Arcos Dorados (ARCO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. operates as a franchisee of McDonald's restaurants. It has the exclusive right to own, operate, and grant franchises of McDonald's restaurants in 20 countries and territories in Latin America and the Caribbean, including Argentina, Aruba, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curacao, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, the U.S. Virgin Islands of St. Croix and St. Thomas, and Venezuela. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $6.51 to $6.64
• 50-Day Range: $6.55 to $7.96
• 52-Week Range: $6.51 to $10.55
• Volume: 1.38 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.38 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.38 billion
• P/E Ratio: 10.08
• Dividend Yield: 3.66%
• Price Target: $8.80
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Arcos Dorados Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Arcos Dorados scored higher than 77% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 81st out of 210 stocks in the retail/wholesale sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Arcos Dorados has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Arcos Dorados has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 15.87%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Arcos Dorados are expected to grow by 15.87% in the coming year, from $0.63 to $0.73 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Arcos Dorados is 10.08, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 28.08.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Arcos Dorados is 10.08, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Retail/Wholesale sector average P/E ratio of about 28.10.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Arcos Dorados has a P/B Ratio of 2.71. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.53% of the float of Arcos Dorados has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Arcos Dorados has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.1, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Arcos Dorados has recently increased by 34.28%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

Arcos Dorados is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.67%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Arcos Dorados has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Arcos Dorados is 36.92%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Arcos Dorados will have a dividend payout ratio of 32.88% next year. This indicates that Arcos Dorados will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.53% of the float of Arcos Dorados has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Arcos Dorados has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.1, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Arcos Dorados has recently increased by 34.28%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.35

News Sentiment

Arcos Dorados has a news sentiment score of -0.35. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.69 average news sentiment score of Retail/Wholesale companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Arcos Dorados this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added Arcos Dorados to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Arcos Dorados insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

55.91% of the stock of Arcos Dorados is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

ARCO Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have ARCO shares performed this year?

Arcos Dorados' stock was trading at $7.28 at the start of the year. Since then, ARCO stock has decreased by 10.0% and is now trading at $6.55.

How were Arcos Dorados' earnings last quarter?

Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. (NYSE:ARCO) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 14th. The restaurant operator reported $0.07 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.13 by $0.06. Arcos Dorados's revenue was down .4% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript.

Who are Arcos Dorados' major shareholders?

Arcos Dorados' top institutional investors include Pzena Investment Management LLC (3.10%), Perpetual Ltd (0.83%), Emeth Value Capital LLC (0.73%) and INCA Investments LLC (0.66%).

How do I buy shares of Arcos Dorados?

Shares of ARCO stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Arcos Dorados own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Arcos Dorados investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Broadcom (AVGO), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Arista Networks (ANET), Salesforce (CRM) and CrowdStrike (CRWD).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/14/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 6/27 Dividend: 6/24/2025
• Record date for 6/27 Dividend: 6/25/2025
• Dividend Payable: 6/27/2025
• Today: 8/04/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/13/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Retail/Wholesale
• Industry: RETAIL - RESTRNTS
• Sub-Industry: Restaurants, Hotels, Motels
• Current Symbol: NYSE:ARCO
• CIK: 1508478
• Web: www.arcosdorados.com
• Phone: (982) 626-3000
• Fax: 598 2626-3018
• Employees: 98,615
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Arcos Dorados: $8.80
• High Price Target: $8.80
• Low Price Target: $8.80
• Potential Upside/Downside: +34.4%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.65
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 10.08
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.40
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $148.76 million
• Net Margins: 3.00%
• Pretax Margin: 5.33%
• Return on Equity: 26.70%
• Return on Assets: 4.39%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.80
• Current Ratio: 0.86
• Quick Ratio: 0.81

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $4.47 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.31
• Cash Flow: $1.55 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 4.22
• Book Value: $2.42 per share
• Price / Book: 2.71

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 210,650,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $1.38 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.59