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Aramark (ARMK) vs AZZ Inc. (AZZ)

Aramark and AZZ Inc. are both Specialty Business Services companies. Aramark is the larger, with a market value of $14.6B against $4.1B — 3.6× the size. AZZ Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 20.7× against 37.6×. Aramark grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.0% against 5.68%. AZZ Inc. has the higher net margin (11.8% vs 1.93%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.16% vs 6.03%). Both pay a dividend; Aramark yields more (0.87% vs 0.61%). Across the 22 metrics below, AZZ Inc. leads on 18 and Aramark on 4.

Valuation

Metric ARMK AZZ Specialty Business Services median
P/E 37.63 20.70 23.96
P/S 0.73 2.44 1.06
P/B 4.27 2.98 2.34
Price to free cash flow n/m 23.91 16.32
EV/EBITDA 14.48 12.15 11.88
EV/Sales 1.01 2.74 1.55
Earnings yield 2.66% 4.83% 1.89%
Free cash flow yield (12.19%) 4.18% 1.47%

Profitability

Metric ARMK AZZ Specialty Business Services median
Gross margin 8.51% 24.04% 35.31%
Operating margin 4.39% 16.23% 3.43%
Net margin 1.93% 11.83% 1.67%
Free cash flow margin 2.34% 10.22% 3.28%
Return on equity 11.82% 15.32% 0.00%
Return on assets 2.81% 8.99% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 6.03% 9.16% 0.65%

Growth

Metric ARMK AZZ Specialty Business Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.02% 5.68% 6.04%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 23.23% 486.59% 6.56%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.60% 27.98% 7.66%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 51.60% 0.00%

Health

Metric ARMK AZZ Specialty Business Services median
Debt to equity 1.81 0.35 0.21
Current ratio 1.28 1.92 1.62
Net debt to EBITDA 3.76 1.30 1.16

Dividend

Metric ARMK AZZ Specialty Business Services median
Dividend yield 0.87% 0.61% 2.34%
Payout ratio 0.34 0.13 0.35

Size

Metric ARMK AZZ Specialty Business Services median
Market cap 14.64b 4.10b 837.33m

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