ARCO vs. SHAK, RRR, ATAT, HGV, TNL, BH.A, PK, SG, PLYA, and HDL
Should you be buying Arcos Dorados stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arcos Dorados include Shake Shack (SHAK), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV), Travel + Leisure (TNL), Biglari (BH.A), Park Hotels & Resorts (PK), Sweetgreen (SG), Playa Hotels & Resorts (PLYA), and Super Hi International (HDL). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
Arcos Dorados vs.
Shake Shack (NYSE:SHAK) and Arcos Dorados (NYSE:ARCO) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
In the previous week, Shake Shack had 35 more articles in the media than Arcos Dorados. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Shake Shack and 12 mentions for Arcos Dorados. Shake Shack's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Arcos Dorados' score of 0.37 indicating that Shake Shack is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Arcos Dorados has higher revenue and earnings than Shake Shack. Arcos Dorados is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shake Shack, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Arcos Dorados has a net margin of 3.25% compared to Shake Shack's net margin of 0.81%. Arcos Dorados' return on equity of 29.74% beat Shake Shack's return on equity.
Shake Shack has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arcos Dorados has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Shake Shack currently has a consensus price target of $113.40, suggesting a potential downside of 1.87%. Arcos Dorados has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 62.27%. Given Arcos Dorados' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Arcos Dorados is more favorable than Shake Shack.
86.1% of Shake Shack shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.9% of Arcos Dorados shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.7% of Shake Shack shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Shake Shack received 261 more outperform votes than Arcos Dorados when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.31% of users gave Arcos Dorados an outperform vote while only 51.63% of users gave Shake Shack an outperform vote.
Summary
Shake Shack beats Arcos Dorados on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ARCO) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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