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Ark Restaurants

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Restaurants · Consumer Cyclical
Winston Score
16
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 27, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Weak
Valuation
Data not available
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Winston Score History

The full picture

Ark Restaurants Corp. owns and operates a small group of restaurants and bars across the United States. Its locations include casual dining spots, seafood restaurants, and food courts, mostly found in hotels, casinos, and entertainment venues in places like New York, Las Vegas, and Florida. The company serves everyday diners looking for a meal in a leisure or hospitality setting.

Ark Restaurants makes money by selling food and drinks directly to customers at its locations. It is a very small company, with a market cap close to zero and thin operating margins, meaning it barely breaks even on its sales. The business faces real pressure from rising food and labor costs, and its reliance on foot traffic at hotels and casinos makes it vulnerable when travel or consumer spending slows down.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-6.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+89.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

57.1%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~0 months

$-16,000 cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Ark Restaurants has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
7.9%
Thin — 7.9% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-0.3%
Losing money on operations — -0.3%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-2.1%
Weak — -2.1% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-9.5%
Shrinking sales (-9.5% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-2.5%
Burning cash (-2.5%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
2.66
Heavy debt load (2.66)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
no trend
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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