Employees: 360
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).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | n/a | $5.58B | $6.37B | $6.97B | $7.09B |
| Revenue growth | — | -12% | -9% | -2% | — |
| Gross profit | n/a | $130M | $135M | $134M | $126M |
| EBITDA | n/a | $143M | $138M | $139M | $130M |
| Net income | n/a | $32.7M | $40.2M | $41.4M | $58.9M |
| Free cash flow | n/a | $54.7M | $95.5M | $46.8M | $62.7M |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | $24.8M | $11.3M | $12.0M | $13.3M |
| Total debt | $783M | $948M | $755M | $605M | n/a |
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| Measure | APC | Peer median | Rank 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 margin | 1.6% | 9.3% | 2nd lowest of 10 |
| Forward P/E | 17.5× | 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 pp | most demanding of 5 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +0.2 pp | -1.1 pp | 4th highest of 10 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.4× | -0.6× | 2nd most indebted of 9 |
| Bond spread | 102 bp | n/a | — |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARKO Petroleum APC | United States | $704M | -23% | -12% | 2% | 17.5× | 4.8% | -7.6% |
| Sharda Cropchem SHARDACROP.NS | India | $655M | -39% | +17% | 14% | 9.3× | -2.6% | +17.1% |
| MMTC MMTC.NS | India | $847M | -20% | -20% | -6,724% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Marine Electricals (India) MARINE.NS | India | $571M | +66% | +22% | 9% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Lloyds Enterprises LLOYDSENT.NS | India | $988M | -12% | +33% | 8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| SBC Exports SBC.NS | India | $346M | +102% | +63% | 8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Gujarat Mineral Development GMDCLTD.NS | India | $1.56B | -34% | +19% | 15% | 16.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Cricut CRCT | United States | $1.84B | +104% | -1% | 17% | 31.3× | -10.4% | -5.9% |
| GigaCloud Technology GCT | United States | $2.08B | +45% | +23% | 12% | 11.1× | 8.0% | +36.2% |
| Grafton GFTU.L | United Kingdom | $2.59B | +25% | +9% | 6% | 13.6× | 8.8% | +8.5% |
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.