Ark Restaurants Corp
ARKR Nasdaq· Retail-Eating Places
Last close · Oct 27, 2026
$4.55
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Ark Restaurants Corp had $166M of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 9.7% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +9.3% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was −2.5%, down 0.1 pts: of every 100 in sales, about −2 is left after running the business.
- Ark Restaurants Corp lost $11.5M in fiscal 2025.
- Free cash flow was −$1.5M in fiscal 2025, −0.9% of revenue.
- Ark Restaurants Corp returned $0.0M to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count rose 0.0%.
Market cap
$16.4M
P/E
—
Revenue
$166M
Net income
−$11.5M
Free cash flow
−$1.5M
Operating margin
−2.5%
Ark Restaurants Corp in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
−9.7%
No. Sales fell 9.7% last year.
Does it make a profit?
−6.9%
No. It lost money last year.
Does profit turn into cash?
−0.9%
No. It spent more cash than it brought in.
How healthy are the accounts?
4 / 7
Mixed. It passes 4 of 7 health tests.
How is the share priced?
—
No P/E: it made no profit over the last four quarters.
What Ark Restaurants Corp does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- September 27, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Dec 18, 2025
- Legal name
- ARK RESTAURANTS CORP
- CIK
- 0000779544
Ark Restaurants Corp · ARKR
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $132M | $184M | $185M | $184M | $166M |
| Revenue growth | 23.8% | 39.3% | 0.6% | −0.7% | −9.7% |
| Operating margin | 4.7% | 5.4% | −2.6% | −2.3% | −2.5% |
| Net income | $12.9M | $9.3M | −$5.9M | −$3.9M | −$11.5M |
| Net margin | 9.8% | 5.1% | −3.2% | −2.1% | −6.9% |
| Diluted EPS | $3.58 | $2.58 | −$1.65 | −$1.08 | −$3.18 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $9.3M | $20.3M | $8.4M | $4.7M | $1.8M |
| Capital expenditure | $2.1M | $2.7M | $3.9M | $2.5M | $3.2M |
| Free cash flow | $7.2M | $17.6M | $4.5M | $2.2M | −$1.5M |
| FCF margin | 5.4% | 9.6% | 2.5% | 1.2% | −0.9% |
| Dividends paid | $0.0M | $0.9M | $2.3M | $2.0M | $0.0M |
| Share count change | 3.0% | −0.0% | −0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $19.2M | $23.4M | $13.4M | $10.3M | $11.3M |
| Shareholders' equity | $50.4M | $59.8M | $50.3M | $44.1M | $32.7M |
| Current ratio | 1.1x | 1.1x | 0.8x | 0.6x | 0.8x |
| Interest coverage | 5.0x | 8.3x | −3.9x | −6.9x | −9.8x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on equity | 29.7% | 16.8% | −10.8% | −8.3% | −29.8% |
| Return on tangible equity | 39.1% | 21.9% | −13.8% | −9.6% | −35.0% |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Altman Z'' | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$0.8M
1 insider
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Ark Restaurants Corp · ARKR
Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
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At $4.55 a share, the company is worth $16.4M.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000779544). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.