Arcos Dorados Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:ARCO)

Arcos Dorados trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ARCO."

Arcos Dorados declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, March 29th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.05 per share on Friday, April 12th. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.79%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, April 8th. This is a boost from Arcos Dorados's previous quarterly dividend of $0.03. View Arcos Dorados' Dividend History.

Arcos Dorados announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Tuesday, May 22nd 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $60,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy up to 3.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Arcos Dorados Holding Inc (NYSE:ARCO) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 7th. The restaurant operator reported $0.05 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.06 by $0.01. The restaurant operator earned $723.75 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $736.28 million. Arcos Dorados had a return on equity of 14.97% and a net margin of 1.97%. View Arcos Dorados' Earnings History.

Arcos Dorados is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 13th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Arcos Dorados.

Arcos Dorados will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, November 13th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

3 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Arcos Dorados' shares. Their forecasts range from $8.50 to $11.00. On average, they anticipate Arcos Dorados' stock price to reach $9.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 35.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Arcos Dorados.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Arcos Dorados in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Arcos Dorados.

Press coverage about ARCO stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Arcos Dorados earned a media sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Arcos Dorados.

Arcos Dorados saw a decrease in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,310,000 shares, a decrease of 22.5% from the August 15th total of 1,690,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 440,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.0 days. Approximately 1.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Arcos Dorados' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Arcos Dorados include Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Wingstop (WING), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Jack in the Box (JACK), Papa John's Int'l (PZZA), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Brinker International (EAT), Denny's (DENN), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Bojangles (BOJA) and Ruth's Hospitality Group (RUTH).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Arcos Dorados investors own include Wendys (WEN), Pacific Drilling (PACDQ), Lowe's Companies (LOW), Frontier Communications (FTR), Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Netflix (NFLX), Starbucks (SBUX), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Activision Blizzard (ATVI).

Arcos Dorados' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include O Keefe Stevens Advisory Inc. (0.24%), Inlet Private Wealth LLC (0.07%), Henry James International Management Inc. (0.03%) and Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC (0.01%).

ARCO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Inlet Private Wealth LLC.

ARCO stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Henry James International Management Inc., Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC and O Keefe Stevens Advisory Inc..

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

One share of ARCO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $7.18.

Arcos Dorados has a market capitalization of $1.47 billion and generates $3.08 billion in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $36.85 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.18 on an earnings per share basis. Arcos Dorados employs 78,691 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Arcos Dorados.

The official website for Arcos Dorados is http://www.arcosdorados.com/.

Arcos Dorados' mailing address is Dr. Luis Bonavita 1294 Office 501, Montevideo X3, 11300. The restaurant operator can be reached via phone at 598 2626-3000 or via email at [email protected]