Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. (ARCO)

About Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc.

Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. is the largest independent McDonald’s franchisee operating in Latin America and the Caribbean. The company owns, operates, and franchises McDonald’s restaurants across 21 countries and territories, serving customers through both company-operated and franchised locations. It generates revenue from restaurant sales and rental income from franchised restaurants, managing over 2,500 McDonald’s-branded restaurants as of 2025.

Snapshot

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

Peer comparison

Where Arcos Dorados Holdings’s fundamentals sit among the 42 restaurant companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Arcos Dorados Holdings’s P/E of 6.5 is the lowest of the 27 peers with a meaningful P/E.

No reported insider purchases (code P) in the last 90 days; 3 insider sales totaling $262,259. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

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Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

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Company facts

Selected SEC filings

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