How to Buy Arcos Dorados Holdings Stock

Step 1: Figure out where to buy Arcos Dorados Holdings stock

You need an online brokerage account in order to access the NYSE market and buy ARCO shares.

Step 2: Create your brokerage account

Now that you've picked your brokerage, it's time to fill out some personal details so you are able to buy ARCO stock today.

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Step 3: Deposit funds into your investment account

Now that you've filled out your info on the best stock trading app, your next step is to transfer the money for your investment:

Watch the tutorial below for more details depositing funds into your brokerage account.

Step 4: Analyze Arcos Dorados Holdings stock

After you have identified the best place to buy Arcos Dorados Holdings stock, it's critical to evaluate their stock before you invest, so you truly comprehend the risk and upside.

Arcos Dorados Holdings Metrics

ARCO Zen Score

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You can view all of the due diligence checks on ARCO's stock page.

What is the fair value of ARCO stock?

Investors use many financial metrics, analyses, models, and charts to gauge ARCO's true value.

Using relative valuations metrics:

• ARCO may be undervalued based on its P/E ratio of 12.67x, relative to Restaurants industry P/E ratio of 45.69x
• ARCO could be undervalued based on its P/B ratio of 4.45x, relative to Restaurants industry P/B ratio of -401.83x

You can do additional valuation research on ARCO's stock here.

ARCO Financials at a glance

Passed Health Checks:

• ARCO earnings of $309.25M is not sufficient to cover its interest payments.
• ARCO's operating cash flow of $381.97M allows it to safely service it's debt of $1.69B.
• ARCO profit margin has gone up from 3.9% to 4.2% in the past year.

Failed Health Checks:

• There are more long-term liabilities than short-term assets on the ARCO balance sheet.
• ARCO has a relatively high debt to equity ratio of 4.86.
• There are more short-term liabilities than short-term assets on the ARCO balance sheet.
• Total ARCO debt is higher than 5 years ago, relative to shareholder equity.

Is ARCO stock a Buy, Hold, or Sell, according to Wall Street analysts?

Out of 1 Wall Street analysts who monitor ARCO, the consensus analyst rating on ARCO is a Strong Buy

It's important to note that analyst forecasts are not recommendations, nor are they financial advice.

You can dive deeper into what analysts are saying on the Arcos Dorados Holdings stock forecast page.

ARCO Technicals

Is ARCO Making Money?

Last year, ARCO earnings were $181.27M. During the last five year, ARCO's earnings have grown by 37.18% per year. This was faster than the Restaurants industry average of 15.86%.

Last year, ARCO revenue was $4.33B. Over the last five year, ARCO's revenue has gone up by 7.05% per year. This was slower than the Restaurants industry average of 8.77%.

Dig into ARCO's earnings and revenue performance here.

What are ARCO insiders up to?

Over the last 12 months, executives and large shareholders at ARCO have not bought or sold any shares.

Research more about who owns ARCO stock here.

Can I rely on ARCO as an income stream?

Arcos Dorados Holdings pays a dividend of 1.83%, compared to the Restaurants industry's average dividend yield of 2.85%. If you owned $1,000 worth of ARCO stock, you would have received $18.35 in the past 12 months.

Arcos Dorados Holdings dividend payments have consistently grown over the past decade but have not remained stable.

Find more analysis about Arcos Dorados Holdings dividend yield and history here.

ARCO Social Trading Data

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Step 5: Place your ARCO purchase

You have two main options:

• Market order: A market order is an order to buy or sell a stock at the best price on the market.
  Market orders are generally the easiest way to buy.
• Limit order: A limit order enables you to buy or sell a stock at a specific price (or better).
  If you want to be sure you're buying or selling at a given price limit, place a limit order.

Click the Open Trade button and your broker will place the order.

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Step 6: Get key alerts regarding your ARCO investment

Now that you own some shares in ARCO, you'll want to stay up-to-date on your new company.

Put ARCO on a watchlist to get notified of the latest news about your ARCO stock.

How to Buy Stock in Arcos Dorados Holdings

To reiterate, here are the 6 steps to buy Arcos Dorados Holdings stock:

1. Figure out where to buy Arcos Dorados Holdings stock
2. Create your brokerage account
3. Deposit funds into your investment account
4. Analyze Arcos Dorados Holdings stock
5. Place your ARCO purchase
6. Get key alerts regarding your ARCO investment

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