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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-018853"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARKO"
cik: "0001823794"
company_name: "ARKO Corp."
filed_at: "2023-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T14:11:04.187290+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ARKO reports Q1 net loss $2.5M; same-store merchandise sales +3.8%

## Summary
- Operating income $9.0M vs $19.3M prior year; net loss $2.5M vs net income $2.3M prior year.
- Same-store merchandise sales +3.8% (+7.6% ex-cigarettes); merchandise margin 30.7% (+120bps).
- Adjusted EBITDA $47.5M, down $2.6M vs prior year.
- Closed TEG acquisition (135 c-stores, 192 dealer sites) on March 1; WTG acquisition expected Q2 2023.
- Declared $0.03 quarterly dividend, payable June 1 to holders of record May 19.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-018853
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARKO
- cik: 0001823794
- company_name: ARKO Corp.
- filed_at: 2023-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823794/000095017023018853/0000950170-23-018853-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823794/000095017023018853/arko-20230508.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ARKO Corp. reported the quarter ended March 31, 2023 results: net income Net loss for the quarter was $2.5 million.
  - Period: the quarter ended March 31, 2023
  - Net income: Net loss for the quarter was $2.5 million
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On May 8, 2023, ARKO Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823794/000095017023018853/0000950170-23-018853-index.htm

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