McDonald's Corporation (MCD)

NYSE: MCD · USD

$276

+2.25 (+0.8%)· Recorded snapshot

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Market snapshot recorded 2026-08-07 02:00 UTC. Latest published research analyzed 2026-05-08 · historical · sources unverified. Prices and fundamentals on this server-rendered page are dated snapshots, not a real-time trading feed.

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StockMarketAgent Research · Analyzed 2026-05-08

Our latest published analysis: MCD rated Strong Buy

The market underprices the extreme durability of MCD's franchise royalty stream. A structural premium to internal valuation cross-checks is justified by massive, predictable cash flows.

Fair value (mid)

$424 / share

$317 – $531

Upside to FV

+49.4%

from $276

Confidence

88/100

Moat

9/10

Market cap	$201.7B
Revenue (ttm)	27.7B
Net income (ttm)	8.8B
EPS (ttm)	$12.3
Shares out	710.5M
P/E (trailing)	22.4x
P/E (forward)	19.9x
Dividend	$7.44 (2.69%)
Volume	4,215,292
Beta	0.42
Price target	$316	+14.4%

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 27.7B
Net income (ttm): 8.8B
EPS (ttm): $12.3
P/E (trailing): 22.4x
P/E (forward): 19.9x
Market cap: $201.7B

Item	P1	P2	P3	P4	Trend
Period	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31	Trend
Revenue	$23.18B	$25.50B	$25.92B	$26.89B	+5.1%
Gross profit	$13.21B	$14.56B	$14.71B	$15.43B	+5.3%
Operating income	$10.35B	$11.75B	$11.85B	$12.39B	+6.2%
Net income	$6.18B	$8.47B	$8.22B	$8.56B	+11.5%
EPS (diluted)	$8.33	$11.56	$11.39	$11.95	+12.8%
EBITDA	$10.90B	$13.86B	$13.95B	$14.68B	+10.4%
R&D	—	—	—	—	—
SG&A	$2.49B	$2.44B	$2.41B	$2.58B	+1.2%

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Showing 266 of 266 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0000063908
Company name	McDonald's Corporation
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	580135101
Employees	150,000
Employees Change	0%
Employees Change Percent	0
Enterprise value	$250B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
In Index	SP500, DOW30
Industry	Restaurants
Industry PE	29.06
Industry PE Fwd	23.35
Isin	US5801351017
Last refreshed	2026-08-07
Market cap	$196.3B
Market cap category	Large-Cap
Price	$276
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	184,680x
Sector	Consumer Discretionary
Sector PE	31.65
Sector PE Fwd	25.16
Sic	5812
Symbol	MCD
Website	https://www.mcdonalds.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	4.48%
EV Earnings	28.45x
EV Sales Forward	8.57x
EV/EBIT	19.53x
EV/EBITDA	19.53x
EV/FCF	35.52x
EV/Sales	9.02x
FCF yield	3.59%
Forward P/E	20.84x
P/E ratio	22.44x
P/S ratio	7.09x
PE Ratio10 Y	25.79x
PE Ratio3 Y	24.72x
PE Ratio5 Y	26.04x
PEG ratio	2.87x
PS Forward	6.73x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	46.22%
EBITDA Margin	46.22%
FCF margin	25.65%
Gross margin	57.38%
Gross Profit	$15.9B
Gross Profit Growth	7.03%
Gross Profit Growth Q	3.96%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	4.57%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	6.55%
Net Income	$8.8B
Net Income Growth	4.69%
Net Income Growth Q	4.84%
Net Income Growth Quarters	4%
Net Income Growth Years	1%
Net Income Growth3 Y	3.19%
Net Income Growth5 Y	4.97%
Pretax Margin	40.38%
Profit Margin	31.72%
Profit Per Employee	$58,580
Profitable Quarters	$75
Profitable Years	35
Roa5y	12.99
ROIC	18.3
Roic5y	18.23

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	11.42%
Cagr15y	11.1%
Cagr1y	-5.29%
Cagr20y	13.98%
Cagr3y	1.09%
Cagr5y	5.56%
Div CAGR10	7.65%
Div CAGR3	6.96%
Div CAGR5	7.59%
EPS Growth	5.48
EPS Growth Q	5.73
EPS Growth Quarters	4
EPS Growth Years	1
EPS Growth3 Y	4.27
EPS Growth5 Y	6.02
FCF Growth	4.97%
FCF Growth3 Y	7.46%
FCF Growth5 Y	5.77%
OCF Growth	11.07%
OCF Growth10 Y	4.81%
OCF Growth3 Y	11.14%
OCF Growth5 Y	9.01%
Revenue Growth	6.3x
Revenue Growth Q	3.76x
Revenue Growth Quarters	4x
Revenue Growth Years	3x
Revenue Growth3 Y	4.62x
Revenue Growth5 Y	4.96x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Cash	$1.2B
Debt	$54.9B
Debt EBITDA	$4.29
Debt FCF	$7.8
Equity	$-1.3B
Interest Coverage	7.88
Net Cash	$-53.7B
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-27.37
Net Debt EBITDA	$4.2
Net Debt FCF	$7.63
Tangible Book Value	$-4.6B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$-6.52
WACC	5.63

