# ARKO Corp. (ARKO) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NASDAQ, United States. Sector: Consumer Defensive / Food & Staples Retailing. Price $4.89, market value $549 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 61.1×** (5-yr avg 29.2×, 3-yr avg 37.1×). ARKO Corp. trades at 61.1× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 29.2×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Consumer Defensive median in the September 2026 study was 20.1×. Forward P/E is 97.8×, higher than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to fall.
- **PEG: 6.36**. A PEG of 6.36 means the P/E is high relative to expected earnings growth; the price already assumes a lot.
- **Price / sales: 0.1×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 0.1×, a low multiple typical of thin-margin businesses or out-of-favour stocks.
- **Price / book: 1.4×**. The shares trade at 1.4× book value; book value is a meaningful part of the valuation.
- **EV / EBITDA: 5.1×**. Enterprise value is 5.1× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed; below 8× is inexpensive for most sectors.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 6.7%** (5-yr avg 6.9%). Free cash flow equals 6.7% of the market value, in line with its five-year average of 6.9%. Above 5% is generally attractive.
- **Earnings yield: 1.6%**. The inverse of the P/E: 1.6% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Operating margin: 1.2%**. 1.2% of revenue is left after running the business, which leaves little cushion in a downturn.
- **Net margin: 0.3%**. 0.3% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 8.5%**. 8.5% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on invested capital: 8.8%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 8.8%.
- **Return on assets: 0.4%**. Each dollar of assets produces 0.4% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -12.5%** (3-yr -5.8%/yr, 5-yr 13.8%/yr). Revenue fell 12.5% over the last year, against 13.8% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): 15.4%** (3-yr -34.3%/yr, 5-yr 0.0%/yr). Earnings per share rose 15.4%, faster than revenue, so margins expanded or the share count shrank.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): -16.1%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at -16.1% a year over three years, keeping pace with earnings: the growth is real cash.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 3.41**. Debt is 3.41 times equity, a leveraged balance sheet that needs steady cash flow to service.
- **Net debt / EBITDA: 2.7×**. It would take 2.7 years of operating earnings to repay net borrowings, within the comfortable range.
- **Altman Z-score: 2.47**. A Z-score of 2.47 is in the grey zone; not distressed, not clearly safe.
- **Piotroski F-score: 5/9**. 5 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 2.45%** ($0.12 per share, trailing). ARKO Corp. yields 2.45%, a modest yield more typical of a growth-oriented payer.
- **Payout ratio: 60%** (37% of free cash flow). 60% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 4**. 4 straight years of increases.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 1.9%** (YTD 8.7%, 3-mo -34.7%). The shares are up 1.9% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -44.1%** (31.8% above the low). Trading 44% below its 52-week high, deep in a drawdown.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 40**. An RSI of 40 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.59** (volatility 55%). Beta of 0.59 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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