Ark Restaurants (ARKR) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)
Ark Restaurants' (ARKR) quarterly Operating Margin came in at 4.53% in Q1 2026, up 709.0% YoY from 0.56% in Q1 2025, and down 268.86% on a QoQ basis from 2.68% in Q4 2025.
Ark Restaurants (ARKR) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Ark Restaurants (ARKR) has 17 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 4.53% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Operating Margin rose 709.0% year-over-year to 4.53% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 3.6% (up 170.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 2.45%, down 11.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin slipped to 4.53% in Q1 2026, from 2.68% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 10.19% in Q3 2022 to a low of 24.11% in Q3 2023.
- A 5-year average of 1.61% and a median of 0.31% in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Margin surged 2264 bps — and 2023, when it tumbled 2714 bps.
- Tracing ARKR's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 4.64% in 2022, then slipped by 27 bps to 3.38% in 2023, then plunged by 110 bps to 0.32% in 2024, then surged by 932 bps to 2.68% in 2025, then sank by 269 bps to 4.53% in 2026.
- The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 4.53% (Q1 2026), 2.68% (Q4 2025), and 4.61% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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| 10 | Ark Restaurants | 20.19 Mn | 10.08 Mn | 34.94 Mn | -0.34% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2026 | -0.34% |
| Mar 28, 2026 | -4.53% |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 2.68% |
| Sep 27, 2025 | -4.61% |
| Jun 28, 2025 | -7.81% |
| Mar 29, 2025 | -11.62% |
| Dec 28, 2024 | -0.32% |
| Sep 28, 2024 | -12.71% |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 1.64% |
| Mar 30, 2024 | -2.84% |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 3.38% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -24.11% |
| Jul 1, 2023 | 7.12% |
| Apr 1, 2023 | 0.05% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 4.64% |
| Oct 1, 2022 | 3.04% |
| Jul 2, 2022 | 10.19% |
| Apr 2, 2022 | 0.57% |
| Jan 1, 2022 | 6.35% |
| Oct 2, 2021 | 13.77% |