Are Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc (ARCO) stocks a prudent buy?

At the time of writing, Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc [ARCO] stock is trading at $11.95, up 3.64%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The ARCO shares have gain 3.28% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -0.67%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

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On 8, March 2024, Arcos Dorados to Host Its 2024 Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting. In a post published today on Yahoo Finance, Arcos Dorados Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ARCO) (“Arcos Dorados” or the “Company”), Latin America’s largest restaurant chain and the world’s largest independent McDonald’s franchisee, today announced that on March 7, 2024, its Board of Directors set the date for the Company’s Annual Shareholders’ Meeting (“AGM”). The AGM will be held on April 26, 2024, in Cartagena, Colombia, at 3:00 p.m. (local time), for all shareholders of record as of March 28, 2024.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc [NYSE: ARCO] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on December 01, 2023, when Jefferies initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $15. Previously, Barclays started tracking the stock with Overweight rating on September 27, 2022, and set its price target to $9. On April 04, 2022, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Hold but maintained its price target of $8 on the stock. BofA Securities upgraded its rating to a Buy and increased its price target to $10 on March 24, 2022. Credit Suisse upgraded its rating to a Outperform but $9.50 remained the price target by the analyst firm on February 23, 2022. Goldman upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on January 19, 2022, and upped its price target to $7. In a note dated September 20, 2021, BofA Securities downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock.

For the past year, the stock price of Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc fluctuated between $7.01 and $13.20. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $10 within the next 12 months. Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc [NYSE: ARCO] shares were valued at $11.95 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -16.32% based on the average ARCO price forecast.

Analyzing the ARCO fundamentals

According to Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc [NYSE:ARCO], the company’s sales were 4.18B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 22.07% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.14% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.07%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.07%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.04%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.06, Equity is 0.47 and Total Capital is 0.14. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of3.66.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 11.69 points at the first support level, and at 11.44 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 12.08, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 12.22.

Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc [ARCO] reported earnings per share of $0.28 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 9/29/2023. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of $0.22/share, meaning a difference of $0.06 and a surprise factor of 27.30%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 6/29/2023 were $0.13 per share as compared to estimates of $0.14 per share, a difference of -$0.01 representing a surprise of -7.10%.

Ratios To Look Out For

It is important to note that Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc [NYSE:ARCO] has a current ratio of 0.77. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 0.71, and the Cash Ratio is 0.21. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.60, the price to book ratio is 5.70 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 13.98.

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