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

Arcos Dorados Holdings' (ARCO) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at -$1.2 billion in Q1 2026, down 11.8% year-on-year from -$1.3 billion in Q1 2025, and down 11.8% quarter-over-quarter from -$1.0 billion in Q4 2025.

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

Arcos Dorados Holdings has disclosed Operating Expenses across 17 years of filings, most recently posting -$1.2 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at -$1.2 billion, down 11.8% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$1083.1 billion (up 48.24% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $4.3 billion, up 4.06% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses came in at -$1.2 billion for Q1 2026 at Arcos Dorados Holdings, down 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.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is -$924.5 billion (2023), against an average of -$636.5 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses slumped 124440.57% in 2023 and jumped 99.9% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Arcos Dorados Holdings' Operating Expenses stood at -$937.1 billion in 2022, then slipped by 16.71% to -$1093.7 billion in 2023, then surged by 99.9% to -$1.0 billion in 2024, then rose by 0.95% to -$1.0 billion in 2025, then fell by 11.8% to -$1.2 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at -$1.2 billion (Q1 2026), -$1.0 billion (Q4 2025), and -$1.0 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

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10 Arcos Dorados Holdings 1.67 Bn 1.25 Bn 1.15 Bn -1.15 Bn

Historic Data

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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 -1.04 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