ARKO (NASDAQ:ARKO – Get Free Report) was downgraded by equities researchers at Zacks Research from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report issued on Monday, Zacks reports.
ARKO has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Weiss Ratings lowered ARKO from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “sell (d)” rating in a research note on Monday. Mizuho set a $22.00 target price on shares of ARKO in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Finally, Raymond James Financial downgraded shares of ARKO from a “strong-buy” rating to an “outperform” rating and dropped their target price for the stock from $8.00 to $7.00 in a research report on Monday, August 10th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, ARKO currently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average target price of $14.50.
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ARKO Stock Up 1.0%
Shares of ARKO stock opened at $4.24 on Monday. ARKO has a 1-year low of $3.61 and a 1-year high of $8.76. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $4.19 and its 200 day moving average price is $5.94. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.68, a current ratio of 1.47 and a quick ratio of 1.02. The company has a market cap of $475.64 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 84.82 and a beta of 0.99.
ARKO (NASDAQ:ARKO – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 5th. The company reported $0.08 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.12 by ($0.04). ARKO had a net margin of 0.14% and a return on equity of 2.87%. The business had revenue of $2.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.02 billion. On average, research analysts expect that ARKO will post 0.09 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Hedge Funds Weigh In On ARKO
Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. BlackRock Inc. purchased a new stake in ARKO during the second quarter worth $45,154,000. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership purchased a new position in ARKO in the first quarter valued at $8,220,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp purchased a new position in ARKO in the second quarter valued at $6,145,000. Ancora Advisors LLC purchased a new position in ARKO in the second quarter valued at $5,781,000. Finally, Empowered Funds LLC acquired a new position in shares of ARKO in the second quarter worth about $4,671,000. 78.29% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
About ARKO
ARKO Corp. (NASDAQ: ARKO) is a convenience store and fuel retail operator in the United States. Through its subsidiary GPM Investments, the company operates convenience stores that sell gasoline, diesel fuel, food, beverages, tobacco products, and other everyday consumer goods. Many locations also offer prepared food, loyalty programs, and additional retail services. ARKO operates stores under a variety of regional and national banners, including fas mart, E-Z Mart, Scotchman, Young’s, Li’l Cricket, BreadBox, and others.
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