For the quarter ended June 2025, Aramark (ARMK) reported revenue of $4.63 billion, up 5.7% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.40, compared to $0.31 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.77% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.66 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.40, the company has not delivered EPS surprise.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Aramark performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Revenues- FSS International: $1.38 billion versus $1.31 billion estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +12% change.
- Revenues- FSS United States: $3.25 billion compared to the $3.36 billion average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +3.3% year over year.
- Operating Income- FSS United States: $160.03 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $170.17 million.
- Operating Income- FSS International: $49.06 million compared to the $67.95 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Adjusted Operating Income- Corporate: $-26.5 million versus $-32.78 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Adjusted Operating Income- FSS United States: $189.3 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $191.7 million.
- Adjusted Operating Income- FSS International: $67.43 million versus $72.44 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Operating Income- Corporate: $-26.5 million compared to the $-32.78 million average estimate based on two analysts.
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Shares of Aramark have returned +1.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.
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