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ARKO Corp. (ARKO) Falls More Steeply Than Broader Market: What Investors Need to Know

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ARKO Corp. (ARKO - Free Report) closed the most recent trading day at $4.46, moving -1.76% from the previous trading session. This move lagged the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.3%. Elsewhere, the Dow lost 0.46%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 0.38%.

Coming into today, shares of the company had gained 7.33% in the past month. In that same time, the Consumer Staples sector lost 1.13%, while the S&P 500 gained 3.64%.

Market participants will be closely following the financial results of ARKO Corp. in its upcoming release. The company plans to announce its earnings on August 6, 2025. The company is expected to report EPS of $0.12, up 9.09% from the prior-year quarter. In the meantime, our current consensus estimate forecasts the revenue to be $2.07 billion, indicating a 13.12% decline compared to the corresponding quarter of the prior year.

Looking at the full year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates suggest analysts are expecting earnings of $0.08 per share and revenue of $7.87 billion. These totals would mark changes of -38.46% and -9.84%, respectively, from last year.

Investors should also take note of any recent adjustments to analyst estimates for ARKO Corp. Recent revisions tend to reflect the latest near-term business trends. Therefore, positive revisions in estimates convey analysts' confidence in the business performance and profit potential.

Our research suggests that these changes in estimates have a direct relationship with upcoming stock price performance. To utilize this, we have created the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model that integrates these estimate changes and provides a functional rating system.

The Zacks Rank system, ranging from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), possesses a remarkable history of outdoing, externally audited, with #1 stocks returning an average annual gain of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has remained steady. Right now, ARKO Corp. possesses a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).

With respect to valuation, ARKO Corp. is currently being traded at a Forward P/E ratio of 56.75. This denotes a premium relative to the industry average Forward P/E of 21.34.

The Consumer Products - Staples industry is part of the Consumer Staples sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 89, putting it in the top 37% of all 250+ industries.

The Zacks Industry Rank is ordered from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.

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