Ark Restaurants Corp.

ARKR

$5.42

-1.28%

2026-08-31 15:59:52 EDT-$0.07

Consumer Cyclical

Restaurants

NASDAQ

Active Trading

Ark Restaurants Corp. is a hospitality company that owns and manages a diverse portfolio of restaurants and bars throughout the United States, ...

Price Action of ARKR

$5.42

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Ark Restaurants Corp. (NASDAQ: ARKR) is a publicly traded hospitality company headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1983 by Michael Weinstein and Ernest Bogen, the company has grown from a small group of restaurants to a diverse portfolio of dining establishments. As of the latest reports, the company operates ...Ark Restaurants Corp. (NASDAQ: ARKR) is a publicly traded hospitality company headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1983 by Michael Weinstein and Ernest Bogen, the company has grown from a small group of restaurants to a diverse portfolio of dining establishments. As of the latest reports, the company operates 17 full-service restaurants and bars, along with 17 fast-food concepts and catering operations, spread across key locations such as New York City, Washington D.C., Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Florida's east coast, and Alabama's Gulf Coast. The company's business model focuses on owning and managing its venues, providing distinctive dining experiences. Financially, Ark Restaurants has faced challenges recently, with negative profit margins, negative cash flow, and a market cap of approximately $20 million as of early 2025. The company's gross profit margin is around 28%, but it reports net losses and has a relatively high debt-to-equity ratio of 2.665. Despite these financial pressures, the company maintains a presence in prime locations and continues to adapt its offerings. Key personnel include CEO Michael Weinstein, who has led the company since its inception. The company employs about 1,566 people, including full-time and part-time staff. Historically, Ark Restaurants has paid dividends, though the most recent dividend was $0.75 per share. The company's future strategy may involve optimizing its portfolio, managing costs, and improving operational efficiency to return to profitability.ExpandCollapse

Founded

1983

Employees

1566

CEO

Michael Weinstein

Full Name

Ark Restaurants Corp.

Sector

Consumer Cyclical

Industry

Restaurants

ROE

-9.79%

Market Cap

$0.02B

Current Ratio

0.78

WACC

4.44%

ROIC

-2.38%

Contact Information

https://arkrestaurants.com

212 206 8800

85 5th Avenue, New York City, NY 10003

Key Metrics of ARKR

Snapshot

Latest / TTM · 6 periods

Market Cap

$19.55M

ROCE

-2.2%

EV / EBITDA

216.68x

-1.0% YoY

FCF Yield

-32.7%

-27.0% YoY

Cash Conversion Cycle

-1.7d

Current Ratio

0.78

Quick take

TTM —

Current ratio below 1.0

Negative working capital

Financial Highlights of ARKR

Profitability trend

Latest / TTM · 6 periods

Gross Margin

28.3%

Net Margin

-2.0%

P/E Ratio

-6.09x

n/a

Debt / Equity

2.66

n/a

Current Ratio

0.78

Dividend Yield

0.0%

Understanding

TTM —

Current ratio below 1.0

High debt to equity

Calendar of ARKR

Recent history

Aug 11, 2026
Q3 FY2026 · Results reported
EPS $-0.10 · Revenue $40.88M
View filing
May 12, 2026
Q2 FY2026 · Results reported
EPS $-0.50 · Revenue $36.58M
View filing
Feb 10, 2026
Q1 FY2026 · Results reported
EPS $0.25 · Revenue $40.75M
View filing
Dec 18, 2025
FY2025 · Annual results
EPS $-3.18 · Revenue $165.75M
View filing
Aug 12, 2025
Q3 FY2025 · Results reported
EPS $-0.96 · Revenue $43.72M
View filing
May 13, 2025
Q2 FY2025 · Results reported
EPS $-2.57 · Revenue $39.73M
View filing

Financial Statements of ARKR

5Y Trend (Revenue, Earnings, FCF)

