Ark Restaurants Corp.

ARKR Consumer Cyclical Restaurants

Ark Restaurants Corp.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $165.8 million, down 9.69% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 6.48%, EPS grew 89.6%, free cash flow fell 221.4% and total debt rose 235.7%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for three consecutive years.

4.37 0.01 −0.23%
Market cap
$15.8M
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
8.0×
Dividend yield
0.00%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
1.44
Beneish M
−3.13
Dividend safety
28/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 0.81
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — — — — — 1 —
Insider Ownership 49.25%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 15.80
Revenue 155.54
Net Income (2.75)
Free Cash Flow (6.32)
Net Debt (2.73)
Current Ratio 0.78 (below 1: weak)
Debt/Equity 0.22 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 0.00
Fwd P/E 8.01
P/S ratio 0.10
P/B ratio 0.51
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth —
Next Y EPS Growth —
Next Y revenue growth 39.53% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth —

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Valuation vs history

P/S against its own 10 years 0.04%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 0.04%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 0.33%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate 0.00
Annual Dividend Yield 0.00%
total individual payouts
2024 0.38
0.19
0.19
2023 0.69
0.13
0.19
0.19
0.19
2022 0.38
0.13
0.13
0.13
2021 Powerpack
2020 0.25
0.25
2019 1.00
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
2018 1.00
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
2017 1.00
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
2016 1.00
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 13 10 11 9
Receivables 4 4 2 3
Inventory 3 2 2 2
Other — — — —
22 18 18 16
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 4 5 4 5
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other — — — —
28 29 23 20

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 1.29% 9.25% (3.36%)
Cash Flow (17.01%) 0.00% (55.84%)
Earnings 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value (2.47%) (2.87%) (18.86%)

Revenue $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 41 37 41 — —
’25 45 40 44 37 166
’24 47 42 50 43 184
’23 47 42 51 44 185
’22 44 40 53 47 184
’21 20 26 43 43 132
’20 44 34 7 22 106
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 (1) (1) 1 — —
’25 (1) 1 2 1 2
’24 1 0 3 1 5
’23 (1) 3 5 2 8
’22 4 1 11 5 20
’21 (3) 1 8 3 9
’20 2 0 (5) (2) (5)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 (2) (2) (1) — —
’25 (2) 0 1 (1) (1)
’24 0 0 3 0 2
’23 (2) 2 4 1 5
’22 3 0 10 4 18
’21 (4) 1 8 2 7
’20 2 (1) (5) (2) (7)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 0.25 (0.50) (0.10) — —
’25 0.88 (2.57) (0.96) (0.53) (3.18)
’24 0.38 (0.40) 0.18 (1.24) (1.08)
’23 0.47 (0.13) 0.88 (2.88) (1.65)
’22 0.61 0.29 1.46 0.21 2.58
’21 (0.22) 1.15 0.73 1.89 3.58
’20 0.43 (0.51) (0.72) (0.54) (1.34)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to September

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 20.00 21.75 17.75 17.80 7.19 14.39 15.38 10.27 9.75 5.75

