Ark Restaurants Corp. (ARKR) — RQD Stock Rating Cockpit

The Roarable RQD rating is 24 out of 100, a letter grade of E, labeled "Roarable Strong Sell — Forensic Risk / Avoid." Per the Roarable RQD rating, the five pillars score as follows:

• Fundamental Cash Engine: 4 / 20. Per the Roarable RQD rating, ROIC is -13.1% and FCF yield is -8.93%. This is the weakest pillar and indicates the business is not currently generating a return on invested capital or free cash flow relative to its market value.
• Whale 13F Flow: 6 / 20. Per the Roarable RQD rating, this pillar reflects institutional accumulation and options positioning. The score is low, suggesting limited institutional support in the source data.
• Insider Conviction: 3 / 20. Per the Roarable RQD rating, this pillar covers SEC Form 4 and Congressional PTR cluster flow. It is the lowest-scoring pillar, a signal that insider activity is not supportive.
• Macro Regime Fit: 6 / 20. Per the Roarable RQD rating, beta is 1.0 and the pillar reflects sector sensitivity. The score is low and does not offer a macro-based tailwind in the source data.
• Forensic Balance Sheet: 5 / 20. Per the Roarable RQD rating, Altman Z is 1.44, Piotroski F is 2/9, and Debt/Equity is 0.5. These readings point to elevated financial-distress and weak-quality signals.

For a prospective investor evaluating the stock today, the composite picture is that every pillar scores in the low range, with cash generation, insider behavior, and forensic balance-sheet quality the weakest. The upside case would rest on a reversal in cash generation, which the current data does not show. Valuation tradeoffs are difficult to assess because several earnings-based multiples are unavailable, so the low price of $4.64 cannot be benchmarked against earnings from the source data alone. The rating frames the stock as a risk-heavy avoid rather than a value candidate, and any evaluation should weigh the forensic signals heavily.

Ark Restaurants Corp. (ARKR) is a NASDAQ-listed issuer in the Consumer Discretionary sector, operating in the Restaurants industry. Per the profile, it has a market capitalization of $0.0B in that record. The source data does not detail its specific products, customer base, or revenue model beyond its sector and industry classification. Not available in source data for further business description.

Per the SEC financials, operating income was negative in each reported period, and net income was negative as well. Per the market data, the gross margin is 0%, the operating margin is -2.5%, and the net margin is -6.9%, with ROIC at -13.1%. Per the Roarable RQD rating, the Altman Z-Score is 1.44 and the Piotroski F-Score is 2/9, with Debt/Equity at 0.5. Revenue declined from $184.8M in FY 2023 to $165.8M in FY 2025 per the SEC financials.

Per the recent news wire, the items reference ARKR-related market activity. The Investing.com Nigeria item reports that the Chairman & CEO sold $807,523 in shares; the headline is not a full filing record. A Form 4 item lists Michael Lawrence Weinstein as Director, 10% Owner, Chairman & CEO, with a date of 24 September. The most prominent item tagged as a catalyst (GREEN) references a GGB Q2 2026 earnings headline; that item's source and summary are not connected to ARKR's own results and should not be treated as an ARKR catalyst. Other items (a Flanigan's Enterprises seasonal returns chart, and unrelated Indian-listed and general headlines) are tagged YELLOW or are not specific to ARKR. Per the Butterfly Supply-Chain Graph, there are no supply-chain links and no proprietary signals. Risk watch items include the insider selling headline and the sub-$5 price relative to the 52-week range.

Per the Butterfly Supply-Chain Graph, the supply chain is recorded as NONE, with no butterfly links and no proprietary signals. No upstream or downstream dependencies, sector-correlation links, or 2nd-order bottlenecks are identified in the source data. Investors should note that the absence of mapped links is a data limitation, not evidence of independence.

• What are the company's earnings-based valuation multiples (P/E, EV/EBITDA, EPS), given they are unavailable in the source data?
• What is the reported debt level, given FY debt is listed as N/A across all periods?
• What was the EPS for each fiscal year, given EPS is N/A in the reported financials?
• What is the context and filing detail behind the Chairman & CEO share sale and the Form 4 entry?
• Why does the financials section show FY 2023 cash as N/A while FY 2024 and FY 2025 cash are reported?