Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, Arcos Dorados Holdings (ARCO 0.53%), which operates McDonald's (MCD -0.38%) franchises in Latin America, has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Arcos Dorados, and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Arcos Dorados facts
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Headquarters (founded) |
Buenos Aires, Argentina (2007) |
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Market Cap |
$3.2 billion |
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Industry |
Restaurants |
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$3.8 billion |
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Management |
Chairman/CEO Woods Staton CFO German Lemonnier |
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Trailing-12-Month Return on Equity |
15.1% |
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Cash/Debt |
$245.4 million / $659.8 million |
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Dividend Yield |
1.6% |
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Competitors |
Brazil Fast Food Burger King Holdings (BKW.DL) Doctor's Associates |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 98% of the 573 members who have rated Arcos Dorados believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
This past summer, one of those bulls, All-Star brow0905, tapped Arcos Dorados as a particularly cheap way to go for growth:
My time horizon here is it will outperform for 5+ years the S&P simply for two reasons. The value is there given how beaten down it is at these levels and the growth is there given its access to a larger population than the US, the best of breed for fast food of McDonalds ... and it has a fraction of the stores that McDonalds has in the US.
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