ARCO vs. PLAY, TGLS, QSR, SHAK, TPR, YUMC, ATAT, TNL, HGV, and BH.A
Should you be buying Arcos Dorados stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arcos Dorados include Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), Tecnoglass (TGLS), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Shake Shack (SHAK), Tapestry (TPR), Yum China (YUMC), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), Travel + Leisure (TNL), Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV), and Biglari (BH.A).
Arcos Dorados vs. Its Competitors
Arcos Dorados (NYSE:ARCO) and Dave & Buster's Entertainment (NASDAQ:PLAY) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Arcos Dorados currently has a consensus target price of $8.80, suggesting a potential upside of 29.03%. Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a consensus target price of $31.33, suggesting a potential upside of 85.84%. Given Dave & Buster's Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dave & Buster's Entertainment is more favorable than Arcos Dorados.
In the previous week, Dave & Buster's Entertainment had 2 more articles in the media than Arcos Dorados. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Dave & Buster's Entertainment and 5 mentions for Arcos Dorados. Dave & Buster's Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Arcos Dorados' score of 0.00 indicating that Dave & Buster's Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Arcos Dorados pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Dave & Buster's Entertainment pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Arcos Dorados pays out 38.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dave & Buster's Entertainment pays out 188.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Arcos Dorados has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
55.9% of Arcos Dorados shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.4% of Dave & Buster's Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Dave & Buster's Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Arcos Dorados has a net margin of 2.89% compared to Dave & Buster's Entertainment's net margin of 0.46%. Dave & Buster's Entertainment's return on equity of 29.24% beat Arcos Dorados' return on equity.
Arcos Dorados has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dave & Buster's Entertainment has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Arcos Dorados has higher revenue and earnings than Dave & Buster's Entertainment. Arcos Dorados is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dave & Buster's Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Dave & Buster's Entertainment beats Arcos Dorados on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:ARCO) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
