Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc (NYSE:ARCO) shares, rose in value on Friday, February 14, with price up by 0.95% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $8.47.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $8.39, falling within a range of $8.275 and $8.47. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 1.128 whereas the PE ratio was 12.21 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $12.13, and the low was $7.02. On the whole, ARCO has fluctuated by 13.08% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc currently standing at about $1.78 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for in March. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 0.24, with its dividend yield at 2.83%.
Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 4.48B, with a low estimate of 1.1B and a high estimate of 1.19B. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 1.15B.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that ARCO’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a Hold on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 50% Sell while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 50% Sell.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the price of ARCO currently trading nearly 9.07% and 10.20% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 70.60, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 3.14% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 3.17%. Furthermore, Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc (ARCO)’s beta value is 1.09, and its average true range (ATR) is 0.25.
A comparison of Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc (ARCO) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. ARCO showed an intraday change of 0.95% in last session, and over the past year, it shrunk by -29.36%%.
Data on historical trading for Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc (NYSE:ARCO) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 1.1 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 1.38 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 130.66 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 42.48% of Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 49.94% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 2.31 million shares as on 2025-01-31, resulting in a short ratio of 1.58. According to the data, the short interest in Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc (ARCO) stood at 202.00 of shares outstanding as of 2025-01-31; the number of short shares registered in 2024-12-31 reached 2.72 million. The stock has risen by 16.35% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the ARCO stock heading into the next quarter.
