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ARKO Petroleum Corp. Class A Common Stock APC

$15.50 +3.13% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $9.30B

Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. The diluted share count fell 82.3% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
  2. Net debt is 4.3× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
  3. The stock is 28% below its highest close of the past year.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Energy sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth—Not enough data

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 45%
Quality17Very weak

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalBottom 46%
  • Gross marginBottom 4%
  • Operating marginBottom 19%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 14%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 29%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 16%
  • Interest coverBottom 29%
Value24Very weak

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldBottom 26%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 36%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 13%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 30%
Momentum—Not enough data

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 6-month returnBottom 34%
Revisions49Neutral

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 50%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 20%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyTop 36%
  • Upside to consensus price targetTop 27%
Stability48Neutral

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 44%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 21%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 16%

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Gross margin2.8%—Bottom 4%
Operating margin1.4%—Bottom 19%
Net margin0.3%——
Free-cash-flow margin0.3%——
Return on invested capital6.1%—Bottom 46%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR2.6%—Top 45%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
3.00×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-3.8%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.0%
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
4.27×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
1.5×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
0.17%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
-2.21%
Shareholder yield
-2.04%
Share count change, 1 year
-82.3%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
0
Beats in the last 8 reports
2 of 3
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+7.8%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+0.7%
Positive 20 days after report
1 of 3

Analysts

Consensus price target
$22.67
Target vs current price
+46.3%
Analysts with a rating
50
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
66%
Consensus rating
Buy

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 6, 2026-20.9%-0.2%-5.3%-7.4%—
May 11, 2026+42.9%+3.9%+6.4%+1.8%+2.6%
Feb 25, 2026+1.5%-1.5%+1.3%-5.1%+12.1%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 6, 2026$0.26$0.33-20.9%$1.84B
May 11, 2026$0.20$0.14+42.9%$1.34B
Feb 25, 2026$0.23$0.23+1.5%$1.31B
Feb 26, 2025$0.26——$1.31B

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (forward)15.3×———
EV / EBITDA55.9×——Bottom 13%
EV / Sales1.46×——Top 30%
Free-cash-flow yield0.22%——Bottom 36%
Earnings yield-1.75%——Bottom 26%

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
-4.3%
Distance from 50-day average
-16.4%
RSI (14)
30.1
Relative volume
1.66×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
37.1%
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-28.1%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-31.0%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
May 12, 2026Sep 30, 2026-31.0%97 daysNot yet recovered
Mar 10, 2026Mar 30, 2026-10.6%14 days29 days (May 11, 2026)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$9.30B
EPS, diluted (TTM)
-$0.27
Revenue (TTM)
$6.89B
Dividend yield
5.10%
FY 2018FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$13.38B$7.09B$6.97B$6.37B$7.64B
Gross profit$12.34B$158.5M$178.4M$180.9M$261.1M
Operating income$2.62B$92.8M$89.5M$92.0M$101.9M
Net income$615.0M$58.9M$41.4M$40.2M$22.7M
EPS (diluted)$1.22$0.16$0.11$0.26$0.37
Q4 2018Q1 2019Q2 2019Q4 2024Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$3.35B$3.22B$3.44B$1.44B$1.48B$1.79B$1.77B$1.84B
Net income$102.0M$96.0M-$945.0M$7.5M$10.1M$1.9M-$6.6M$12.2M
EPS (diluted)$0.20$0.20-$1.92$0.03$0.10$0.01-$0.64$0.26
FY 2018FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$5.93B$76.0M$58.8M$106.8M$192.6M
Capital expenditure-$6.18B-$13.3M-$12.0M-$11.3M-$127.3M
Free cash flow-$254.0M$62.7M$46.8M$95.5M$65.3M
Dividends paid-$528.0M$0$0$0-$13.6M
Net share buybacks-$2.73B$0$0$0-$28.0M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$14.6M
Total assets
$1.39B
Total liabilities
$1.13B
Total debt
$783.4M
Net debt
$768.8M
Shareholders’ equity
$257.8M

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 18, 2026$0.50Aug 28, 2026
Apr 10, 2026$0.26Apr 21, 2026
Mar 10, 2026$0.03Mar 20, 2026

Short interest

Shares sold short
848,533
Days to cover
5.79
Change vs previous report
-13.9%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.