Aramark (ARMK) reported $4.83 billion in revenue for the quarter ended December 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 6.1%. EPS of $0.51 for the same period compares to $0.51 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +1.68% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.75 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.50, the EPS surprise was +1.11%.
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: $1.47 billion versus the four-analyst average estimate of $1.37 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +17.5%.
- Revenues- FSS United States: $3.36 billion compared to the $3.39 billion average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +1.9% year over year.
- Operating Income- FSS United States: $188.75 million versus $200.13 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Operating Income- FSS International: $59.79 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $64.11 million.
- Adjusted Operating Income- Corporate: $-30.99 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $-30.24 million.
- Adjusted Operating Income- FSS United States: $225.52 million compared to the $222.79 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Adjusted Operating Income- FSS International: $68.46 million versus $70.52 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Operating Income- Corporate: $-30.99 million versus $-30.24 million estimated by two analysts on average.
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Shares of Aramark have returned +0.1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's no 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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