In the journey to outperform the market, investors delve into the art of stock selection. Choosing the right stocks can be a powerful driver for wealth accumulation.
Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc (NYSE: ARCO) closed the day trading at $8.03 down -0.37% from the previous closing price of $8.06. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.37 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.02 million shares were traded. ARCO stock price reached its highest trading level at $8.1006 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $7.98.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of ARCO, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.54 and its Current Ratio is at 0.61. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 3.39 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 3.08.
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:
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 1697943424 and an Enterprise Value of 3281993216. As of this moment, Arcos’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 11.58, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 9.89. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.28. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.38 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.30. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.734 whereas that against EBITDA is 6.526.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for ARCO is 0.71, which has changed by -0.26860255 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.10063088 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, ARCO has reached a high of $11.49, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $7.02. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 1.47%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -6.53%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, ARCO traded about 1.36M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, ARCO traded about 1749130 shares per day. A total of 210.66M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 121.18M. Insiders hold about 42.48% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 51.00% stake in the company. Shares short for ARCO as of 1741910400 were 1416715 with a Short Ratio of 1.04, compared to 1739491200 on 1620736. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1416715 and a Short% of Float of 1.23000005.
Dividends & Splits
ARCO’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.24, up from 0.24 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.029776672