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	0.73%
Dividend Growth	5.08%
Dividend Growth Years	51%
Dividend per share	$7.44
Dividend Years	51
Dividend Yield	2.69%
Ex Div Date	2026-09-01
Last Dividend	$1.86
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	60.43%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	194.88%
1Y total return	-5.29%
200-day SMA	299.8
3Y total return	3.3%
50-day SMA	274
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
5Y total return	31.08%
All Time High	341.8
All Time High Change	-19.16%
All Time High Date	2026-03-02
All Time Low	0.14
All Time Low Change	201,402.55%
All Time Low Date	1968-03-05
ATR	6.02
Beta	0.42
Beta1y	0.27
Beta2y	0.34
Ch YTD	-9.61
High	276.8
High52	341.8
High52 Date	2026-03-02
High52ch	-19.16%
Low	271.8
Low52	261
Low52 Date	2026-07-23
Low52ch	5.86%
Ma50ch	0.81%
Premarket Change Percent	0.55
Premarket Price	$276
Premarket Volume	25,339
Price vs 200-day SMA	-7.85%
RSI	55.71
RSI Monthly	44.48
RSI Weekly	41.51
Sharpe ratio	-0.43x
Sortino ratio	-0.29
Total Return	3.42%
Tr YTD	-8.49
Tr15y	385.17%
Tr1m	-1.56%
Tr1w	2.91%
Tr3m	-2.47%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	34
Analyst Count Top	14
Analyst Price Target Top	$327
Analyst Ratings	Buy
Analyst Ratings Top	Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$3.34
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	4.7
Earnings Revenue Estimate	7,155,510,064x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	4.57x
Operating Income	$12.7B
Operating Income Growth	5.35
Operating Income Growth Q	1.2
Operating Income Growth3 Y	4.48
Operating Income Growth5 Y	6.67
Operating margin	45.72
Price target	$316
Price Target Change	$14.41
Price Target Change Top	$18.44

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	709,478,067%
Float Percent	99.86%
Net Borrowing	282,000,000
Shares Insiders	0.03%
Shares Institutions	76.24%
Shares Out	710,505,859
Shares Qo Q	-0.34%
Shares Yo Y	-0.73%
Short Float	1.62%
Short Ratio	2.34
Short Shares	1.61

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$6.9B
Adjusted OCF	10,355,000,000
Average Volume	4,436,730.95x
Bv Per Share	-1.81
CAPEX	$-3.5B
Ch10y	131.7
Ch15y	224.7
Ch1m	-1.56
Ch1w	2.91
Ch1y	-7.53
Ch20y	680.2
Ch3m	-3.12
Ch3y	-3.75
Ch5y	16.85
Ch6m	-14.6
Change	0.82%
Change From Open	0.09
Close	274
Days Gap	0.73
Depreciation Amortization	2,267,000,000
Dollar Volume	1,164,516,567.9
Earnings Date	2026-08-04
Earnings Time	bmo
EBIT	$12.8B
EBITDA	$12.8B
EPS	$12.31
F Score	4
FCF	$7B
FCF EV Yield	2.82x
FCF Per Share	$9.91
Financing CF	-6,807,000,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,940
Income Tax	$2.4B
Investing CF	-3,828,000,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-08-04
Last Report Date	2026-06-30
Last Split Date	1999-03-08
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-24
Lynch Fair Value	$61.56
Lynch Upside	-77.72
Ma150	297.1
Ma150ch	-7.02%
Ma20	269.2
Ma20ch	2.64%
Net CF	-68,000,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-11-04
Open	276
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	27.89
P FCF Ratio SBC	28.62
P OCF Ratio	18.63
P OCF Ratio SBC	18.96
Payment Date	2026-09-16
Position In Range	88.76
Post Close	276.3
Postmarket Change Percent	-0.14
Postmarket Price	$276
Pre Close	274
Price Date	2026-08-06
Price EBITDA	$15.33
Relative Volume	0.95x
Revenue	27,702,000,000x
SBC By Revenue	0.66x
Share Based Comp	180,000,000
Tax By Revenue	8.66x
Tax Rate	21.44%
Tr20y	1,269%
Tr6m	-13.54%
Us State	Illinois
Views	900
Volume	4,215,292

Frequently asked questions

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What is the latest published MCD stock rating?

McDonald's Corporation is shown with strong buy in the latest published report, analyzed 2026-05-08. The hub links directly to the full analysis surface where the dated rating, fair-value bridge, risks, and scorecard are documented together.

Where can I read the full MCD analysis?

The full latest published report, analyzed 2026-05-08, lives at /stocks/MCD/analysis. The bare ticker page summarizes that read and links to each analysis tab; earlier editions remain under /analysis/archive.

What fair-value range is used for MCD?

The latest published report analyzed 2026-05-08 frames MCD around USD 317 to USD 531. This is a dated valuation range, not a live market price; check the valuation, sensitivity, and bear-case tabs before making a decision.

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