 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 32 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 43 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding ARMK's moat

What is Aramark's moat score?

Aramark (ARMK) scores 52 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #21 of 41 scored companies in Specialty Business Services, the top 51%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 40 companies in Specialty Business Services. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (75/100) and its weakest is Resilience (32/100).

How does Aramark compare with other Specialty Business Services companies?

Aramark ranks #21 of 41 scored companies in Specialty Business Services by moat score. The widest moat in Specialty Business Services is Copart, Inc. (CPRT) at 81/100. The companies ranked closest are Quad Graphics, Inc (QUAD) at 52 just above it and CBIZ, Inc. (CBZ) at 51 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 40 companies in Specialty Business Services. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Aramark scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Aramark?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and ARMK scores: Pricing Power (51), Cost Advantage (75), Customer Stickiness (50), Capital Efficiency (61), Resilience (32), Scale & Market Position (43). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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