NYSE:ARCO - Arcos Dorados Stock Price, News & Analysis

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. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 9th will be given a dividend of $0.05 per share on Friday, April 12th. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.93%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, April 8th. This is a positive change from Arcos Dorados's previous quarterly dividend of $0.03. View Arcos Dorados' Dividend History.

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

Arcos Dorados Holding Inc (NYSE:ARCO) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 7th. The restaurant operator reported $0.05 earnings per share 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 analysts' expectations of $736.28 million. Arcos Dorados had a net margin of 1.97% and a return on equity of 14.97%. 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.

3 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Arcos Dorados' stock. Their forecasts range from $8.50 to $11.00. On average, they expect Arcos Dorados' share price to reach $9.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 43.0% 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 trended positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Arcos Dorados earned a coverage optimism score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Arcos Dorados.

Arcos Dorados saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,431,200 shares, an increase of 15.5% from the June 30th total of 1,238,600 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 469,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.0 days. Approximately 1.2% of the shares of the company are short sold. 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), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Brinker International (EAT), Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), Papa John's Int'l (PZZA), Denny's (DENN), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Dine Brands Global (DIN), 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), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Netflix (NFLX), Starbucks (SBUX), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Activision Blizzard (ATVI).

Arcos Dorados' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Nuveen Asset Management LLC (10.14%), Invesco Ltd. (3.88%), International Value Advisers LLC (3.50%), INCA Investments LLC (2.50%), Acadian Asset Management LLC (1.61%) and Morgan Stanley (1.38%).

ARCO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, International Value Advisers LLC, INCA Investments LLC, Marshall Wace LLP, Acadian Asset Management LLC, Consilium Investment Management LLC, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC and Legato Capital Management LLC.

ARCO stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., SPX Equities Gestao de Recursos Ltda, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Northern Trust Corp, Deltec Asset Management LLC, Vanguard Group Inc. and Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC.

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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ARCO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $6.82.

Arcos Dorados has a market capitalization of $1.40 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]