Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. · Restaurants

ARCO

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The short version

A profitable company with steady sales. Institutions are adding.

Going well

Pays a 3.4% dividend yield
Profitable
Brings in more cash than it spends

Money moves

No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
Institutions added 7.4% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (87 bought, 64 sold)

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

What the price means

Price as of Oct 26

$7.03-13.1% that day

Company value: $1.5B; Share price times all shares
Price vs profit (P/E): 7.0x; You pay about $7 for each $1 of yearly profit
Price vs sales: 0.32x; Company value is 0.32 times a year of sales
Dividend yield: 3.4%; Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
Cash vs value: 25%; Cash as a share of company value
Debt vs value: 77%; Debt as a share of company value

From ARCO's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.

What the price assumes

Your guesses, our math

Move the sliders to your own view of ARCO. Starting points are the company's recent numbers.

Sales growth+19% a yearRecently: +19% a yearProfit margin5%Last 12 months: 4.5%P/E at the end8xToday: 7.0x. Many steady companies trade at 12x to 25xShare count change0% a yearBelow zero means buybacks; above zero means new shares (dilution)

Sales in 5 years$11.2B

Profit in 5 years$558M

Price these guesses point to$21.20+202% vs $7.03 todayAbout +25% a year, before dividends

What today's price needs: with a 5% margin and a 8x P/E, sales could shrink about 4.6% a year for 5 years and still match today's price.

Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.

Price

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Business quality

The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.

3/6Mixed

PassReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.33.2%
MissDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.1.48x equity
MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.4.5%
MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.9 of 10 years
PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$15.0M
PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.0.0% in 3 years

Revenue: $4.7B; +4.7% vs prior year
5-year growth: +18.7%/yr; revenue, per year
Total debt: $1.1B; 1.48x equity
Current ratio: 1.03x; short-term assets / bills due

From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: gross margin 40%+. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.