ARCO Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Arcos Dorados Holdings Class A Shares | NYSE:ARCO)

Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc operates McDonald's branded restaurants in various countries and territories in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Company manages its business as distinct geographic segments and its operations are divided into three geographic divisions, as follows: Brazil, the North Latin American division, or NOLAD, which is comprised of Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana and the U.S. Virgin Islands of St. Croix and St. Thomas and the South Latin American division, or SLAD, which is comprised of Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Aruba and Curacao. Their menu includes hamburgers, McNuggets, salad, sandwiches, French fries, and others.

Arcos Dorados Holdings Class A Shares trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol ARCO.

As of December 19, 2025, ARCO stock price declined to $7.20 with 1,098,813 million shares trading.

ARCO has a beta of 0.52, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. ARCO has a correlation of 0.10 to the broad based SPY ETF.

ARCO has a market cap of $1.50 billion. This is considered a Small Cap stock.

Last quarter Arcos Dorados Holdings Class A Shares reported $1 billion in Revenue and $.12 earnings per share. This fell short of revenue expectation by $-15 million and missed earnings estimates by -$.03.

In the last 3 years, ARCO traded as high as $13.20 and as low as $6.51.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that ARCO belongs to (by Net Assets): ARGT, CBLS, OPTZ, BRF, PRFZ.

ARCO has underperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +1.6% while the SPY ETF gained +18.1%. However, in the short term, ARCO had mixed performance relative to the market. It has outperformed in the last 3 months, returning +8.2% vs +2.8% return in SPY. But in the last 2 weeks, ARCO shares have been beat by the market, returning -2.8% compared to an SPY return of -0.5%.

ARCO support price is $7.12 and resistance is $7.39 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that ARCO shares will trade within this expected range on the day.