ARMK US🌎Aramark operates in two primary reporting segments:
Food and Service Services in the U.S.
Food and Service Services International
Foodservice Services: Food service, catering, food service management, and convenience-focused retail services
Healthcare Services: Non-healthcare food and related services, including patient nutrition, retail food services, environmental services, and procurement services.
Facility Management Services: Building operations and maintenance, cleaning and housekeeping services, energy management, groundskeeping, and capital project management.
In September 2024, Aramark announced the launch of Avendra International, the international expansion of its procurement division.
In December 2024, Aramark announced that Avendra International had acquired the Spanish procurement consultancy Quantum Cost Consultancy Group. This acquisition is aimed at accelerating Avendra's international expansion.
Customer retention >97% in the US and International FSS segments.
The company has been systematically deleveraging since mid-2020. Debt has decreased from 9.25% to 6.25%.
The upcoming rate cuts will only contribute to balance sheet recovery.
Cash flows are stable and positive.
We expect continued systematic profit growth.
Dividend yield of 1.1%, distributing 1/3 of profits.
ARMK
ARMK - Base FormationARMK is undergoing consolidation after finishing its breakout of a descending broadening wedge to the bullish side
This consolidation could be called a base formation
Which can be observed to have been formed in price action in history also
Structural similarities between the base formations
ARMK Daily Buy SetupNYSE:ARMK looks very bullish with a nice bottoming pattern on top of the 200 EMA. It looks almost like an inverse head and shoulders bottom
The buy setup entry is at $38.05 taking out the high of today's bar
If you want a very aggressive stop loss I would use the low of today's bar at $37.46
A more conservative stop loss is below the June 4th low at $35.52
THE WEEK AHEAD: LB, ARMK, TGT EARNINGS; XOP, GDXJ, KRE, IWM/RUTEARNINGS-RELATED VOLATILITY CONTRACTION PLAYS:
LB (7/69/16.0%):* Announcing Wednesday after market close.
ARMK (11/56/13.1%): Announcing Tuesday before market open.
TGT (30/39/8.6%): Announcing Wednesday before market open.
Honorable Mentions:
LOW (23/39/8.6%): Announcing Wednesday before market open.
HD (17/31/6.7%): Announcing Tuesday before market open.
WMT (24/30/6.4%): Announcing Tuesday before market open.
Pictured here is an LB December 18th (34 days) 29/39 short strangle paying 1.99 at the mid price as of Friday close (.99 at 50% max) with 2 x expected move break evens.
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS RANKED BY BANK FOR YOUR BUCK:
XOP (14/54/12.7%)
GDXJ (15/46/11.3%)
KRE (26/45/10.6%)
USO (6/50/10.3%)
BROAD MARKET RANKED BY BUCK BANG:
IWM (25/31/6.9%)
QQQ (23/29/6.3%)
SPY (16/23/4.9%)
EFA (17/20/4.6%)
* -- The first number is the implied volatility rank or percentile (i.e., where 30-day implied volatility is relative to where it's been over the past 52 weeks); the second, 30-day implied volatility; and the third, the percentage the December at-the-money short straddle is paying as a function of stock price.



