why Aramark [ARMK] is a Good Choice for Investors After New Price Target of $44.18

Aramark [NYSE: ARMK] closed the trading session at $37.64.

The stocks have a year to date performance of 0.88 percent and weekly performance of 13.89 percent. The stock has been moved at -0.50 percent over the last six months. The stock has performed 20.03 percent around the most recent 30 days and changed -0.05 percent over the most recent 3-months.

If compared to the average trading volume of 2.18M shares, ARMK reached to a volume of 6113523 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to say about Aramark [ARMK]:

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for ARMK shares is $44.18 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on ARMK stock is a recommendation set at 1.29. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.

Citigroup have made an estimate for Aramark shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Buy, with their previous recommendation back on February 24, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, RBC Capital Mkts raised their target price from $36 to $42.50. The new note on the price target was released on September 17, 2024, representing the official price target for Aramark stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise from $36 to $39, while Deutsche Bank kept a Buy rating on ARMK stock.

The Average True Range (ATR) for Aramark is set at 1.28, with the Price to Sales ratio for ARMK stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 0.57. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 3.24, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 2.19. Price to Free Cash Flow for ARMK in the course of the last twelve months was 27.36 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.84.

ARMK stock trade performance evaluation

Aramark [ARMK] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 13.89. With this latest performance, ARMK shares gained by 20.03% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -0.50% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 21.69% in the past year of trading.

Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for ARMK stock in for the last two-week period is set at 71.08, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 81.09, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 64.24 for Aramark [ARMK]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 34.16, while it was recorded at 34.40 for the last single week of trading, and 36.77 for the last 200 days.

Aramark [ARMK]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals

Aramark’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.84 and a Current Ratio set at 0.94.

Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for Aramark [ARMK] stock

The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for ARMK. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Aramark go to 19.25%.

Aramark [ARMK]: Institutional Ownership

The top three institutional holders of ARMK stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 25.35 million shares, which is approximately 9.6251%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 22.4 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$761.94 million in ARMK stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$753.55 million in ARMK stock with ownership which is approximately 8.4103%.