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ARKO CorpARKOCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Consumer Staples›Food Retail
Momentum weak 21
Mkt cap
$445M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
66%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$2.63M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
39.7×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+0.9 pp
WACC 6.1%
Hurdle
-18 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
116 days
2 Mar 2027
Close · USD$3.97
1D+2.9%
1W+4.8%
1M-3.6%
3M-15.5%
6M-42.2%
YTD-12.6%
1Y-12.8%
ATR %4.9%
Beta0.68
52w lowhigh54.6% off high

What ARKO does

Employees: 9,748

ARKO at a glance

Size ARKO (ARKO) is a United States Consumer Staples company (Food Retail) with a market value of $445M, the 2779th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $3.97 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 42.2%, against -7.9% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 2nd lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 2.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +2.6%); the operating margin is 1.5% (peer median 2.7%).

Valuation It trades at 39.7× forward earnings against a peer median of 11.9× (2nd most expensive of 11).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -4% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +14%, so the hurdle is -18 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.9 points above its cost of capital (6.1% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 2 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

507510012511 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 93ARKO 58
Six months, rebased to 100: ARKO against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

ARKO financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$7.93B$7.64B$8.73B$9.41B$9.14B
Revenue growth—-12%-7%+3%—
Gross profit$280M$261M$265M$296M$317M
EBITDA$251M$236M$239M$262M$282M
Net income$14.8M$22.7M$20.8M$34.4M$71.7M
Free cash flow$40.0M$65.3M$108M$24.9M$111M
Capital expenditure$118M$127M$114M$111M$98.8M
Total debt$2.33B$2.58B$2.58B$2.53B$2.26B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

ARKO 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

-40%-20%0%-10%0%2517DDL353927428167000759601366600785VLGEA33956037199946819827919823NGVC75128276601116SMWHARKO6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. ARKO is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-40%-20%0%+20%0×50×100×150×2517DDL353960078533956037192791SMWHARKORevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. ARKO is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-20%-10%0%+10%+20%-20%0%20%2517DDL353927428167601366600785VLGEA339560371981989823NGVCSMWHARKOGrowth 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 is the large dot.

ARKO competitors and peer comparison

How ARKO 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 against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureARKOPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-3.6%-2.4%11th highest of 21
6-month return-42.2%-7.9%2nd lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-54.6%-25.4%3rd lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)-2.0%+2.6%6th lowest of 21
Operating margin1.5%2.7%7th lowest of 21
Forward P/E39.7×11.9×2nd most expensive of 11
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-4.2%-3.8%8th least demanding of 16
Growth delivered (Del g)+13.8%+5.1%4th highest of 16
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-18.0 pp-8.6 pp7th least demanding of 16
ROIC minus cost of capital+0.9 pp-0.0 pp8th highest of 20
Net debt / EBITDA8.2×1.9×most indebted of 14

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 ARKOUnited States$445M-42%-2%2%39.7×-4.2%+13.8%
Guoquan Food (Shanghai) Company 2517.HKHong Kong$422M-62%+25%6%5.2×-17.7%+20.5%
Dingdong (Cayman) Ltd. Sponsored ADR DDLUnited States$413M-30%-44%-1%6.1×-20.2%+15.6%
JM Holdings Co., Ltd. 3539.TJapan$493M+12%+7%5%10.2×-12.4%+8.9%
Halows 2742.TJapan$500M-7%+6%5%n/a-12.8%+8.2%
Retail Partners 8167.TJapan$380M+6%+4%2%n/a-7.3%+2.8%
Zhongbai 000759.SZChina$521M0%-22%-11%n/an/an/a
Liqun Commercial 601366.SSChina$528M-9%-25%-4%n/a2.9%-4.2%
Yinchuan Xinhua Commercial 600785.SSChina$540M-8%-2%4%21.8×2.7%+0.9%
Village Super Market VLGEAUnited States$551M-8%+4%3%n/a-2.5%+3.5%
Saint Marc 3395.TJapan$353M-5%+17%5%18.3×-4.3%+15.0%
Bestore 603719.SSChina$587M-11%0%0%140.6×6.3%-7.0%
Ministop 9946.TJapan$325M-5%+3%-8%n/an/an/a
Maxvalu Tokai 8198.TJapan$621M-10%+1%3%n/a-20.0%+1.6%
Daikokutenbussan 2791.TJapan$315M-23%+8%1%10.5×n/an/a
Mammy Mart 9823.TJapan$311M-18%+21%3%n/a0.5%+9.1%
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage NGVCUnited States$659M+8%+2%5%12.9×10.6%+5.1%
Aeon Hokkaido 7512.TJapan$719M-4%+3%2%n/an/an/a
Heiwado 8276.TJapan$749M-2%+2%3%13.3×-3.8%+0.7%
Sanjiang Shopping Club 601116.SSChina$833M-26%-7%3%n/an/an/a
WH Smith SMWH.LUnited Kingdom$851M-10%-31%8%11.0×9.1%+8.8%

Questions

Which companies are ARKO's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Guoquan Food (Shanghai) Company (2517.HK), Dingdong (Cayman) Ltd. Sponsored ADR (DDL), JM Holdings Co., Ltd. (3539.T), Halows (2742.T), Retail Partners (8167.T), Zhongbai (000759.SZ), Liqun Commercial (601366.SS), Yinchuan Xinhua Commercial (600785.SS).
Is ARKO expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 39.7× against a peer median of 11.9×, 2nd most expensive of 11 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -4% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +14%, so the hurdle is -18 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has ARKO stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -42.2% against -7.9% for the median peer; over one year -12.8%.

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.