ARKO Corp. — Earnings Quality Grade F
ARKO · Consumer Cyclical
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 4 days, change +0 days YoY
AR growth -8.9% vs revenue growth -12.5%
Revenue -12.5%, CFFO -13.2%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
Inventory -17.5% vs COGS -13.0%. Normal
CapEx growth 11.8% vs revenue -12.5%. Normal
SG&A/Gross Profit = 41.9%. Normal
Gross margin 5.2%, change +0.6pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 8.47. Profits backed by cash
FCF $0.1B, FCF/NI = 2.87
Accruals ratio = -4.8%. Low accruals
Cash $0.3B covers only 12% of debt $2.6B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $0.5B = 125% of equity. Over 50%
Debt/EBITDA = 10.1x (>4x). Interest coverage = 1.1x (<2x). Financial stress
Other assets grew 24.2% vs revenue -12.5%
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change -5% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -2.88 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator
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Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25