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Arcos Dorados ARCO

US equityMarket cap rank #2896
$8.10 +$0.99 (+13.92%)
Market closed · Oct 5, 10:20 pm ET · Last extended-hours $8.10 0.00%
Open$7.77
Prev close$7.11
Day range$7.64 – $8.21
Volume7.14M
Market cap$1.71B
P/E (TTM)6.6
Dividend yield3.21%

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership49.1%-1.83 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding202-2 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)14 buys / 15 sellsNet selling
Short interest1.31% of floatDays to cover 2.9 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share10.4%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

6%9%13%16%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: +$1.75M (9 inflow days, 11 outflow days).

The five largest holders on file together own 59.0% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • Woods Staton38.03%
  • Lazard Asset Management LLC11.72%
  • Pzena Investment Management, Inc.5.13%
  • SPX Equities Gestao De Recursos Ltda.2.14%
  • Moerus Capital Management LLC2.03%
  • Morgan Stanley1.72%
  • Brightlight Capital Management LP1.58%
  • Private Management Group Inc1.58%

By investor type

  • Individual/Insider38.41%
  • Mutual Fund36.23%
  • Hedge Fund7.27%
  • Public Company3.25%
  • Private Company1.42%
  • Government Pension Fund0.71%
  • Family Office/Trust0.16%
  • VC/PE Fund0.04%

Reported short interest has fallen from 3.50% to 1.31% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 2,767,715 1.3% 2.9
31 Aug 2026 2,980,793 1.4% 2.9
14 Aug 2026 3,009,300 1.4% 2.6
31 Jul 2026 3,085,777 1.5% 3.0
15 Jul 2026 3,486,026 1.7% 2.0
30 Jun 2026 7,367,249 3.5% 6.9

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