Growth Metrics

Ark Restaurants (ARKR) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026)

Ark Restaurants posted quarterly FCF Payout Ratio of 0.06 for Q1 2026, down 100.92% year-on-year from 6.57 in Q1 2025, and up 30.05% on a QoQ basis from 0.09 in Q4 2025.

Ark Restaurants (ARKR) has 17 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.06 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 100.92% year-over-year to 0.06; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.5 (down 93.48% YoY), and the FY2024 full-year result was 0.93, up 268.38% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.06, up from 0.09 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 6.57 in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 4.57 in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.01 (2022), against an average of 0.09.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when FCF Payout Ratio slumped 2361.94%; it then surged 3495.98% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.07 in 2022, then soared by 3495.98% to 2.4 in 2023, then slumped by 104.58% to 0.11 in 2024, then gained by 21.42% to 0.09 in 2025, then surged by 30.05% to 0.06 in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.06 (Q1 2026), 0.09 (Q4 2025), and 1.8 (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Starbucks 110.27 Bn 108.58 Bn 9.40 Bn 7.69
2 Yum Brands 40.90 Bn 40.21 Bn 1.38 Bn 0.61
3 Chipotle Mexican Grill 39.62 Bn 38.75 Bn 2.61 Bn -
4 Restaurant Brands International 25.25 Bn 25.79 Bn 2.14 Bn 1.67
5 Darden Restaurants 23.41 Bn 23.17 Bn 3.31 Bn 0.39
6 Yum China Holdings 15.07 Bn 13.64 Bn 3.24 Bn 0.04
7 Texas Roadhouse 11.59 Bn 11.39 Bn 1.40 Bn 0.01
8 Dominos Pizza 10.51 Bn 10.27 Bn 464.51 Mn 0.01
9 Cava 8.67 Bn 8.28 Bn 797.57 Mn -
10 Ark Restaurants 22.65 Mn 10.59 Mn 31.51 Mn -0.06

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 28, 2026 -0.06
Dec 27, 2025 -0.09
Jun 28, 2025 -1.80
Mar 29, 2025 6.57
Dec 28, 2024 -0.11
Jun 29, 2024 0.27
Mar 30, 2024 -4.57
Dec 30, 2023 2.40
Sep 30, 2023 -0.56
Jul 1, 2023 0.18
Apr 1, 2023 0.26
Dec 31, 2022 -0.07
Oct 1, 2022 0.13
Jul 2, 2022 0.04
Apr 2, 2022 -1.28
Jan 1, 2022 0.16
Oct 2, 2021 -0.22
Jul 3, 2021 0.06
Apr 3, 2021 0.06
Oct 3, 2020 -0.64
Mar 28, 2020 -0.65
Dec 28, 2019 0.52
Sep 28, 2019 1.09
Jun 29, 2019 0.23
Mar 29, 2019 3.52
Dec 29, 2018 0.34
Sep 29, 2018 0.54
Jun 30, 2018 0.20
Mar 31, 2018 -15.34
Dec 30, 2017 -0.62
Sep 30, 2017 25.54
Jul 1, 2017 -0.78
Apr 1, 2017 -0.04
Dec 31, 2016 7.93
Oct 1, 2016 1.32
Jul 2, 2016 0.20
Apr 2, 2016 0.52
Jan 2, 2016 -0.73
Oct 3, 2015 0.20
Jun 27, 2015 0.78
Mar 28, 2015 0.45
Dec 27, 2014 0.82
Sep 27, 2014 0.27
Jun 28, 2014 0.26
Mar 29, 2014 2.00
Dec 28, 2013 0.19
Sep 28, 2013 0.00
Jun 29, 2013 0.36
Mar 30, 2013 0.66
Dec 29, 2012 0.55
Sep 29, 2012 0.15
Jun 30, 2012 0.39
Mar 31, 2012 -0.87
Dec 31, 2011 0.48
Oct 1, 2011 -1.36
Jul 2, 2011 1.19
Apr 2, 2011 4.07
Jan 1, 2011 -0.50
Oct 2, 2010 -1.13