Metric	Latest	YoYYoY means Year-over-Year. It compares the latest annual value with the previous annual value to show long-term trend strength.	QoQQoQ means Quarter-over-Quarter. It compares the latest quarter with the immediately previous quarter to show short-term momentum changes.
RevenueThe total money that came through the front door from selling things, before paying a single bill. Think of it as the grand total of every credit card swipe from customers. (YoY compares this year to last year's performance, while QoQ compares the current three months to the previous three).	$165.8M	-9.7%	+11.7%
Net IncomeThe absolute bottom line. If the company paid every single supplier, employee, banker, and tax collector, this is the actual money left in their pocket at the end of the day.	$-11.5M	-194.3%	+80.8%
Gross MarginThe basic markup. If they sell a $100 pair of sneakers, this percentage tells you how much of that price tag is profit right after paying for the rubber and shoelaces, but before paying for things like store rent or TV commercials.	+35.6%	-4.2%	-76.9%
Operating MarginThe 'day job' efficiency score. Out of every dollar a customer spends, this shows how many cents the company keeps after making the product AND paying for all the everyday corporate overhead (like salaries, marketing, and keeping the lights on).	-0.8%	-147.9%	+92.4%
Net MarginThe final take-home percentage. When you strip away every conceivable cost, tax, and interest payment, this is the exact number of cents the company truly gets to keep from every dollar in sales.	-6.9%	-225.9%	+82.8%
Free Cash FlowThe holy grail of corporate cash. It's the spendable, physical money left over after the business pays for its daily operations AND buys the big, expensive upgrades (like new factories or servers) it needs to survive. This is the 'free' money they can use to pay dividends or buy back stock.	$-1.5M	-168.3%	+31.9%
FCF MarginThe ultimate cash conversion rate. It shows how good the company is at turning regular sales directly into cold, hard, spendable cash. A high percentage means the business is an absolute cash-printing machine.	-0.9%	-175.6%	+39.0%
Debt / EquityThe financial risk gauge. It compares how much of the company's empire was built using borrowed money (loans) versus the owners' own money (shareholders). A high number means they are heavily leveraged and playing a riskier game; a low number means they are playing it safe.	262.0%	+20.7%	-2.0%
Current RatioThe 12-month survival check. It simply compares the cash they have right now (plus things they can quickly turn into cash) against the immediate bills they absolutely must pay this year. A score above 1 means they have enough in the wallet to cover the upcoming bills without panicking.	0.77x	+21.8%	-10.8%
Total AssetsThe absolute size of the company's empire. It bundles together absolutely everything of value they own—from the cash in the register and the inventory in the warehouse, to the software patents in the vault and the factories on the ground.	$133.5M	-14.4%	-2.2%

Actual vs Estimate

A Sep 30Q Mar 30

Metric	Annual (A vs E)	Annual Surprise	Quarter (A vs E)	Quarter Surprise
EPS Surprise	-3.18 vs 0.98	-424.5%	-0.10 vs 1.58	-106.3%
Revenue Surprise	$165.8M vs $55.9M	+196.3%	$40.9M vs $1.4M	+2839.2%

Insider Transactions of ARKR

Acquisitions (A)

Since May 15, 2024

Disposals (D)

Since May 15, 2024

Monthly shares of acquisitions/disposals with close price trend (shared daily price source)

Insider Trading Snapshot

Date	Executive	Title	Security	Side	Shares	Price
Aug 18, 2025	WEINSTEIN MICHAEL LAWRENCE	director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman & CEO	Common Stock	A	3,000	$7.50
Aug 14, 2025	WEINSTEIN MICHAEL LAWRENCE	director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman & CEO	Common Stock	A	545	$7.30
Aug 6, 2025	SATTERFIELD THOMAS A JR	10 percent owner	Common Stock	A	12,125	$7.48
Aug 5, 2025	SATTERFIELD THOMAS A JR	10 percent owner	Common Stock	A	25,000	$6.71
Aug 5, 2025	SATTERFIELD THOMAS A JR	10 percent owner	Common Stock	A	20,916	$6.82

Earnings Call Transcript of ARKR

1 transcript segments

Q3 2026

Unknown Speaker

Operator: Please note this conference is being recorded. I will now turn the conference over to Christopher Love, Secretary. Thank you. You may begin. Christopher Love: Thank you, operator. Good morning, and thank you for joining us on our conference call for the third quarter ended June 27, 2026. My name is Christopher Love, and I am the Secretary of Ark Restaurants. With me on the call today is Michael Weinstein, our Chairman and CEO, and Anthony Sirica, our President and CFO. For those of you who have not yet obtained a copy of our press release, it was issued over the Newswire yesterday and is available on our website. To review the full text of that press release, along with the associated financial tables, please go to our homepage at www.arcrestaurants.com. Before we begin, however, I'd like to read the Safe Harbor statement. I need to remind everyone that part of our discussion this morning will include forward-looking statements and that these statements are not guarantees of future performance, and therefore undue reliance should not be placed on them. We refer everyone to our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a more detailed discussion of the risks that may have a direct bearing on our operating results, performance, and financial condition. I'll now turn the call over to Anthony. Anthony Sirica: Morning, everyone. A couple of things I want to go over before we turn it over to Michael. Our cash is $9.4 million. Our debt is $7.1 million, which is up about $4.5 million from the prior quarter. We drew down $5 million in April, I believe it was, to finance the construction of America in Las Vegas. Our EBITDA for 13 weeks ended June compared to the prior year was down $1.4 million. That's the result primarily of a decrease in sales and gross margin of about 6.5% without a corresponding decrease in payrolls for the quarter, which have been stubborn. A decrease in sales is generally related to two markets. Las Vegas was off 11%. That is due to lower traffic, as we all read in the news, as well as the partial closure of America, which should be fully reopening by September sometime. Florida was off 10% as well in the quarter. It continues to be a challenging local economic climate, which is resulting in lower headcounts. Excluding updates to Bryant Park and the Meadowlands situation, which Michael will speak to, the only other item of note in the quarter is that we finalized a 2-year lease restructure at Sequoia in early July, and we expect that to provide savings of somewhere $200,000-$300,000 a year. I'll turn it over to Michael. Michael Weinstein: Several comments before I get into Bryant Park situation and the Meadowlands. Despite the fact that sales are off 10% or 11% at New York-New York, our cash flow has improved from last year. We have great management there. They've really become more efficient, and we just look forward to sales returning and the efficiencies to yield even better cash flow. At New York-New …

