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Aramark key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Aramark had return on equity of 10.6%, an operating margin of 4.3%, debt equal to 171.7% of equity and a current ratio of 0.99. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2012Sept 20122013Sept 20132014Oct 20142015Oct 20152016Sept 20162017Sept 20172018Sept 20182019Sept 20192020Oct 20202021Oct 20212022Sept 20222023Sept 20232024Sept 20242025Oct 2025LTMJul 2026
Gross margin9.7%9.2%9.9%10.1%5.2%5.5%5.2%5.5%6.5%9.0%−7.9%————
Operating margin4.3%3.7%3.8%4.4%5.2%5.5%5.2%5.5%−2.1%1.6%3.0%3.9%4.1%4.3%4.4%
Net margin0.8%0.5%1.0%1.6%2.0%2.6%3.6%2.8%−3.6%−0.8%1.4%4.2%1.5%1.8%1.9%
Free-cash-flow margin2.5%2.2%−1.0%1.9%2.5%3.4%2.7%3.0%−1.9%2.1%2.8%2.4%1.7%2.3%2.2%
Return on equity10.7%7.4%11.4%13.1%14.2%16.2%20.7%14.1%−15.2%−3.3%6.8%20.0%7.8%10.6%11.7%
Return on assets—0.7%1.4%2.3%2.8%3.5%4.6%3.3%−3.1%−0.6%1.3%4.2%1.8%2.5%2.8%
Asset turnover—1.361.431.391.391.351.281.180.870.800.931.011.181.421.46
Current ratio—0.961.041.091.141.121.170.981.991.011.001.040.810.991.28
Debt to equity0.0%644.5%317.0%279.6%243.9%214.2%239.1%201.3%339.1%273.7%244.6%222.6%173.5%171.7%180.6%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)1.3x1.2x1.7x2.2x2.4x2.8x2.3x2.5xn/m0.5x1.1x1.4x1.8x2.2x—
Effective tax rate14.5%21.2%34.9%30.7%33.1%28.1%−20.5%19.4%——17.9%20.7%28.2%24.1%25.8%
SG&A as % of revenue1.5%1.6%2.6%2.2%2.0%2.0%2.4%2.3%2.4%2.9%1.9%1.7%1.6%1.5%1.5%
Capital spending as % of revenue2.6%2.8%3.7%3.7%3.6%3.8%4.0%3.1%3.3%3.4%2.3%2.4%2.5%2.6%2.4%
Free cash flow ÷ net income325.7%436.8%−98.7%117.7%123.3%133.7%74.5%107.3%——196.7%56.8%113.9%132.3%113.0%
Dividends ÷ net income0.0%0.0%35.0%34.7%32.0%27.0%18.2%24.2%——58.2%17.0%38.1%34.0%31.9%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow11.2%14.0%—47.5%26.2%40.2%30.1%32.9%—44.9%29.6%36.1%38.2%65.0%50.6%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 5 checks passed · July 3, 2026
What it owns · $14.0bn
Short-term assets $3.9bnLonger-term assets $10.1bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $6.4bn
Short-term liabilities $3.0bnShareholders' equity $3.4bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $3.9bn of assets due within a year against $3.0bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt $499m of cash against $6.1bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 180% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 287% to 180% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $911m of operating cash flow against $6.1bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Aramark's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

45 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Aramark's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 12 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 10.1% of total assets over 7 years.

  • Pricing power 8 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 10.0%, moving by 2.0 percentage points (standard deviation) across 8 years.

  • Durability 0 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 4.2%; its worst year was -0.3%.

  • Cash conversion 10 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 1.8% of revenue.

  • Discipline 15 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 5.5% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.4% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Aramark's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Aramark.