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Aramark (ARMK) vs UL Solutions Inc. (ULS)

Aramark and UL Solutions Inc. are both Specialty Business Services companies. UL Solutions Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $15.4B against $13.3B — 1.2× the size. UL Solutions Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 29.6× against 34.5×. Aramark grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.0% against 6.09%. UL Solutions Inc. has the higher net margin (16.1% vs 1.93%) and the higher return on invested capital (23.9% vs 6.03%). Both pay a dividend; Aramark yields more (0.95% vs 0.74%). Across the 20 metrics below, UL Solutions Inc. leads on 13 and Aramark on 7.

Valuation

Metric ARMK ULS Specialty Business Services median
P/E 34.52 29.56 24.48
P/S 0.67 4.85 1.09
P/B 3.91 8.90 2.23
Price to free cash flow n/m 32.14 16.92
EV/EBITDA 13.62 20.05 10.82
EV/Sales 0.95 4.79 1.47
Earnings yield 2.90% 3.38% 1.88%
Free cash flow yield (13.29%) 3.11% 1.36%

Profitability

Metric ARMK ULS Specialty Business Services median
Gross margin 8.51% 50.69% 31.71%
Operating margin 4.39% 17.83% 3.53%
Net margin 1.93% 16.10% 1.88%
Free cash flow margin 2.34% 15.10% 3.18%
Return on equity 11.82% 34.69% 0.00%
Return on assets 2.81% 15.58% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 6.03% 23.89% 0.00%

Growth

Metric ARMK ULS Specialty Business Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.02% 6.09% 6.04%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 23.23% (1.23%) 3.41%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.60% — 7.60%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric ARMK ULS Specialty Business Services median
Debt to equity 1.81 0.44 0.24
Current ratio 1.28 2.09 1.79
Net debt to EBITDA 3.76 0.28 0.69

Dividend

Metric ARMK ULS Specialty Business Services median
Dividend yield 0.95% 0.74% 2.19%
Payout ratio 0.34 0.22 0.37

Size

Metric ARMK ULS Specialty Business Services median
Market cap 13.26b 15.37b 704.72m

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