Growth Metrics

Ark Restaurants (ARKR) Times Interest Earned (2010 - 2026)

Ark Restaurants posted quarterly Times Interest Earned of -$27.62 for Q1 2026, up 37.79% year-on-year from -$20.04 in Q1 2025, and down 281.92% on a QoQ basis from $15.18 in Q4 2025.

Ark Restaurants (ARKR) has 17 years of Times Interest Earned data on file, last reported at -$27.62 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Times Interest Earned rose 37.79% year-over-year to -$27.62; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$17.82 (up 2.98% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was -$9.82, down 41.97% from the prior year.
  • Times Interest Earned for Q1 2026 stood at -$27.62, down from $15.18 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Times Interest Earned topped out at $20.9 in Q3 2023 and bottomed at -$62.59 in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Times Interest Earned is $0.46 (2022), against an average of -$8.16.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Times Interest Earned slumped 15193.98%; it then soared 1377.26% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Times Interest Earned shows it stood at $5.14 in 2022, then surged by 82.55% to $9.37 in 2023, then tumbled by 112.68% to -$1.19 in 2024, then jumped by 1377.26% to $15.18 in 2025, then plunged by 281.92% to -$27.62 in 2026.
  • The last three Times Interest Earned figures came in at -$27.62 (Q1 2026), $15.18 (Q4 2025), and -$19.79 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Times Interest Earned (Qtr)
1 Starbucks 110.27 Bn 108.58 Bn 9.40 Bn 6.04
2 Yum Brands 40.90 Bn 40.21 Bn 1.38 Bn -
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 -
5 Darden Restaurants 23.41 Bn 23.17 Bn 3.31 Bn -
6 Yum China Holdings 15.07 Bn 13.64 Bn 3.24 Bn -
7 Texas Roadhouse 11.59 Bn 11.39 Bn 1.40 Bn -
8 Dominos Pizza 10.51 Bn 10.27 Bn 464.51 Mn 4.98
9 Cava 8.67 Bn 8.28 Bn 797.57 Mn -
10 Ark Restaurants 22.65 Mn 10.59 Mn 31.51 Mn -27.62

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 28, 2026 -27.62
Dec 27, 2025 15.18
Sep 27, 2025 -19.79
Jun 28, 2025 -33.81
Mar 29, 2025 -44.39
Dec 28, 2024 -1.19
Sep 28, 2024 -39.42
Jun 29, 2024 5.53
Mar 30, 2024 -7.47
Dec 30, 2023 9.37
Sep 30, 2023 -62.59
Jul 1, 2023 20.90
Apr 1, 2023 0.05
Dec 31, 2022 5.14
Oct 1, 2022 4.02
Jul 2, 2022 18.63
Apr 2, 2022 0.87
Jan 1, 2022 9.79
Oct 2, 2021 20.34
Jul 3, 2021 16.55
Apr 3, 2021 -4.86
Jan 2, 2021 -10.21
Oct 3, 2020 -7.11
Jun 27, 2020 -19.87
Mar 28, 2020 -6.39
Dec 28, 2019 5.31
Sep 28, 2019 -4.60
Jun 29, 2019 12.68
Mar 29, 2019 0.23
Dec 29, 2018 0.98
Sep 29, 2018 2.81
Jun 30, 2018 12.10
Mar 31, 2018 -1.96
Dec 30, 2017 3.79
Sep 30, 2017 6.52
Jul 1, 2017 12.61
Apr 1, 2017 -1.45
Dec 31, 2016 29.41
Oct 1, 2016 -27.38
Jul 2, 2016 45.77
Apr 2, 2016 -5.66
Jan 2, 2016 6.96
Oct 3, 2015 -69.66
Jun 27, 2015 58.04
Mar 28, 2015 -11.12
Dec 27, 2014 17.93
Sep 27, 2014 -50.45
Jun 28, 2014 33.08
Mar 29, 2014 3.82
Dec 28, 2013 63.21
Sep 28, 2013 76.52
Jun 29, 2013 182.79
Mar 30, 2013 -31.33
Mar 31, 2012 3.86
Dec 31, 2011 1,587.00
Oct 1, 2011 1,463.50
Jul 2, 2011 1,146.00
Apr 2, 2011 -276.75
Jan 1, 2011 11.60
Oct 2, 2010 187.17
Jul 3, 2010 617.29