Aramark (ARMK) 20 Days SMA touches -4.04%: The odds favor the bear

On Tuesday, Aramark (NYSE: ARMK) opened lower -2.19% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $39.64. Price fluctuations for ARMK have ranged from $27.05 to $42.49 over the past 52 weeks.

Industrials Sector giant saw their annual sales surged by 3.00% over the last five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 24.77% at the time writing. With a float of $263.14 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $263.94 million.

The firm has a total of 266680 workers. Let’s measure their productivity. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 6.94%, operating margin of 4.08%, and the pretax margin is 2.1%.

Aramark (ARMK) Insider Activity

A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Specialty Business Services industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Aramark is 0.66%, while institutional ownership is 97.25%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 26 ’24, was worth 333,523. In this transaction SVP and General Counsel of this company sold 7,909 shares at a rate of $42.17, taking the stock ownership to the 89,447 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 26 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 7,909 for $42.17, making the entire transaction worth $333,489.

Aramark (ARMK) Earnings and Forecasts

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.37 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 24.77% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 18.50% during the next five years compared to -11.14% drop over the previous five years of trading.

Aramark (NYSE: ARMK) Trading Performance Indicators

Check out the current performance indicators for Aramark (ARMK). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.72. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.59. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 34.34.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.98, a number that is poised to hit 0.48 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.29 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Aramark (ARMK)

Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [Aramark, ARMK], we can find that recorded value of 1.7 million was lower than the volume posted last year of 2.21 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 6.18%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.95.

During the past 100 days, Aramark’s (ARMK) raw stochastic average was set at 64.50%, which indicates a significant increase from 2.11% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 26.81% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 24.26% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $39.23, while its 200-day Moving Average is $35.11. Now, the first resistance to watch is $39.44. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $40.12. The third major resistance level sits at $40.49. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $38.39, it is likely to go to the next support level at $38.02. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $37.34.

Aramark (NYSE: ARMK) Key Stats

There are currently 264,883K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 10.27 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 17,401 M according to its annual income of 262,520 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 4,417 M and its income totaled 122,410 K.