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Ark Restaurants (Ark Restaurants) Current Ratio

: 0.81 (As of Dec. 2023)
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The current ratio is a liquidity ratio that measures a company's ability to pay short-term obligations. It is calculated as a company's Total Current Assets divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Ark Restaurants's current ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.81.

Ark Restaurants has a current ratio of 0.81. It indicates that the company may have difficulty meeting its current obligations. Low values, however, do not indicate a critical problem. If Ark Restaurants has good long-term prospects, it may be able to borrow against those prospects to meet current obligations.

The historical rank and industry rank for Ark Restaurants's Current Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

ARKR' s Current Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.32   Med: 0.83   Max: 1.21
Current: 0.81

During the past 13 years, Ark Restaurants's highest Current Ratio was 1.21. The lowest was 0.32. And the median was 0.83.

ARKR's Current Ratio is ranked worse than
61.6% of 349 companies
in the Restaurants industry
Industry Median: 1.02 vs ARKR: 0.81

Ark Restaurants Current Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ark Restaurants's Current Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Ark Restaurants Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Current Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.76 0.89 1.08 1.12 0.79

Ark Restaurants Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Current Ratio Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.16 0.82 0.85 0.79 0.81

Competitive Comparison

For the Restaurants subindustry, Ark Restaurants's Current Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Current Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Ark Restaurants Current Ratio Distribution

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Ark Restaurants's Current Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ark Restaurants's Current Ratio falls into.



Ark Restaurants Current Ratio Calculation

The current ratio is mainly used to give an idea of the company's ability to pay back its short-term liabilities with its short-term assets.

Ark Restaurants's Current Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Current Ratio (A: Sep. 2023 )=Total Current Assets (A: Sep. 2023 )/Total Current Liabilities (A: Sep. 2023 )
=21.93/27.862
=0.79

Ark Restaurants's Current Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Current Ratio (Q: Dec. 2023 )=Total Current Assets (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Total Current Liabilities (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=21.4/26.479
=0.81

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Ark Restaurants  (NAS:ARKR) Current Ratio Explanation

The current ratio can give a sense of the efficiency of a company's operating cycle or its ability to turn its product into cash. Companies that have trouble getting paid on their receivables or have long inventory turnover can run into liquidity problems because they are unable to alleviate their obligations. Because business operations differ in each industry, it is always more useful to compare companies within the same industry.

Acceptable current ratios vary from industry to industry and are generally between 1 and 3 for healthy businesses.

The higher the current ratio, the more capable the company is of paying its obligations. A ratio under 1 suggests that the company would be unable to pay off its obligations if they came due at that point. While this shows the company is not in good financial health, it does not necessarily mean that it will go bankrupt - as there are many ways to access financing - but it is definitely not a good sign.

If all other things were equal, a creditor, who is expecting to be paid in the next 12 months, would consider a high current ratio to be better than a low current ratio, because a high current ratio means that the company is more likely to meet its liabilities which fall due in the next 12 months.


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Ark Restaurants (Ark Restaurants) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
85 5th Avenue, 14th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10003
Ark Restaurants Corp owns and operates around 17 restaurants and bars, 16 fast food concepts, and catering operations in the USA. The Las Vegas operations include New York Hotel & Casino Resort, hotel room service operations, banquet facilities, employee dining room, food court concepts, and a restaurant within the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino. It operates a restaurant and a bar in the Resorts Atlantic City Hotel and Casino and a restaurant in the Tropicana Hotel and Casino. The Florida operations include The Rustic Inn in Dania Beach, Shuckers in Jensen Beach, JB's on the Beach in Deerfield Beach, The Blue Moon Fish Company in Fort Lauderdale, and fast food facilities in Tampa and Hollywood. In Alabama, it operates Original Oyster Houses in Gulf Shores and Spanish Fort.
Executives
Satterfield Thomas A Jr 10 percent owner 2609 CALDWELL MILL LN, BIRMINGHAM AL 35243
Michael S Weinstein director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman & CEO C/O ARK RESTAURANTS CORP, 85 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10003
Anthony Sirica director, officer: Chief Financial Officer 85 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10003
Paul Gordon director, officer: Senior Vice President C/O ARK LAS VEGAS RESTAURANTS CORP, 3790 LAS VEGAS BLVD S SUITE 11, LAS VEGAS NV 89109
Vincent Pascal director, officer: Senior Vice President C/O ARK RESTAURANTS CORP, 85 FIFTH AVE, NEW YORK NY 10003
Steven Shulman director C/O PARAGON TECHNOLOGIES INC, 600 KUEBLER ROAD, EASTON PA 18040
Robert J Stewart director, officer: President and CFO C/O ARK RESTAURANTS CORP, 85 FIFTH AVE, NEW YORK NY 10003
Arthur Stainman director 320 EAST 72ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10021
Bruce R Lewin director G&G RETAIL INC, 520 EIGHTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10018
Robert Towers director, officer: Executive Vice President C/O ARK RESTAURANTS CORP, 85 FIFTH AVE, NEW YORK NY 10003
Marcia Allen director P.O. BOX 399, 2600 W. HOMESTEAD CIRCLE, WILSON WY 83014
Prides Capital Partners, Llc 10 percent owner 200 HIGH STREET, SUITE 700, BOSTON MA 02110
Robert Thomas Zankel director 808 BROADWAY, PHB, NEW YORK NY 10003
Stephen A Novick director ANDREA & CHARLES BRONFMAN PHILANTROPIES, 110 EAST 59TH STREET, 26TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Charles E Mccarthy 10 percent owner 200 HIGH STREET, SUITE 700, BOSTON MA 02110

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