Top Buys by Directors: Zillmer's $249.6K Bet on ARMK
By Market News Video Staff, Monday, August 11, 2025, 3:14 PM ET
The directors of a company tend to have a unique inside view into the business, so when directors make major buys, investors are wise to take notice. Presumably the only reason a director of a company would choose to take their hard-earned cash and use it to buy stock in the open market, is that they expect to make money — maybe they find the stock very undervalued, or maybe they see exciting progress within the company, or maybe both. So in this series we look at the largest insider buys by company directors over the trailing six month period, one of which was a total of $249.6K by John J. Zillmer, Chief Executive Officer at Aramark (ARMK).
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Start slideshow:Zillmer bets big on ARMK:
| Purchased | Insider | Title | Shares | Price/Share | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/07/2025 | John J. Zillmer | Chief Executive Officer | 6,387 | $39.07 | $249,569.47 |
Zillmer's average cost works out to $39.07/share. In trading on Monday, bargain hunters could buy shares of Aramark (ARMK) and achieve a cost basis lower than Zillmer, with shares changing hands as low as $38.96 per share. Shares of Aramark were changing hands at $38.88 at last check, trading off about 1.5% on Monday. The chart below shows the one year performance of ARMK shares, versus its 200 day moving average:
Looking at the chart above, ARMK's low point in its 52 week range is $29.92 per share, with $44.49 as the 52 week high point — that compares with a last trade of $38.88.
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