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ARKO vs Weis Markets

ARKO and WMK 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 WMK compare

Weis Markets is the larger company, worth 4.3 times as much as ARKO ($1.9B against $449M).

On earnings, Weis Markets is cheaper: it trades at 18.6× trailing earnings, against 80.0× for ARKO.

ARKO grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (5.9% versus 4.3% for Weis Markets).

Weis Markets keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 2.1% compared with 0.14% at ARKO.

Both pay dividends: ARKO yields 3.0% and Weis Markets 1.3%.

Weis Markets scores higher on the StockData Score (18 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.

MetricARKOWMK
Size and price
Market cap$449M$1.9B
Share price$4.00$78.73
Change, 1 year−7.8%19.6%
Change, 5 years−59.1%25.2%
Beta (5Y)0.950.19
Employees9,74822K
StockData Score
Total score1018 (better)
Valuation score4 (better)3
Growth score13 (better)
Performance score12 (better)
Health score36 (better)
Dividend score14 (better)
Valuation
P/E80.0×18.6× (better)
P/S0.1× (better)0.4×
P/B1.1× (better)1.4×
EV/EBITDA4.2× (better)6.6×
P/FCF603×25.3× (better)
FCF yield0.17%3.9% (better)
Fair value$8.18$81.68
Margin of safety51.1% (better)3.6%
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)5.9% (better)4.3%
Revenue growth, 5Y average13.8% (better)3.8%
Net income growth (TTM)−35.3%9.9% (better)
EPS growth (TTM)−54.5%16.8% (better)
EPS growth, 5Y average0.00% (better)−3.8%
Profitability
Gross margin–25.7%
Operating margin1.2%2.6% (better)
Net margin0.14%2.1% (better)
FCF margin0.01%1.5% (better)
Return on equity3.5%7.7% (better)
Return on invested capital6.6%8.7% (better)
Financial health
Debt / equity1.51 (better)0.00
Net debt / EBITDA1.90–
Interest coverage1.2×2489× (better)
Current ratio1.472.04 (better)
Altman Z-score2.655.80 (better)
Piotroski F-score66
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield3.0% (better)1.3%
Payout ratio111%32.1%
Years of dividend growth–0
Dividend growth, 5Y average–1.9%
Buyback yield2.6%–
Shareholder yield5.6% (better)1.3%
Ownership
Held by institutions64.7%46.3%
Held by insiders21.0%31.8%
Insider net buying, 12 months−$77.6K$0 (better)
Short interest, % of float8.1%16.4%

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