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ARKO Petroleum Corp. Class AAPCCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Consumer Discretionary›Wholesale Distributors
Momentum weak 23
Mkt cap
$704M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
100%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$1.74M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
17.5×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+0.2 pp
WACC 6.5%
Hurdle
+12 pp
Req g minus delivered
Official | Implied
BB+ / BBB+
agencies · bond market
Next earnings
150 days
5 Apr 2027
Close · USD$14.80
1D+0.2%
1W-1.5%
1M-9.1%
3M-20.5%
6M-23.5%
YTDn/a
1Yn/a
ATR %5.3%
52w lowhigh31.9% off high

What ARKO Petroleum does

Employees: 360

ARKO Petroleum at a glance

Size ARKO Petroleum (APC) is a United States Consumer Discretionary company (Wholesale Distributors) with a market value of $704M, the 2479th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $14.80 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 23.5%, against +25.1% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 3rd lowest of 10 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 12.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +18.6%); the operating margin is 1.6% (peer median 9.3%).

Valuation It trades at 17.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 13.6× (2nd most expensive of 6).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 5% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -8%, so the hurdle is +12 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.2 points above its cost of capital (6.5% WACC).

Credit ARKO Petroleum has 20 bonds outstanding ($10.7B), rated BB+ by the agencies and trading like BBB+ at a weighted spread of 102 bp.

Next results Next results expected around 5 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 126APC 74
Six months, rebased to 100: ARKO Petroleum against the median of its 9 peers (local-currency closes).

ARKO Petroleum financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenuen/a$5.58B$6.37B$6.97B$7.09B
Revenue growth—-12%-9%-2%—
Gross profitn/a$130M$135M$134M$126M
EBITDAn/a$143M$138M$139M$130M
Net incomen/a$32.7M$40.2M$41.4M$58.9M
Free cash flown/a$54.7M$95.5M$46.8M$62.7M
Capital expendituren/a$24.8M$11.3M$12.0M$13.3M
Total debt$783M$948M$755M$605Mn/a

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

ARKO Petroleum competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%0%+50%+100%-20%0%+20%+40%SHARDACROPMMTCMARINELLOYDSENTSBCCRCTGCTGFTUAPC6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. ARKO Petroleum is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-10%0%+10%+20%10×20×30×SHARDACROPGMDCLTDCRCTGCTGFTUAPCRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. ARKO Petroleum is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%0%20%SHARDACROPCRCTGCTGFTUAPCGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. ARKO Petroleum is the large dot.

ARKO Petroleum competitors and peer comparison

How ARKO Petroleum compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

ARKO Petroleum against its 9 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureAPCPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-9.1%-2.8%3rd lowest of 10
6-month return-23.5%+25.1%3rd lowest of 10
Distance from 52-week high-31.9%-20.3%4th lowest of 10
Revenue growth (TTM)-12.3%+18.6%2nd lowest of 10
Operating margin1.6%9.3%2nd lowest of 10
Forward P/E17.5×13.6×2nd most expensive of 6
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)4.8%2.7%3rd least demanding of 5
Growth delivered (Del g)-7.6%+12.8%lowest of 5
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+12.5 pp-12.1 ppmost demanding of 5
ROIC minus cost of capital+0.2 pp-1.1 pp4th highest of 10
Net debt / EBITDA5.4×-0.6×2nd most indebted of 9
Bond spread102 bpn/a—

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
ARKO Petroleum APCUnited States$704M-23%-12%2%17.5×4.8%-7.6%
Sharda Cropchem SHARDACROP.NSIndia$655M-39%+17%14%9.3×-2.6%+17.1%
MMTC MMTC.NSIndia$847M-20%-20%-6,724%n/an/an/a
Marine Electricals (India) MARINE.NSIndia$571M+66%+22%9%n/an/an/a
Lloyds Enterprises LLOYDSENT.NSIndia$988M-12%+33%8%n/an/an/a
SBC Exports SBC.NSIndia$346M+102%+63%8%n/an/an/a
Gujarat Mineral Development GMDCLTD.NSIndia$1.56B-34%+19%15%16.0×n/an/a
Cricut CRCTUnited States$1.84B+104%-1%17%31.3×-10.4%-5.9%
GigaCloud Technology GCTUnited States$2.08B+45%+23%12%11.1×8.0%+36.2%
Grafton GFTU.LUnited Kingdom$2.59B+25%+9%6%13.6×8.8%+8.5%

ARKO Petroleum bonds and credit

ARKO Petroleum has 20 bonds outstanding with $10.7B face value. The agencies rate it BB+; its bonds trade like BBB+. Weighted yield 5.89%, a spread of 102 bp over government bonds.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Questions

Which companies are ARKO Petroleum's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Sharda Cropchem (SHARDACROP.NS), MMTC (MMTC.NS), Marine Electricals (India) (MARINE.NS), Lloyds Enterprises (LLOYDSENT.NS), SBC Exports (SBC.NS), Gujarat Mineral Development (GMDCLTD.NS), Cricut (CRCT), GigaCloud Technology (GCT).
Is ARKO Petroleum expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 17.5× against a peer median of 13.6×, 2nd most expensive of 6 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 5% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -8%, so the hurdle is +12 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
How has ARKO Petroleum stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -23.5% against +25.1% for the median peer.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.