Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc.

DB:AD8 Stock Report

Market Cap: €1.6b

Arcos Dorados Holdings Valuation

Is AD8 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of AD8 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: AD8 (€7.66) is trading above our estimate of fair value (€6.19)

Significantly Below Fair Value: AD8 is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for AD8?

Key metric: As AD8 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for AD8. This is calculated by dividing AD8's market cap by their current earnings.
What is AD8's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio11.8x
EarningsUS$146.13m
Market CapUS$1.73b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does AD8's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for AD8 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average16.4x
TIMA ZEAL Network
20.3x-4.5%€955.1m
7.1x17.3%€3.8b
IFA LS Invest
6.5xn/a€293.6m
7581 SaizeriyaLtd
31.9x14.2%JP¥255.9b
AD8 Arcos Dorados Holdings
11.8x15.5%€1.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: AD8 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.8x) compared to the peer average (16.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does AD8's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Hospitality Industry?

11 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
AD8 11.8xIndustry Avg. 17.3xNo. of Companies18PE01632486480+
11 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: AD8 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.8x) compared to the European Hospitality industry average (17.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is AD8's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

AD8 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio11.8x
Fair PE Ratio25x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: AD8 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst AD8 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€7.66
€12.39
+61.7%
11.5%€14.29€9.53n/a8
Nov ’25€8.02
€12.08
+50.6%
9.7%€13.81€10.13n/a8
Oct ’25€7.72
€11.86
+53.6%
9.7%€13.55€9.94n/a8
Sep ’25€7.92
€12.20
+54.1%
7.7%€13.05€9.90n/a8
Aug ’25€8.87
€12.50
+40.9%
7.7%€13.82€11.06n/a8
Jul ’25€8.28
€12.90
+55.8%
8.1%€14.01€11.21n/a8
Jun ’25€8.87
€12.98
+46.4%
7.2%€13.81€11.05n/a8
May ’25€10.08
€13.26
+31.6%
6.8%€14.08€11.27n/a9
Apr ’25€10.10
€12.93
+28.0%
6.9%€13.86€11.08n/a8
Mar ’25€10.90
€12.83
+17.7%
7.6%€13.83€11.07n/a8
Feb ’25€11.40
€12.83
+12.6%
7.6%€13.83€11.07n/a8
Jan ’25€11.50
€12.77
+11.1%
7.3%€13.94€11.15n/a8
Dec ’24€10.60
€12.62
+19.1%
7.3%€13.79€11.03n/a8
Nov ’24€8.50
€12.37
+45.5%
7.5%€14.16€11.33€8.027
Oct ’24€8.85
€11.76
+32.9%
8.4%€13.88€10.18€7.728
Sep ’24€9.10
€11.76
+29.3%
8.4%€13.88€10.18€7.928
Aug ’24€10.20
€11.05
+8.3%
13.9%€13.66€9.11€8.878
Jul ’24€9.15
€10.34
+13.0%
11.0%€11.96€8.28€8.289
Jun ’24€7.90
€10.16
+28.6%
9.1%€11.19€8.39€8.879
May ’24€7.15
€9.52
+33.1%
9.0%€10.87€8.15€10.0810
Apr ’24€6.95
€9.45
+36.0%
7.9%€11.07€8.30€10.1010
Mar ’24€7.75
€9.52
+22.9%
11.7%€11.12€7.41€10.9010
Feb ’24€7.75
€9.37
+20.9%
12.5%€11.07€7.38€11.4010
Jan ’24€7.75
€9.48
+22.3%
11.4%€11.32€7.55€11.5010
Dec ’23€7.10
€10.13
+42.6%
11.7%€11.97€7.98€10.6010
Nov ’23€7.60
€10.09
+32.7%
10.5%€12.04€8.03€8.5010

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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