Valuation
26% of the score
45median 13
Aramark is valued at 17.6x its operating profit before acquisition amortisation (EBITA), including debt: an ordinary multiple.
25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
17.6x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points
ARMKAramark
$54.26+43% 1Y
$54.26
$35.7352 weeks$62.40
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 52 out of 100, Average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Average. Aramark scores higher than 52% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by return on new capital and capital allocation, held back by return on capital and valuation.
Industrials median 53 · all companies 50
Return on capital
18% of the score
11median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 3.4% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
3.4%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 6.7%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
100median 49
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 29 cents. It did so while using less capital than before.
-5%
12%
29%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
69median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countUp 1.2% a year over 5 years: new shares
485%
-3%
1.2%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew -3.3% a year, sales 7.6%
10012%
-2%
-11%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
53median 62
Today's operating margin of 4.4% is 1.15x its normal 3.8%: above its usual level. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
1.1x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 4.4%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
10median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA4x a year of EBITDA
114.5x
0.5x
4x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 2x
91.5x
12x
2.4x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
91median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 1.91x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
1.9x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 4.6% of assets
838%
0%
-8%
-4.6%
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-07-03, latest annual report FY2025.
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