Arcos Dorados Holdings (ARCO) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026)

Arcos Dorados Holdings (ARCO) reported Operating Expenses of -$1.2 billion for Q1 2026, down 11.8% on a YoY basis from -$1.3 billion in Q1 2025, and down 11.8% sequentially from -$1.0 billion in Q4 2025.

Arcos Dorados Holdings (ARCO) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Arcos Dorados Holdings (ARCO) has 17 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at -$1.2 billion in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses fell 11.8% year-over-year to -$1.2 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$1083.1 billion (up 48.29% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $4.3 billion, up 4.06% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses eased to -$1.2 billion in Q1 2026, from -$1.0 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of -$742.3 million in Q1 2022 to a low of -$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.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses plunged 124440.57% in 2023 and soared 99.9% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Tracing ARCO's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at -$937.1 billion in 2022, then decreased 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 declined by 11.8% to -$1.2 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows ARCO's Operating Expenses at -$1.2 billion in Q1 2026, -$1.0 billion in Q4 2025, and -$1.0 billion in Q3 2025.

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10 Arcos Dorados Holdings 1.74 Bn 1.47 Bn 862.09 Mn -1.15 Bn

Historic Data

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DateValue
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