ARQ
Arq, Inc.
ARQ's outlook is improving, though it still trails on the overall score.
VRT
Vertiv Holdings Co
VRT has the edge over ARQ overall, supported by stronger fundamentals and stronger valuation.
ARQ Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Weak | |
| Stable | |
| Stable |
ARQ's revenue, cash flow and balance sheet are currently stable, but its profitability is weak.
VRT Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
VRT's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently strong.
ARQ PE Valuation
ARQ has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year. If it returns to profit as analysts expect, today's price would be 101x next year's earnings.
VRT PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 23x | $210 | — |
| Current | 39x | $210 | — |
| Cheap | 58x | $308 | +47% |
| Fair | 72x | $383 | +83% |
| Expensive | 88x | $472 | +125% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
VRT's PE is in its cheap range at 39x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 23x next year's earnings.
ARQ Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Returning to profit | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect ARQ to return to profit, with revenue growing.
VRT Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Moderate | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect strong earnings and revenue growth for VRT, with profitability improving.
ARQ Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $0.03 | — |
| Q3 2026 | -$1.18 | -$1.08 |
| Q2 2026 | -$1.26 | -$1.22 |
| Q1 2026 | -$1.29 | -$1.24 |
| Q4 2025 | -$1.27 | -$1.13 |
| Q3 2025 | -$0.10 | -243% |
| Q2 2025 | -$0.04 | $0.00 |
| Q1 2025 | -$0.05 | +$0.14 |
| Q4 2024 | -$0.14 | +$0.28 |
ARQ lost $1.18 per share over the past year, a bigger loss than the year before.
VRT Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $9.14 | +71% |
| Q3 2026 | $5.35 | +102% |
| Q2 2026 | $4.42 | +111% |
| Q1 2026 | $3.98 | +131% |
| Q4 2025 | $3.41 | +166% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.65 | +75% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.09 | +62% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.72 | +64% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.28 | +7.6% |
VRT has the edge over ARQ on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
ARQ Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $38.2M | +8.9% |
| Q2 2026 | $29.9M | +4.5% |
| Q1 2026 | $29.1M | +6.6% |
| Q4 2025 | $29.4M | +8.8% |
| Q3 2025 | $35.1M | +0.9% |
| Q2 2025 | $28.6M | +13% |
| Q1 2025 | $27.2M | +25% |
| Q4 2024 | $27M | -3.8% |
ARQ's revenue has grown year over year for seven quarters in a row: $38M last quarter, up 8.9% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 8.2% | +11 points |
| Q2 2026 | -0.2% | +5.2 points |
| Q1 2026 | -3.4% | -5.8 points |
| Q4 2025 | -174% | -176 points |
| Q3 2025 | -2.4% | -8.2 points |
| Q2 2025 | -5.4% | +0.1 points |
| Q1 2025 | 2.4% | +16 points |
| Q4 2024 | 1.5% | -9.5 points |
ARQ's operating margin was 8.2% last quarter, up 11 points from the same quarter a year ago.
VRT Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $4.3B | +61% |
| Q2 2026 | $3.3B | +24% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.6B | +30% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.9B | +23% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.7B | +29% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.6B | +35% |
| Q1 2025 | $2B | +24% |
| Q4 2024 | $2.3B | +26% |
VRT has the edge over ARQ on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 23% | +3.5 points |
| Q2 2026 | 19% | +2.7 points |
| Q1 2026 | 17% | +2.3 points |
| Q4 2025 | 20% | +0.7 points |
| Q3 2025 | 19% | +1.4 points |
| Q2 2025 | 17% | -0.4 points |
| Q1 2025 | 14% | +1.9 points |
| Q4 2024 | 19% | +4.2 points |
VRT has the edge over ARQ on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
ARQ Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $9.6M | +209% |
| Q2 2026 | -$4M | -$2.6M |
| Q1 2026 | -$676K | +$8.8M |
| Q4 2025 | -$3.5M | +$34.2M |
| Q3 2025 | $3.1M | +$8.9M |
| Q2 2025 | -$1.4M | +$20.8M |
| Q1 2025 | -$9.5M | -$443K |
| Q4 2024 | -$37.8M | -$31.7M |
ARQ's free cash flow has turned positive after four years mostly in the red: $1M over the past year.
