Arko Corp. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Arko Corp. had return on equity of 8.4% and a net margin of 0.3%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | −1.1% | 0.3% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.2% |
| Return on equity | −22.3% | 7.1% | 26.6% | 26.9% | 12.3% | 7.5% | 8.4% | 4.4% |
| Return on assets | — | 0.5% | 2.1% | 2.3% | 1.0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.4% |
| Effective tax rate | — | −4.9% | 16.4% | 33.0% | 26.0% | 22.9% | 21.9% | 25.7% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 15.2% | 41.6% | 67.2% | 59.8% | 90.6% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $745m of assets due within a year against $464m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $745m short-term assets against $2.5bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $246m of cash against $675m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 168% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 267% to 168% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $155m of operating cash flow against $675m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $98m against $87m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Arko's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 6 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 0 / 20
Net income has been a median 0.7% of total assets over 6 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 1.4%; its worst year was 1.2%.
- Cash conversion 9 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 5 of 6 years, at a median 0.8% of revenue.
- Discipline 13 / 20
The diluted share count rose 12.4% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.1% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (39 before it).
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