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Arcos Dorados Holdings (FRA:AD8) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 45.97 (As of Jun. 04, 2025)


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What is Arcos Dorados Holdings Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-04), Arcos Dorados Holdings's current share price is €6.436. Arcos Dorados Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €0.14. Arcos Dorados Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 45.97.

The historical rank and industry rank for Arcos Dorados Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:AD8' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 41.75   Med: 69.93   Max: 807.54
Current: 51.11

During the past years, Arcos Dorados Holdings's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 807.54. The lowest was 41.75. And the median was 69.93.

FRA:AD8's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
90.55% of 127 companies
in the Restaurants industry
Industry Median: 13.01 vs FRA:AD8: 51.11

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Arcos Dorados Holdings's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €-0.273. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is €0.14 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Arcos Dorados Holdings Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Arcos Dorados Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Arcos Dorados Holdings Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Arcos Dorados Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 373.36 71.78 67.04 -

Arcos Dorados Holdings Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 56.63 44.88 - - 55.56

Competitive Comparison of Arcos Dorados Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Restaurants subindustry, Arcos Dorados Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Arcos Dorados Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Arcos Dorados Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Arcos Dorados Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Arcos Dorados Holdings Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Arcos Dorados Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=6.436/0.14
=45.97

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Arcos Dorados Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Arcos Dorados Holdings's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=-0.273/134.9266*134.9266
=-0.273

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Arcos Dorados Holdings Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 0.048 100.684 0.064
201509 0.057 100.392 0.077
201512 0.164 99.792 0.222
201603 -0.117 100.470 -0.157
201606 0.041 101.688 0.054
201609 0.108 101.861 0.143
201612 0.278 101.863 0.368
201703 -0.142 102.862 -0.186
201706 0.198 103.349 0.258
201709 0.092 104.136 0.119
201712 0.160 104.011 0.208
201803 -0.184 105.290 -0.236
201806 0.072 106.317 0.091
201809 -0.013 106.507 -0.016
201812 0.075 105.998 0.095
201903 -0.034 107.251 -0.043
201906 -0.105 108.070 -0.131
201909 0.015 108.329 0.019
201912 -0.054 108.420 -0.067
202003 -0.424 108.902 -0.525
202006 -0.146 108.767 -0.181
202009 0.066 109.815 0.081
202012 0.175 109.897 0.215
202103 -0.042 111.754 -0.051
202106 -0.009 114.631 -0.011
202109 0.317 115.734 0.370
202112 0.326 117.630 0.374
202203 0.045 121.301 0.050
202206 0.191 125.017 0.206
202209 0.280 125.227 0.302
202212 0.076 125.222 0.082
202303 -0.078 127.348 -0.083
202306 -0.094 128.729 -0.099
202309 0.193 129.860 0.201
202312 0.076 129.419 0.079
202403 -0.308 131.776 -0.315
202406 -0.064 132.554 -0.065
202409 0.000 133.029 0.000
202412 0.000 133.157 0.000
202503 -0.273 134.927 -0.273

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Arcos Dorados Holdings  (FRA:AD8) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Arcos Dorados Holdings Business Description

Address
Rio Negro 1338, First Floor, Montevideo, URY, 11100
Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc operates McDonald's branded restaurants in various countries and territories in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Company manages its business as distinct geographic segments and its operations are divided into three geographic divisions, as follows: Brazil, the North Latin American division, or NOLAD, which is comprised of Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana and the U.S. Virgin Islands of St. Croix and St. Thomas and the South Latin American division, or SLAD, which is comprised of Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Aruba and Curacao. Their menu includes hamburgers, McNuggets, salad, sandwiches, French fries, and others.

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