Leadership Team of ARKR

9 executives

Name	Title	Compensation	Gender	Year Born	Status
Michael Weinstein	Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer	USD 825,000	Male	1943	Active
Anthony J. Sirica	Chief Financial Officer, President,Treasurer & Director	USD 550,000	Male	1964	Active
Jennifer Jordan	Co-Chief Operating Officer	USD 193,269	Female	1965	Active
Samuel Weinstein	Co-Chief Operating Officer	USD 193,269	Male	1995	Active
Walter Rauscher	Vice President of Corporation Sales & Catering	—	—	—	Active
Christopher Love	Secretary	—	—	—	Active
Evyette Ortiz	Director of Marketing	—	—	—	Active
Nancy Alvarez	Controller	—	—	—	Active
Guisela Nunez	Director of Human Resources	—	—	—	Active

Recent News of ARKR

Zacks Investment Research8/13/2026Neutral

Ark Restaurants Stock Dips Post Q3 Earnings, Revenues Decline Y/Y

ARKR's third-quarter fiscal 2026 revenues weaken as softer same-store sales and regional pressures offset a sharply narrower net loss.

Seeking Alpha8/11/2026Neutral

Ark Restaurants Corp. (ARKR) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Prepared Remarks Transcript

Business Wire8/10/2026Neutral

Ark Restaurants Announces Financial Results for the Third Quarter of 2026

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ark Restaurants Corp. (NASDAQ:ARKR) today reported financial results for the third quarter ended June 27, 2026. "We have two markets where we continue to perform well. Our operations at the New York-New York Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas continue to show increased cash flow despite lower customer traffic on the Las Vegas Strip. Our Alabama locations have shown strong growth in both revenue and cash flow. In NYC, Robert continues to improve on a year-over-year basis; h.

Business Wire8/5/2026Neutral

Ark Restaurants Announces Conference Call

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ark Restaurants Corp. (NASDAQ:ARKR) will hold a conference call for investors and analysts to discuss financial results for the third quarter ended June 27, 2026 on Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The dial-in numbers to participate in the conference call are: Toll-Free – 1-877-407-4018 Toll/International – 1-201-689-8471 Participants can also access the conference call by visiting Call me™ at: https://callme.viavid.com/viavid/?callme=true&pass.

Historical Employee Count of ARKR

Current

1,566

Change

-15.90%

Minimum

1,566

Maximum

1,993

Recent Filings

Report Date	Employees	Form Type	Filing Date	SEC Filing
Sep 27, 2025	1,566	10-K	Dec 18, 2025	View
Sep 28, 2024	1,862	10-K	Dec 19, 2024	View
Sep 30, 2023	1,993	10-K	Dec 21, 2023	View
Oct 1, 2022	1,901	10-K	Dec 20, 2022	View
Oct 2, 2021	1,741	10-K	Dec 21, 2021	View

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Ark Restaurants Corp.

Contact Information

Recent history

Q3 FY2026 · Results reported

Q2 FY2026 · Results reported

Q1 FY2026 · Results reported

FY2025 · Annual results

Q3 FY2025 · Results reported

Q2 FY2025 · Results reported

Ark Restaurants Stock Dips Post Q3 Earnings, Revenues Decline Y/Y

Ark Restaurants Corp. (ARKR) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Prepared Remarks Transcript

Ark Restaurants Announces Financial Results for the Third Quarter of 2026

Ark Restaurants Announces Conference Call

Recent Filings

Related stocksRestaurants

Recent history

Q3 FY2026 · Results reported

Q2 FY2026 · Results reported

Q1 FY2026 · Results reported

FY2025 · Annual results

Q3 FY2025 · Results reported

Q2 FY2025 · Results reported

Ark Restaurants Stock Dips Post Q3 Earnings, Revenues Decline Y/Y

Ark Restaurants Corp. (ARKR) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Prepared Remarks Transcript

Ark Restaurants Announces Financial Results for the Third Quarter of 2026

Ark Restaurants Announces Conference Call

Recent Filings