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Arcos Dorados (ARCO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$7.54 -0.13 (-1.69%)
As of 05/20/2025 03:58 PM Eastern

About Arcos Dorados Stock (NYSE:ARCO)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$7.47
$7.69
50-Day Range
$6.82
$8.51
52-Week Range
$6.66
$10.55
Volume
879,351 shs
Average Volume
1.41 million shs
Market Capitalization
$1.59 billion
P/E Ratio
10.77
Dividend Yield
3.18%
Price Target
$12.00
Consensus Rating
Buy

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.

Arcos Dorados Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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83rd Percentile Overall Score

ARCO MarketRank™: 

Arcos Dorados scored higher than 83% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 54th out of 211 stocks in the retail/wholesale sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Arcos Dorados has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Arcos Dorados has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Arcos Dorados' stock forecast and price target.
  • 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 10.77, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 24.97.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Arcos Dorados is 10.77, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Retail/Wholesale sector average P/E ratio of about 24.77.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Arcos Dorados has a P/B Ratio of 3.08. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.52% 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 1.2, 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 2.79%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.
  • Dividend Yield

    Arcos Dorados pays a meaningful dividend of 3.17%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • 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.

  • Read more about Arcos Dorados' dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.52% 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 1.2, 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 2.79%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.
  • News Sentiment

    Arcos Dorados has a news sentiment score of 0.37. 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 0.77 average news sentiment score of Retail/Wholesale companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 18 news articles for Arcos Dorados this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    3 people have searched for ARCO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 50% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    Only 1 people have added Arcos Dorados to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -80% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • 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.

  • Read more about Arcos Dorados' insider trading history.
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ARCO Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Arcos Dorados' stock was trading at $7.28 at the start of the year. Since then, ARCO shares have increased by 3.6% and is now trading at $7.54.
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Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. (NYSE:ARCO) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 14th. The restaurant operator reported $0.07 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.13 by $0.06. The business's revenue was down .4% compared to the same quarter last year.
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Top institutional investors of Arcos Dorados include Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (5.00%), Nuveen LLC (4.69%), Invesco Ltd. (1.80%) and Moerus Capital Management LLC (1.69%).

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.

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

Record date for 3/27 Dividend
3/24/2025
Ex-Dividend for 3/27 Dividend
3/24/2025
Dividend Payable
3/27/2025
Last Earnings
5/14/2025
Today
5/20/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Eating places
Sub-Industry
Restaurants, Hotels, Motels
Current Symbol
NYSE:ARCO
Employees
81,300
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$12.00
High Stock Price Target
$12.00
Low Stock Price Target
$12.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+59.2%
Consensus Rating
Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
3.00
Research Coverage
1 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
10.77
Forward P/E Ratio
11.97
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
$181.27 million
Pretax Margin
5.14%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$4.47 billion
Cash Flow
$1.44 per share
Price / Cash Flow
5.23
Book Value
$2.45 per share
Price / Book
3.08

Miscellaneous

Free Float
N/A
Market Cap
$1.59 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.65

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This page (NYSE:ARCO) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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