ARKO vs Ingles Markets
ARKO and IMKTA side by side, both in consumer staples. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ARKO and IMKTA compare
Ingles Markets is the larger company, worth 3.6 times as much as ARKO ($1.6B against $449M).
ARKO grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (5.9% versus 1.0% for Ingles Markets).
Ingles Markets keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 1.9% compared with 0.14% at ARKO.
Both pay dividends: ARKO yields 3.0% and Ingles Markets 0.78%.
Ingles Markets scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 10 for ARKO), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ARKO | IMKTA |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $449M | $1.6B |
| Share price | $4.00 | $84.28 |
| Change, 1 year | −7.8% | 15.0% |
| Change, 5 years | −59.1% | 9.1% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.95 | 0.40 |
| Employees | 9,748 | 26K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 | 13 (better) |
| Valuation score | 4 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 1 |
| Health score | 3 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 80.0× | – |
| P/S | 0.1× (better) | 0.3× |
| P/B | 1.1× | 1.0× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 4.2× (better) | 6.2× |
| P/FCF | 603× | 10.7× (better) |
| FCF yield | 0.17% | 9.3% (better) |
| Fair value | $8.18 | $83.54 |
| Margin of safety | 51.1% (better) | −0.88% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 5.9% (better) | 1.0% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 13.8% (better) | 3.0% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −35.3% | 84.3% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −54.5% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 0.00% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 24.5% |
| Operating margin | 1.2% | 2.6% (better) |
| Net margin | 0.14% | 1.9% (better) |
| FCF margin | 0.01% | 2.8% (better) |
| Return on equity | 3.5% | 6.3% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 6.6% (better) | 6.2% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.51 | 0.30 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.90 | 0.17 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 1.2× | 7.7× (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.47 | 3.21 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 2.65 | 4.47 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 3.0% (better) | 0.78% |
| Payout ratio | 111% | 11.8% |
| Buyback yield | 2.6% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 5.6% (better) | 0.78% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 64.7% | 74.9% |
| Held by insiders | 21.0% | 2.3% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$77.6K | $44.0K (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 8.1% | 6.5% |
Go deeper
- ARKO stock overview
- ARKO income statement
- ARKO valuation and score
- IMKTA stock overview
- IMKTA income statement
- IMKTA valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.