ARKO Corp. ARKO

Competitive advantage analysis · consumer-cyclical

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
50/100
Moderate

Ranked against 51 peers in Specialty Retail

About ARKO Corp.

Arko Corp., through its subsidiary, operates a chain of convenience stores in the United States. It operates through four segments Retail, Wholesale, Fleet Fueling, and GPMP segments. The Retail segment engages in the operation of retail stores that sells fuel and merchandise, as well as cold and hot prepared foods, beverages, cigarettes and other tobacco products, candy, salty snacks, grocery, … Full ARKO analysis →

Key strengths

  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.96), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
  • Operating Leverage in Effect Operating leverage is evident (score 0.63), with margins expanding over time.

Key risks

  • Elevated Debt Risk Debt serviceability is weak (score 0.30), raising refinancing risk.
  • Revenue Volatility Signals Weak Stickiness Revenue volatility is high (stability score 0.29), suggesting weak customer stickiness.

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Pricing Power

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Where ARKO ranks in Specialty Retail

ARKO Corp. ranks #27 of 52 scored companies in Specialty Retail by moat score — the top 52%. The widest moat in the group is Winmark Corporation (WINA) at 83/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
23 Tokyo Lifestyle Co., Ltd. TKLF 54/100 Moderate
24 Savers Value Village, Inc. SVV 53/100 Moderate
25 Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. TLF 52/100 Moderate
26 National Vision Holdings, Inc. EYE 51/100 Moderate
27 ARKO Corp. ARKO 50/100 Moderate
28 The ODP Corporation ODP 50/100 Developing
29 Olaplex Holdings, Inc. OLPX 46/100 Developing
30 Petco Health and Wellness Compa WOOF 42/100 Developing
31 Advance Auto Parts Inc. AAP 41/100 Developing

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How ARKO scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 48 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 72 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 41 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 59 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 42 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 41 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding ARKO's moat

What is ARKO Corp.'s moat score?

ARKO Corp. (ARKO) scores 50 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #27 of 52 scored companies in Specialty Retail, the top 52%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 51 companies in Specialty Retail. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (72/100) and its weakest is Customer Stickiness (41/100).

How does ARKO Corp. compare with other Specialty Retail companies?

ARKO Corp. ranks #27 of 52 scored companies in Specialty Retail by moat score. The widest moat in Specialty Retail is Winmark Corporation (WINA) at 83/100. The companies ranked closest are National Vision Holdings, Inc. (EYE) at 51 just above it and The ODP Corporation (ODP) at 50 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 51 companies in Specialty Retail. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is ARKO Corp. scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for ARKO Corp.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and ARKO scores: Pricing Power (48), Cost Advantage (72), Customer Stickiness (41), Capital Efficiency (59), Resilience (42), Scale & Market Position (41). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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