VRT Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $654.9M | +41% |
| Q2 2026 | $926.5M | +233% |
| Q1 2026 | $654.2M | +145% |
| Q4 2025 | $885.6M | +143% |
| Q3 2025 | $463.5M | +36% |
| Q2 2025 | $277.9M | -19% |
| Q1 2025 | $266.8M | +162% |
| Q4 2024 | $364.5M | +18% |
VRT has the edge over ARQ on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
ARQ Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +2% | +847K shares |
| 1 year | +3.2% | +1.3M shares |
| 3 years | +35% | +11.1M shares |
| 5 years | +133% | +24.6M shares |
| Available history | +135% | +24.7M shares |
ARQ has 43M diluted shares, up 3.2% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2021 | — |
| Q3 2021 | — |
| Q2 2021 | — |
| Q1 2021 | — |
| Q4 2020 | — |
| Q3 2020 | — |
| Q2 2020 | — |
| Q1 2020 | $159,000 |
VRT Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | 0% | -64.9K shares |
| 1 year | +0.4% | +1.8M shares |
| 3 years | +1.1% | +4.4M shares |
| 5 years | +10% | +36M shares |
| Available history | +63% | +152M shares |
VRT has the edge over ARQ on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | — |
| Q3 2025 | — |
| Q2 2025 | — |
| Q1 2025 | — |
| Q4 2024 | — |
| Q3 2024 | — |
| Q2 2024 | — |
| Q1 2024 | $599.9M |
ARQ Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | 2.0x | Healthy |
| Q2 2025 | 1.9x | Healthy |
| Q1 2025 | 1.9x | Healthy |
| Q4 2024 | 1.7x | Healthy |
| Q3 2024 | -2.9x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2024 | -1.5x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2024 | -8.9x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2022 | -15.0x | Net Cash |
ARQ's net debt is about 2.0 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), after holding more cash than debt a year ago.
VRT Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -0.2x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | 0.1x | Very low |
| Q1 2026 | 0.3x | Very low |
| Q4 2025 | 0.6x | Very low |
| Q3 2025 | 0.8x | Very low |
| Q2 2025 | 0.7x | Very low |
| Q1 2025 | 0.8x | Very low |
| Q4 2024 | 1.0x | Healthy |
VRT has more cash than debt.
ARQ Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 63.3 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 65.2 | Neutral |
ARQ's weekly RSI is 63 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 65 (neutral).
VRT Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 43.0 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 26.4 | Neutral |
VRT's weekly RSI is 43 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 26 (neutral).
ARQ PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | ARQ | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 24x | — |
ARQ has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
VRT PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | VRT | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 39x | 24x | 63% above |
| PE % | 3 | 58 | 55 pts below |
VRT is trading at 39x earnings, a 63% premium to the Industrials sector's median of 24x.
ARQ Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $2.11 | 46% above |
| 20 week MA | $2.15 | 44% above |
| 50 week MA | $2.62 | 18% above |
| 100 week MA | $4.11 | 25% below |
| 200 week MA | $4.05 | 24% below |
ARQ has the edge over VRT on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
VRT Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $221.8 | 5.5% below |
| 20 week MA | $254.4 | 18% below |
| 50 week MA | $253.9 | 17% below |
| 100 week MA | $189.1 | 11% above |
| 200 week MA | $123.5 | 70% above |
VRT has pulled back, but its long-term trend is still up: it's below its 8-, 20- and 50-week averages, but 70% above its 200-week average.
ARQ Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $10.1 | $5.96 | -41% |
| 2021 | $5.96 | $6.62 | +11% |
| 2022 | $6.62 | $2.28 | -66% |
| 2023 | $2.28 | $2.98 | +31% |
| 2024 | $2.98 | $7.13 | +139% |
| 2025 | $7.13 | $3.41 | -52% |
| 2026 YTD | $3.41 | $3.09 | -9.4% |
ARQ's yearly returns have swung widely, from +139% in 2024 to −66% in 2022. It's down 9.4% so far in 2026.
VRT Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $10.9 | $18.9 | +73% |
| 2021 | $18.9 | $24.9 | +31% |
| 2022 | $24.9 | $12.8 | -48% |
| 2023 | $12.8 | $48.0 | +275% |
| 2024 | $48.0 | $115.1 | +140% |
| 2025 | $115.1 | $167.6 | +46% |
| 2026 YTD | $167.6 | $209.6 | +25% |
VRT has the edge over ARQ on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.