Stocks · Industrials · Industrial - Pollution & Treatment Controls
Arq, Inc. ARQ
$1.94 +2.65% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $83.3M
Weak trendExpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Over the past year the stock returned -72.6%, behind the S&P 500 by 87.6 percentage points.
- The stock is 73% below its highest close of the past year.
- Operating margin narrowed to -6.8% from 1.3% a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials 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 37%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 48%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 19%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 18%
- Gross marginTop 49%
- Operating marginBottom 15%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 5%
- Interest coverBottom 13%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 4%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 18%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 3%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 15%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 3%
- 6-month returnBottom 18%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 3%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 5%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 15%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 6%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 16%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 37%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 2%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 45%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 13%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (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) | 6.7% | 4.9% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 36.3% | 28.8% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 1.3% | -6.8% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | -42.1% | -4.4% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 4.9% | 6.7% | ↓ | Bottom 37% |
| Gross margin | 28.8% | 36.3% | ↓ | Top 49% |
| Operating margin | -6.8% | 1.3% | ↓ | Bottom 15% |
| Net margin | -42.3% | -1.4% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -4.4% | -42.1% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -4.4% | — | Bottom 18% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 5.3% | — | Top 48% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -22.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 2.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +23.9 pp
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -7.1×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.26%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.26%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +1.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +15.5%
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 10, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 2 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $7.50
- Target vs current price
- +286.6%
- Analysts with a rating
- 4
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 50%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | -42.9% | -0.5% | +12.5% | +10.6% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | +0.0% | -2.5% | +14.3% | +9.7% | -16.9% |
| Mar 9, 2026 | -2300.0% | -0.3% | -40.2% | -23.1% | -15.0% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | -200.0% | -0.9% | -45.9% | -39.0% | -43.7% |
| Aug 11, 2025 | +0.0% | -1.2% | +11.0% | +9.8% | -0.3% |
| May 7, 2025 | +115.9% | -13.2% | -5.2% | +20.7% | +21.4% |
| Mar 5, 2025 | +0.0% | +5.5% | +7.2% | -11.9% | +8.5% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | +14.3% | +11.6% | +18.1% | +19.9% | +5.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | -$0.02 | -$0.01 | -42.9% | $29.9M |
| May 6, 2026 | -$0.02 | -$0.02 | +0.0% | $29.1M |
| Mar 9, 2026 | -$1.20 | -$0.05 | -2300.0% | $29.4M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | -$0.02 | $0.02 | -200.0% | $35.1M |
| Aug 11, 2025 | -$0.01 | -$0.01 | +0.0% | $28.6M |
| May 7, 2025 | $0.00 | -$0.03 | +115.9% | $27.2M |
| Mar 5, 2025 | -$0.03 | -$0.03 | +0.0% | $27.0M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.04 | $0.04 | +14.3% | $34.8M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 0.81× | — | — | Top 15% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -6.48% | — | — | Bottom 18% |
| Earnings yield | -64.74% | — | — | Bottom 4% |
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)
- -3.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -5.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -8.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -26.2%
- RSI (14)
- 40.8
- Relative volume
- 1.09×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 47.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 17th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 2.02
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.42
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -73.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -79.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2021 | Jun 20, 2023 | -84.7% | 515 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 22, 2021 | May 10, 2021 | -27.0% | 54 days | 9 days (May 21, 2021) |
| Nov 24, 2020 | Feb 2, 2021 | -24.4% | 46 days | 13 days (Feb 22, 2021) |
| Oct 1, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -17.9% | 19 days | 13 days (Nov 16, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $83.3M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.26
- Revenue (TTM)
- $123.4M
- 52-week range
- $1.54 – $7.37
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $100.3M | $103.0M | $99.2M | $109.0M | $120.3M |
| Gross profit | $34.7M | $22.5M | $31.9M | $39.4M | $33.5M |
| Operating income | $4.9M | -$12.1M | -$13.3M | -$2.0M | -$8.1M |
| Net income | $60.4M | -$8.9M | -$12.2M | -$5.1M | -$52.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.27 | -$0.48 | -$0.42 | -$0.14 | -$1.27 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $34.8M | $27.0M | $27.2M | $28.6M | $35.1M | $29.4M | $29.1M | $29.9M |
| Net income | $1.6M | -$1.3M | $203,000 | -$2.1M | -$653,000 | -$50.0M | -$842,000 | -$733,000 |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.04 | -$0.03 | $0.00 | -$0.05 | -$0.02 | -$1.20 | -$0.02 | -$0.02 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $26.0M | -$6.1M | -$16.7M | $10.5M | -$2.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$6.2M | -$8.9M | -$27.5M | -$85.2M | -$8.6M |
| Free cash flow | $19.8M | -$15.0M | -$44.2M | -$74.7M | -$11.1M |
| Dividends paid | -$93,000 | -$45,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$246,000 | -$388,000 | $16.0M | $41.3M | -$66,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $906,000
- Total assets
- $233.0M
- Total liabilities
- $64.8M
- Total debt
- $17.1M
- Net debt
- $16.2M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $168.2M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 2020 | $0.25 | Mar 10, 2020 |
| Nov 25, 2019 | $0.25 | Dec 13, 2019 |
| Aug 16, 2019 | $0.25 | Sep 6, 2019 |
| May 17, 2019 | $0.25 | Jun 7, 2019 |
| Feb 15, 2019 | $0.25 | Mar 7, 2019 |
| Nov 19, 2018 | $0.25 | Dec 6, 2018 |
| Aug 17, 2018 | $0.25 | Sep 6, 2018 |
| May 21, 2018 | $0.25 | Jun 8, 2018 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 466,211
- Days to cover
- 1.89
- Change vs previous report
- -2.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Mar 17, 2014
- 2-for-1