Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Specialty Retail
Arko Corp. ARKO
$4.17 +1.46% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $467.8M
High risk
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 8.6× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The shares trade at 58.6× trailing earnings, higher than 86% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 23%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 38%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 16%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 15%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 4%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 30%
- Gross marginBottom 13%
- Operating marginBottom 21%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 12%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 34%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 12%
- Interest coverBottom 27%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 33%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 32%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 36%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 5%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 18%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 42%
- 6-month returnBottom 14%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 48%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 14%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 28%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 13%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 12%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 4%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 48%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 25%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 12%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -10.6% | -2.1% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 541.6% | -10.8% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 4.8% | 16.4% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 1.2% | 1.4% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 1.1% | 0.5% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -2.1% | -10.6% | ↑ | Bottom 23% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -10.8% | 541.6% | ↓ | Bottom 38% |
| Gross margin | 16.4% | 4.8% | ↑ | Bottom 13% |
| Operating margin | 1.4% | 1.2% | ↑ | Bottom 21% |
| Net margin | 0.2% | 0.2% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 0.5% | 1.1% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 2.6% | — | Bottom 30% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -5.8% | — | Bottom 15% |
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.
- -4.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +36.5 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 8.60×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 2.87%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -41.47%
- Shareholder yield
- -38.60%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.5%
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 7, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +25.8%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $14.50
- Target vs current price
- +247.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 4
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 25%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2026 | -73.3% | -22.4% | -38.3% | -33.7% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +56.3% | +2.9% | +6.4% | +19.0% | +16.4% |
| Feb 25, 2026 | +137.0% | -2.3% | +4.6% | -7.8% | +20.0% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | -16.7% | +2.9% | +1.1% | +10.0% | +26.7% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | +33.3% | +2.0% | +23.4% | +19.7% | +8.1% |
| May 8, 2025 | +29.4% | +8.3% | +27.7% | +6.8% | -4.9% |
| Feb 26, 2025 | -250.0% | +1.5% | -42.9% | -41.7% | -33.8% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | -41.7% | -2.8% | -4.3% | -0.6% | -1.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2026 | $0.04 | $0.15 | -73.3% | $2.35B |
| May 7, 2026 | -$0.07 | -$0.16 | +56.3% | $1.77B |
| Feb 25, 2026 | $0.00 | -$0.01 | +137.0% | $1.79B |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.10 | $0.12 | -16.7% | $2.02B |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $0.16 | $0.12 | +33.3% | $2.00B |
| May 8, 2025 | -$0.12 | -$0.17 | +29.4% | $1.83B |
| Feb 26, 2025 | -$0.03 | $0.02 | -250.0% | $1.99B |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.07 | $0.12 | -41.7% | $2.28B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 58.6× | 30.8× | 86th | Bottom 33% |
| P/E (forward) | 37.9× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.5× | — | — | Top 36% |
| EV / Sales | 0.32× | — | — | Top 5% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 8.53% | — | — | Top 32% |
| Earnings yield | 1.71% | — | — | Bottom 33% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 14.8× – 149.3× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -8.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -10.8%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +53.2%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -21.7%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -19.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -31.2%
- RSI (14)
- 34.7
- Relative volume
- 0.35×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 76.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 92th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.36
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.32
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -51.7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -56.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 2021 | Apr 8, 2025 | -67.8% | 962 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 7, 2020 | Jan 20, 2021 | -24.1% | 29 days | 45 days (Mar 25, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $467.8M
- P/E (TTM)
- 58.6
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.07
- Revenue (TTM)
- $7.93B
- Dividend yield
- 2.88%
- 52-week range
- $3.71 – $8.76
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $7.42B | $9.14B | $9.41B | $8.73B | $7.64B |
| Gross profit | $367.5M | $418.6M | $423.6M | $397.2M | $395.5M |
| Operating income | $142.1M | $167.0M | $118.0M | $94.0M | $102.3M |
| Net income | $59.2M | $71.7M | $34.4M | $20.8M | $22.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.42 | $0.53 | $0.24 | $0.13 | $0.15 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.28B | $1.99B | $1.83B | $2.00B | $2.02B | $1.79B | $1.77B | $2.35B |
| Net income | $9.7M | -$2.3M | -$12.7M | $20.1M | $13.5M | $1.9M | -$6.6M | $6.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.07 | -$0.03 | -$0.12 | $0.16 | $0.10 | $0.00 | -$0.07 | $0.04 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $159.2M | $209.3M | $136.1M | $221.9M | $192.6M |
| Capital expenditure | -$226.5M | -$98.8M | -$111.2M | -$113.9M | -$127.4M |
| Free cash flow | -$67.3M | $110.5M | $24.9M | $107.9M | $65.2M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | -$10.9M | -$14.3M | -$14.0M | -$13.6M |
| Net share buybacks | -$4.8M | -$40.0M | -$33.7M | -$32.0M | -$28.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $253.7M
- Total assets
- $3.56B
- Total liabilities
- $2.99B
- Total debt
- $2.33B
- Net debt
- $2.09B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $502.1M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2026 | $0.03 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| May 18, 2026 | $0.03 | May 29, 2026 |
| Mar 10, 2026 | $0.03 | Mar 20, 2026 |
| Nov 17, 2025 | $0.03 | Dec 1, 2025 |
| Aug 18, 2025 | $0.03 | Aug 29, 2025 |
| May 19, 2025 | $0.03 | May 30, 2025 |
| Mar 10, 2025 | $0.03 | Mar 21, 2025 |
| Nov 19, 2024 | $0.03 | Dec 3, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 6,639,779
- Days to cover
- 7.04
- Change vs previous report
- +2.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.