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After finishing at $6.84 in the prior trading day, Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc (NYSE: ARCO) closed at $6.65, down -2.78%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.78 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.8 million shares were traded. ARCO stock price reached its highest trading level at $6.85 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $6.62.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of ARCO by taking a closer look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.81 and its Current Ratio is at 0.86. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 4.27 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 3.54.
On December 01, 2023, Jefferies started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $15.
On September 27, 2022, Barclays started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and target price of $9.Barclays initiated its Overweight rating on September 27, 2022, with a $9 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 17 ’25 when Rabach Marcelo bought 100,000 shares for $8.34 per share.
BASTIDAS SALDARRIAGA JUAN DAVI bought 7,889 shares of ARCO for $64,274 on Nov 27 ’24. On Aug 30 ’24, another insider, Annette Franqui, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 200,000 shares for $1.00 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, ARCO now has a Market Capitalization of 1400909056 and an Enterprise Value of 3108945408. As of this moment, Arcos’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 10.44, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.97. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.39. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.31 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.72. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.696 whereas that against EBITDA is 6.428.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for ARCO is 0.59, which has changed by -0.30147058 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.18569505 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, ARCO has reached a high of $10.55, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $6.66. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -10.89%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -15.55%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 1.40M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1188150 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 130.66M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 121.07M. Insiders hold about 42.53% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 47.90% stake in the company. Shares short for ARCO as of 1752537600 were 4270248 with a Short Ratio of 3.04, compared to 1749772800 on 2565909. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4270248 and a Short% of Float of 4.14.
