Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. (ARCO) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)
Arcos Dorados Holdings (ARCO) recorded Operating Margin of 5.56% in Q2 2026, up 0.10 percentage points from 5.47% a year earlier and up 0.40 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. (ARCO) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a TTM basis, Arcos Dorados Holdings' Operating Margin came in at 6.58% as of Jun 30, 2026, up 0.12 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 7.79%, up 0.53 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Operating Margin has a five-year change of +12.25 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Operating Margin came in at 7.26% in FY2024 (+0.01 pp), 7.25% in FY2023 (-0.06 pp), 7.31% in FY2022 (+2.06 pp) and 5.25% in FY2021 (+9.70 pp).
- Quarterly Operating Margin has ranged from 3.56% in Q4 2025 to 12.34% in Q3 2025 over the past five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Operating Margin rose in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.17 percentage points.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Operating Margin in the last five years was a gain of 13.47 percentage points in Q3 2021, against a drop of 5.43 percentage points in Q4 2025 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 5.16% (Q1 2026), 3.56% (Q4 2025) and 12.34% (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 5.56% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 5.16% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.56% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 12.34% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 5.47% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.19% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 8.99% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 7.04% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 6.68% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 6.25% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 6.96% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 8.09% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 7.20% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 6.69% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 8.00% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 8.02% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 6.83% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 6.11% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 10.16% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 7.04% |
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Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. Operating Margin API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=ARCO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "ARCO", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=ARCO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();