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After finishing at $7.36 in the prior trading day, Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc (NYSE: ARCO) closed at $7.32, down -0.54%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.54 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.38 million shares were traded.
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.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Jefferies on December 01, 2023, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $15.
On September 27, 2022, Barclays started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and target price of $9.
HSBC Securities Downgraded its Buy to Hold on April 04, 2022, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $8.
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:
As of this moment, Arcos’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 11.49, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 9.12. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.99. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.35 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.99.
Stock Price History:
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 -3.71%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -10.18%.
Shares 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 45.94% stake in the company.
