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what it is
Ark Restaurants runs 16 full-service restaurants and bars, 12 fast food concepts, and catering operations across tourist-heavy U.S. markets.
how it gets paid
Last year Ark Restaurants made $166M in revenue. fast food concepts was the main engine at $68.7M, or 41% of sales.
why growth slowed
Revenue fell 9.7% last year. Sales fell 9% from the prior year quarter.
what just happened
Latest quarter revenue fell to $41M, and EPS dropped 72% vs. prior year to $0.25.
At a glance
C balance sheet — red flag territory — real financial stress
10/100 earnings predictability — expect surprises
2.1% return on capital — nothing to write home about
-$2.80 fy2025 eps est
$166M fy2025 rev est
xvary composite: 19/100 — weak
What they do
Ark Restaurants runs 16 full-service restaurants and bars, 12 fast food concepts, and catering operations across tourist-heavy U.S. markets.
This business wins with location, not magic. It operates 16 restaurants and bars in places like New York, Las Vegas, and Florida, where foot traffic does part of the selling for you. The catch is brutal: $166 million in annual revenue still turned into a projected $2.80 per-share loss for fiscal 2025, so the locations matter only if they stay full.
How they make money
$166M
annual revenue · their business grew -9.7% last year
nyc-dc-atlantic city restaurants
$28.6M
las vegas restaurants
$28.6M
florida east coast restaurants
$22.9M
alabama gulf coast restaurants
$11.5M
fast food concepts
$68.7M
catering operations
$5.7M
The products that matter
operates dining venues
Restaurant operations
$166M · 100% of revenue
it's the whole business, and that $166M revenue base declined 9.7% from last year. there is no second segment to offset weak traffic.
all revenue
lease-linked capital allocation
Bryant Park lease
capital returns on hold
it matters because management has tied dividends and buybacks to its resolution. for a company worth about $24M, one lease dispute can outweigh a lot of small operating wins.
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Key numbers
-$2.80
fy2025 eps
EPS → profit per share → so what: the current year is projected to lose money even after the stock already looks cheap on sales.
$166M
annual revenue
Revenue → total sales → so what: this is a real operating business, but size alone did not stop a 9.7% decline.
2.5%
operating margin
Operating margin → profit from running the restaurants → so what: each $100 of sales lost about $2.50 before non-core items.
$24M
market cap
Market cap → what the whole company is worth in the market → so what: investors are paying about 0.14 times annual sales.
Financial health
C
strength
- balance sheet grade C — very weak — significant financial distress
- risk rank 5 — safer than 5% of stocks
- price stability 25 / 100
- long-term debt $2M (8% of capital)
C — below average. watch for debt servicing and cash burn.
Total return vs. market
Return history isn't available for ARKR right now.
source: institutional data · return history unavailable
What just happened
missed estimates
Latest quarter revenue fell to $41M, and EPS dropped 72% vs. prior year to $0.25.
Sales fell 9% from the prior year quarter, which matters more here because the company already runs at a -2.5% operating margin. Lower traffic or weaker spending does not have much cushion to hit.
$41M
revenue
$0.25
eps
9%
revenue vs. last year
the number that mattered
The key number was the 9% revenue drop, because a shrinking top line is brutal when your operating margin is already -2.5%.
source: company earnings report, 2026
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What could go wrong
the #1 risk is the unresolved Bryant Park lease.
med
Bryant Park lease overhang
management has tied dividends and stock buybacks to the outcome of this lease situation. for a company worth about $24M, that is not a side issue. it is a capital-allocation choke point.
impact: directly constrains capital returns and keeps cash deployment in limbo.
med
shrinking core restaurant sales
all $166M of revenue comes from operating restaurants and bars, and that revenue fell 9.7% last year. there is no second business line to absorb weak traffic or poor unit economics.
impact: pressures returns that are already low at 2.1% and keeps profitability out of reach.
med
thin disclosure and thin coverage
the latest q1 2026 summary said performance was stable and adjusted EBITDA improved, but the actual figures were not included here. low predictability at 10/100 and price stability at 25/100 tell you this is not a stock where fuzzy updates deserve easy trust.
impact: raises the odds of sharp stock moves when full numbers finally appear.
med
board transition during a weak operating stretch
Vincent Pascal, age 80, resigned from the board in April 2024, and shareholders are being asked to elect six directors in 2026. change at the board level is manageable. it gets harder when sales are already slipping.
impact: adds execution uncertainty when the business already has little room for mistakes.
all $166M of revenue comes from one operating segment, the company is worth about $24M, and one lease issue is holding up dividends and buybacks. that is a concentrated risk setup, not background noise.
source: institutional data · regulatory filings · risk analysis
Pay attention to
risk
Bryant Park lease resolution
pending. the outcome decides whether dividends or buybacks can move from theory back to reality.
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the next reported revenue and EBITDA numbers
management said q1 2026 was stable and adjusted EBITDA improved. you want the actual figures next, not another summary without the math.
calendar
2026 annual meeting
march 17, 2026. shareholders will vote on electing six directors and ratifying the auditor.
trend
proof that the 9.7% sales decline has ended
one stable quarter is not a turnaround. you need a clean operating trend, because low-quality businesses often tease stabilization before slipping again.
Analyst rankings
earnings predictability
10 / 100
very low. in human-speak, forecasts here deserve skepticism because the operating line moves around too much.
risk rank
5
only 5% of stocks in this system look riskier. translation: this is closer to a special situation than a steady restaurant name.
price stability
25 / 100
the stock has not behaved like a calm compounder. if you own it, expect sentiment swings to amplify weak operating news.
source: institutional data
Institutional activity
institutional ownership data for ARKR is being compiled.
source: institutional data
Price targets
3-5 year target range
n/a
n/a
$7
current price
n/a
target midpoint · n/a from current
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