Aramark (ARMK) Operating Margin (2012 - 2026)

Aramark (ARMK) reported Operating Margin of 4.48% for Q2 2026, up 41.0% year-over-year from 3.18% in Q2 2025, and down 0.55% quarter-over-quarter from 4.5% in Q1 2026.

Aramark (ARMK) Operating Margin (2012 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Aramark (ARMK) has 15 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 4.48% in Q2 2026.

  • Operating Margin for Q2 2026 came in at 4.48%, up 41.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 4.32% (down 6.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 4.28%, up 22.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin retreated to 4.48% in Q2 2026 per ARMK's latest filing, from 4.5% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 5.13% in Q3 2023 and troughed at 0.84% in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 3.78% and a median of 3.88% in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Operating Margin sank 457 bps in 2022, then jumped 597 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 3.88% in 2022, then dropped by 2 bps to 3.79% in 2023, then climbed by 26 bps to 4.77% in 2024, then fell by 10 bps to 4.31% in 2025, then gained by 4 bps to 4.48% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows ARMK's Operating Margin at 4.48% in Q2 2026, 4.5% in Q1 2026, and 4.31% in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Cintas 70.95 Bn 70.77 Bn 1.45 Bn 23.22%
2 Copart 29.43 Bn 26.09 Bn 1.08 Bn 37.53%
3 Rb Global 20.04 Bn 19.85 Bn 869.50 Mn 17.62%
4 UL Solutions 19.54 Bn 19.30 Bn 381.00 Mn 18.21%
5 Global Payments 18.52 Bn 13.33 Bn 1.70 Bn -0.53%
6 Aramark 14.28 Bn 13.87 Bn 426.35 Mn 4.48%
7 Relx 11.84 Bn 11.60 Bn - -
8 Amentum Holdings 5.58 Bn 5.67 Bn 345.00 Mn 4.34%
9 Dolby Laboratories 5.00 Bn 4.42 Bn 350.90 Mn 28.55%
10 Unifirst 4.79 Bn 4.63 Bn 218.82 Mn 4.18%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 3, 2026 4.48%
Jan 2, 2026 4.50%
Oct 3, 2025 4.31%
Jun 27, 2025 3.95%
Mar 28, 2025 4.07%
Dec 27, 2024 4.77%
Sep 27, 2024 4.95%
Jun 28, 2024 3.69%
Mar 29, 2024 3.79%
Dec 29, 2023 3.79%
Sep 29, 2023 5.13%
Jun 30, 2023 3.27%
Mar 31, 2023 3.20%
Dec 30, 2022 3.88%
Sep 30, 2022 -0.84%
Jul 1, 2022 3.58%
Apr 1, 2022 3.68%
Dec 31, 2021 3.55%
Oct 1, 2021 3.73%
Jul 2, 2021 2.49%