profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Arcos Dorados Holdings
$7.21+3.00% today
-1.6% in 1 year
1-year low $6.731-year high $9.50
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $7.16 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Arcos Dorados Holdings sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $3.62 billion in 2022 to $4.68 billion in 2025, with $212 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Arcos Dorados Holdings handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
$51M
Free cash flow 2025$15M
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends$51M
Cash vs. debt$373M vs. $2.2B
Arcos Dorados Holdings vs. similar companies
Arcos Dorados Holdings grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arcos Dorados Holdings | 7.2× · Cheap | ||
 McDonald's | 22.4× · Fair price | ||
 Starbucks | 48.0× · Expensive | ||
 Compass Group | 30.7× · Expensive | ||
 Chipotle Mexican Grill | 29.1× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Arcos Dorados Holdings's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,619 | 4,332 | 4,470 | 4,678 | |
| 493 | 597 | 586 | 574 | |
| 264 | 314 | 325 | 364 | |
| 384 | 463 | 502 | 562 | |
| 140 | 181 | 149 | 212 | |
| 0.67 | 0.86 | 0.71 | 1.01 | |
| 13.6% | 13.8% | 13.1% | 12.3% | |
| 7.3% | 7.2% | 7.3% | 7.8% | |
| 3.9% | 4.2% | 3.3% | 4.5% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 2,637 | 3,019 | 2,893 | 3,886 |
| Cash | 267 | 197 | 135 | 373 |
| Total debt | 1,562 | 1,691 | 1,720 | 2,245 |
| Total liabilities | 2,312 | 2,502 | 2,383 | 3,114 |
| 324 | 515 | 508 | 770 | |
| 211 | 211 | 211 | 211 | |
| 11.1% | 11.2% | 11.5% | 9.5% | |
| 43.4% | 35.2% | 29.3% | 27.5% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 345 | 382 | 267 | 296 | |
| 217 | 360 | 328 | 281 | |
| 128 | 22 | -61 | 15 | |
| Dividends paid | 32 | 40 | 51 | 51 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 6 | 14 | 1 | 5 |
Valuation
- 7.2×
- 10.4×
- 0.49
- 2.4×
- 0.3×
- 101.3×
- 6.0×
- 1.0%
- 14.0%
- 2.9%
Profitability
- 12.3%
- 7.8%
- 4.5%
- 12.3%
- 7.3%
- 6.4%
- 32.6%
- 6.1%
- 12.3%
- –
Growth
- +8.9%
- +14.7%
- +124.7%
- +25.0%
- +0.0%
Financial health
- 3.3×
- 2.82
- 57.2%
- 8.8×
- 0.80
- 0.80
- 1.26
How it ranks in Consumer Discretionary
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 45%of 982
Bottom 47%of 996
Top 8%of 860
Top 47%of 996
Bottom 22%of 982
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $11.53
- Range
- $9.05 – $14.00
- 2 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 2026 | -0.04 | 0.20 | −119.7% |
| Nov 12, 2025 | 0.12 | 0.10 | +20.0% |
| Aug 13, 2025 | 0.11 | 0.05 | +120.0% |
| May 14, 2025 | 0.07 | 0.13 | −46.2% |
| Mar 12, 2025 | 0.28 | 0.22 | +27.3% |
| Nov 13, 2024 | 0.17 | 0.16 | +6.3% |
| Aug 14, 2024 | 0.13 | 0.13 | +0.0% |
| May 15, 2024 | 0.14 | 0.17 | −17.6% |
2.9%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$29a year at today's yield, before tax
+25.0%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$0.10 in 2018 → $0.24 in 2025
How safe it looks
23.8% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 337.2%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
36No pass
Benjamin Graham
54No pass
Philip Fisher
42No pass
Peter Lynch
59No pass
Joel Greenblatt
54No pass
Charlie Munger
26No pass
Terry Smith
22No pass
Questions about Arcos Dorados Holdings
Is Arcos Dorados Holdings a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Arcos Dorados Holdings AI analysis
What does Arcos Dorados Holdings do?
Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. operates as a franchisee of McDonald's restaurants. It is in Restaurants.
Does Arcos Dorados Holdings pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.9% a year, about 24% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $50.6 million in dividends.
Is Arcos Dorados Holdings stock halal?
No. Arcos Dorados Holdings does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 148% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Arcos Dorados Holdings stock done over the past year?
Down 1.6% over the past twelve months, to $7.21. It traded between $6.73 and $9.50 and is 24.1% below its high.
Who are Arcos Dorados Holdings's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are McDonald's, Starbucks, Compass Group and Chipotle Mexican Grill. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Arcos Dorados Holdings's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.