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 24.80 27.59 29.49 22.75 23.60 24.66 22.45 19.96 16.25 17.76
People
People Employees 2,195 2,034 2,102 2,145 1,262 1,741 1,901 1,993 1,862 1,566
Revenue/emp, $m 0.07 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.10 0.09 0.10 0.11
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 151 154 160 162 106 132 184 185 184 166
Gross margin, % 15.99 13.92 13.33 15.06 6.37 14.83 14.75 11.84 10.59 8.33
EBT 8 6 4 2 (9) 15 12 (5) (5) (4)
EBT margin, % 5.04 4.18 2.45 1.15 (8.45) 11.70 6.33 (2.93) (2.48) (2.32)
Net income 5 5 5 2 (5) 14 10 (5) (4) (9)
Depreciation 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 15 9 7
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 44.06 44.94 46.52 46.67 30.43 37.51 51.65 51.32 50.93 45.98
Earnings 1.18 1.18 1.35 0.77 (1.34) 3.67 2.61 (1.65) (1.08) (3.18)
Cash flow 2.23 3.02 2.78 3.05 (1.29) 2.64 5.72 2.33 1.29 0.49
Capex (0.63) (4.06) (1.47) (0.98) (0.71) (0.61) (0.76) (1.07) (0.68) (0.90)
Free cash flow 1.60 (1.04) 1.31 2.07 (2.00) 2.04 4.96 1.26 0.61 (0.41)
Book value 12.49 12.39 12.72 12.28 10.62 14.63 16.91 14.36 12.11 8.91
Shares, m 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 19.02 20.67 17.37 27.14 0.00 4.29 7.12 0.00 0.00 0.00
P/S 0.51 0.54 0.50 0.45 0.36 0.42 0.36 0.30 0.24 0.15
P/B 1.80 1.97 1.83 1.70 1.02 1.07 1.10 1.06 0.99 0.80
EV/Sales 0.50 0.58 0.59 0.55 0.54 0.47 0.30 0.25 0.20 0.10
EV/FCF 15.14 (22.11) 23.74 13.37 (7.60) 9.27 3.19 11.58 22.19 (8.15)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 8 10 10 11 (5) 9 20 8 5 2
Capex (2) (14) (5) (3) (2) (2) (3) (4) (2) (3)
Free cash flow 5 (4) 5 7 (7) 7 18 5 2 (1)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital (1) (16) (5) (4) (3) 3 4 (6) (11) (5)
Total debt 5 8 20 24 36 26 17 5 — 2
Net debt (2) 6 15 17 19 6 (11) (8) (10) (9)
Shareholders’ equity 43 42 44 43 37 51 60 52 44 32
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 5.98 5.45 5.65 2.98 (3.78) 8.20 5.01 (3.07) (2.34) (7.92)
ROIC 11.99 8.96 5.37 3.42 (8.65) 6.71 12.65 (6.96) (8.04) (11.13)
ROE 9.60 9.49 10.80 6.19 (11.74) 29.11 16.64 (10.60) (8.17) (30.27)
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Sep 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Ark Restaurants Corp. vs peers in Restaurants (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
STKS The ONE Group Hospitality, Inc. $44.7M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −3.33% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +88.09% (above 0%: growing) 17.77% 3.27% Compare
THCH TH International Limited $31.9M — (loss-making) — −17.29% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +3,099.39% (above 0%: growing) 63.68% (21.26%) Compare
RAVE Rave Restaurant Group, Inc. $31.4M 10.4× 2.4× +8.81% (above 0%: growing) 0.00% +30.02% (above 0%: growing) 75.29% 36.28% Compare
CCHH CCH Holdings Ltd $18.2M — — — — — — — Compare
ARKR Ark Restaurants Corp. $15.8M — (loss-making) 8.0× −6.48% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −221.42% (below 0%: shrinking) 7.92% (0.34%)
GTIM Good Times Restaurants Inc. $14.7M 6.4× — (loss-making) −5.02% (below 0%: shrinking) +28.57% (above 0%: growing) +123.27% (above 0%: growing) 14.81% 5.02% Compare
PETZ TDH Holdings, Inc. $13.4M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +1,056.22% (above 0%: growing) +102.70% (above 0%: growing) +19.06% (above 0%: growing) 31.14% 0.00% Compare
REBN Reborn Coffee, Inc. $11.9M — (loss-making) — +244.55% (above 0%: growing) n/m +45.86% (above 0%: growing) 19.83% (24.93%) Compare
BTBD BT Brands, Inc. $10.2M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −6.05% (below 0%: shrinking) +800.00% (above 0%: growing) −57.77% (below 0%: shrinking) 23.52% 3.30% Compare
Median of peers $16.4M — — −3.33% +65.64% +45.86% 23.52% 3.27%

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Ark Restaurants Corp. (ARKR) key facts

  • Concern: Ark Restaurants Corp.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $165.8 million, down 9.69% from fiscal 2024.
  • Concern: Ark Restaurants Corp. reported a net loss of $9.2 million, or a loss of $3.18 per share, for fiscal 2025.
  • Ark Restaurants Corp. (ARKR) is a Restaurants company in the Consumer Cyclical sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, ARKR traded at $4.37, a market capitalization of $15.8 million.
  • Trailing earnings are negative, so a P/E ratio is not meaningful; the stock trades at 0.1× sales.
  • Ark Restaurants Corp. does not currently pay a dividend.
  • Return on equity was −30.3% and debt-to-equity 0.22.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 4 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 1.44 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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