Arcos Dorados Holdings (ARCO) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026)
Arcos Dorados Holdings (ARCO) posted Operating Expenses of -$1.2 billion for Q1 2026, down 11.8% sequentially from -$1.0 billion in Q4 2025, and down 11.8% YoY from -$1.3 billion in Q1 2025.
Arcos Dorados Holdings (ARCO) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Arcos Dorados Holdings has reported Operating Expenses for 17 years, with the latest figure at -$1.2 billion in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Operating Expenses fell 11.8% year-over-year to -$1.2 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$1083.1 billion (up 48.29% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $4.3 billion, up 4.06% from the prior year.
- Operating Expenses eased to -$1.2 billion in Q1 2026 per ARCO's latest filing, from -$1.0 billion in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at -$742.3 million in Q1 2022 and troughed at -$1093.7 billion in Q4 2023.
- A 5-year average of -$636.6 billion and a median of -$924.5 billion in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Operating Expenses slumped 124440.57% in 2023, then surged 99.9% in 2025.
- Over 5 years, Operating Expenses stood at -$937.1 billion in 2022, then declined by 16.71% to -$1093.7 billion in 2023, then jumped by 99.72% to -$3.1 billion in 2024, then jumped by 66.77% to -$1.0 billion in 2025, then decreased by 11.8% to -$1.2 billion in 2026.
- According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses over the past three periods registered -$1.2 billion, -$1.0 billion, and -$1.0 billion for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -1.15 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -1.03 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -1.05 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -1,079.84 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -1.03 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -3.10 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -1,053.86 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -1,036.68 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -1,013.81 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -1,093.67 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -1,034.04 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -965.63 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -924.51 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -937.11 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -847.79 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -827.25 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -742.33 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -702.53 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -675.09 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -574.88 Bn |