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Company Dossier · Consumer Discretionary

Aramark

ARMKNYSEWilmington, US-DE, USLarge capWebsite ↗
  • Russell 1000
  • MidCap 400

What Aramark is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.

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The latest read

Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.

  • Revenue over the four quarters to July 3, 2026: $19.9 billion, up 11% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to June 28, 2024: $0.33 billion, up 27% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Capital expenditure over the four quarters to July 3, 2026: $0.48 billion, down 2.0% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Share buybacks in the fiscal year to October 3, 2025: $0.17 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
  • Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to October 3, 2025: $1.97 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
  • Latest earnings call or results release (August 11, 2026): sentiment 0.80 on a −1 to +1 scale (confident, opportunity-framed), confidence 0.90 of 1.Palanor Discourse
  • Guidance in the last 90 days: 1 outlook figure raised, 0 lowered, 3 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
  • Latest annual report (filed November 25, 2025): 0 risk factors added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
  • Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $4.3 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
  • 549 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+78 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
  • H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 4 (5 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)

Risk events (12 months): 1 — latest OSHA inspection, Aug 12, 2026 →

Company Posture

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Credit

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No bond term sheets or tagged debt on file for Aramark yet.

Charts

Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.

Cash flow

Business

Aramark: free cash flow, trailing twelve months

Operating cash flow minus capital expenditure, $ billions, from SEC filings

$0.33BData to Jun 2024
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Aramark: operating cash flow and capital expenditure

Trailing twelve months, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Aramark: revenue, trailing twelve months

$ billions, from SEC filings

$19.9BData to Jul 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Capital returned and raised

Business

Aramark: share buybacks by fiscal year

Cash paid to repurchase common stock, $ billions, from the 10-K

$0.17BData to Oct 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Aramark: debt issued and repaid by fiscal year

Long-term debt, $ billions, from the 10-K

Data to Oct 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Aramark: debt maturity schedule, latest annual report

Scheduled repayments of long-term debt principal by year from the fiscal year end, $ billions, from the 10-K

Data to Oct 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Aramark: debt due within a year and cash

At each balance-sheet date, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Aramark: interest coverage

Operating income ÷ interest expense, trailing twelve months, from SEC filings

2.7Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

What the company says

Business

Aramark: guidance raised minus lowered

Guidance Ledger statements by quarter

1.0Data 22 days ago
ImageDataGuidance Ledger by Palanor · source: SEC EDGAR
Business

Aramark: earnings call sentiment

Palanor Discourse score per call, −1 to +1

0.80Data to Aug 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
Business

Aramark: earnings call confidence

Palanor Discourse score per call, 0 to 1

0.90Data to Aug 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
Business

Aramark: risk factors added per annual report

New Item 1A risk factors in each 10-K

0.0Data to Nov 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Hiring and ownership

Business

Aramark: H-1B filings certified

Labor Condition Applications by quarter received

4.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, dol.gov
Business

Aramark: insider net buying

Open-market purchases minus sales by officers and directors, $ millions, by quarter

−$4.3MData 22 days ago
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Aramark: institutional holders

Managers reporting a position on Form 13F, by quarter

549.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Filings and records

The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.

  1. Oct 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (INVARIANT LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  2. Aug 12, 2026Risk event
    OSHA complaint inspection: ARAMARKOSHA
  3. Aug 7, 20268-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  4. Jul 17, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (INVARIANT LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  5. Apr 19, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (INVARIANT LLC)first_quarter 2026 · $0.2 million
  6. Feb 20, 20268-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  7. Feb 4, 20268-K
    Shareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
  8. Jan 19, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (INVARIANT LLC)fourth_quarter 2025 · $0.1 million
  9. Dec 12, 20258-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  10. Nov 25, 202510-K
    Annual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
  11. Nov 18, 2025Patent
    Patent granted: Distributed Computing System That Practically Applies Networked Computing Technology and Machine-Readable Indicia to Support Traceability of Products from Providers to ClientsUS 12475429
  12. Oct 18, 2025Lobbying
    Lobbying report (INVARIANT LLC)third_quarter 2025 · $0.1 million
  13. Aug 18, 20258-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  14. Jul 17, 2025Lobbying
    Lobbying report (INVARIANT LLC)second_quarter 2025 · $0.1 million
  15. Apr 20, 2025Lobbying
    Lobbying report (INVARIANT LLC)first_quarter 2025 · $0.1 million
  16. Mar 25, 2025Risk event
    OSHA complaint inspection: ARAMARKOSHA
  17. Mar 19, 20258-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  18. Feb 18, 20258-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  19. Jan 24, 20258-K
    Shareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
  20. Jan 20, 2025Lobbying
    Lobbying report (INVARIANT LLC)fourth_quarter 2024 · $0.1 million
  21. Dec 12, 20248-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  22. Nov 19, 202410-K
    Annual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 0 removed
  23. Nov 12, 2024Patent
    Patent granted: Distributed Computing System That Practically Applies Networked Computing Technology and Machine-Readable Indicia to Support Traceability of Products from Providers to ClientsUS 12141739
  24. Jan 2, 2024Patent
    Patent granted: Distributed Computing System That Practically Applies Networked Computing Technology and Machine-Readable Indicia to Support Traceability of Products from Providers to ClientsUS 11861548
  25. Nov 21, 202310-K
    Annual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 1 removed

Peers

Companies in the same sector in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.

CompanyRevenueFree cash flowThrough
Dollar Tree DLTR$20.1B$2.0BAug 1, 2026
Aptiv APTV$20.5B$0.7BJun 30, 2026
Royal Caribbean Group RCL$18.7B−$0.4BJun 30, 2026
Dick's Sporting Goods DKS$21.1B$0.2BAug 1, 2026
O'Reilly Automotive ORLY$18.6B$2.2BJun 30, 2026
Murphy USA MUSA$21.5B$0.5BJun 30, 2026
Macy's, Inc. M$21.9B$1.4BAug 1, 2026
MGM Resorts MGM$17.8B$1.5BJun 30, 2026

Identity

SEC CIK
1584509
LEI
549300MR6PG2DWZUIL39
Wikidata
Q625708

Built from SEC EDGAR filings (public domain), the Guidance and KPI Ledgers, Palanor Discourse, U.S. Department of Labor filings, USPTO, USAspending and Senate lobbying records, and rights-checked news headlines. Updated nightly; this page was built Oct 22, 2026. How the Dossier is built

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