Ark Restaurants Announces Financial Results for the First Quarter of 2020

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[{"type":"text","content":" NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nArk Restaurants Corp. (Nasdaq:ARKR) today reported financial results for the first quarter ended December 28, 2019.\n\n\nTotal revenues for the 13-weeks ended December 28, 2019 were $43,514,000 versus $40,548,000 for the 13-weeks ended December 29, 2018. The 13-weeks ended December 28, 2019 includes revenues of $2,422,000 related to JB’s on the Beach in Deerfield Beach, FL which was acquired on May 15, 2019. The 13-weeks ended December 29, 2018 includes revenues of $839,000 related to Durgin-Park which was closed on January 12, 2019.\n\n\nCompany-wide same store sales increased 3.5% for the 13-weeks ended December 28, 2019 as compared to the same period of last year.\n\n\nThe Company’s EBITDA from restaurant operations for the 13-weeks ended December 28, 2019, adjusted for non-controlling interests and non-cash stock option expense was $3,485,000 versus EBITDA from restaurant operations adjusted for non-controlling interests, non-cash stock option expense and losses incurred on the closure of Durgin-Park (discussed below) of $2,543,000 during the same 13-week period of last year. Net income for the 13-weeks ended December 28, 2019 was $1,513,000 or $0.43 per basic and diluted share, compared to a net loss of ($62,000) or ($0.02) per basic and diluted share, for the same 13-week period in the prior year.\n\n\nAs of December 29, 2018, the Company determined that it would not be able to operate Durgin-Park profitably due to decreased traffic at the Faneuil Hall Marketplace in Boston, MA, where it was located, and rising labor costs. As a result, included in the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the 13-weeks ended December 29, 2018 are losses on closure in the amount of $1,067,000 consisting of: (i) impairment of trademarks of $721,000, (ii) accelerated depreciation of fixed assets of $333,000, and (iii) write-offs of prepaid and other expenses of $13,000. The restaurant was closed on January 12, 2019.\n\n\nThe Company adopted the new lease accounting standards on September 29, 2019 (the first day of fiscal year 2020) which requires us to recognize assets and liabilities for leases with lease terms of more than twelve months on our balance sheet. We used a modified retrospective approach and therefore did not restate comparative periods for those lease contracts for which we have taken possession...

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