1MCD Stock Overview

Owns, operates, and franchises restaurants under the McDonald’s brand in the United States and internationally. More details

1MCD fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	3/6
Future Growth	3/6
Past Performance	2/6
Financial Health	2/6
Dividends	5/6

Rewards

Trading at 12.8% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 6.56% per year

Pays a reliable dividend of 2.36%

Risk Analysis

Has a high level of debt

Significant insider selling over the past 3 months

McDonald's Corporation Competitors

Starbucks

NasdaqGS:SBUX

US$100.3b

Meituan

SEHK:3690

HK$946.4b

Chipotle Mexican Grill

NYSE:CMG

US$67.9b

Yum! Brands

NYSE:YUM

US$45.1b

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for McDonald's
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	US$281.50
52 Week High	US$292.30
52 Week Low	US$227.25
Beta	0.62
1 Month Change	-0.97%
3 Month Change	-0.85%
1 Year Change	14.34%
3 Year Change	21.00%
5 Year Change	67.60%
Change since IPO	60.25%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	1MCD	IT Hospitality	IT Market
7D	-1.2%	2.7%	-4.3%
1Y	14.3%	70.9%	7.2%

Return vs Industry: 1MCD underperformed the Italian Hospitality industry which returned 70.9% over the past year.

Return vs Market: 1MCD exceeded the Italian Market which returned 7.2% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is 1MCD's price volatile compared to industry and market?
1MCD volatility
1MCD Average Weekly Movement	3.3%
Hospitality Industry Average Movement	4.4%
Market Average Movement	4.6%
10% most volatile stocks in IT Market	8.2%
10% least volatile stocks in IT Market	2.8%

Stable Share Price: 1MCD has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the Italian market.

Volatility Over Time: 1MCD's weekly volatility (3%) has been stable over the past year.

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About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1940	150,000	Chris Kempczinski	www.mcdonalds.com

McDonald's Corporation owns, operates, and franchises restaurants under the McDonald’s brand in the United States and internationally. It offers food and beverages, including hamburgers and cheeseburgers, various chicken sandwiches, fries, shakes, desserts, sundaes, soft serve cones, cookies, pies, soft drinks, coffee, and other beverages; and full or limited breakfast, as well as sells various other products during limited-time promotions. The company owns and operates franchised restaurants under various structures, including conventional franchise, developmental license, or affiliate.

McDonald's Corporation Fundamentals Summary

How do McDonald's's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
1MCD fundamental statistics
Market cap	€207.52b
Earnings (TTM)	€7.50b
Revenue (TTM)	€23.65b

26.1x

P/E Ratio

8.3x

P/S Ratio

Is 1MCD overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
1MCD income statement (TTM)
Revenue	US$25.92b
Cost of Revenue	US$11.21b
Gross Profit	US$14.71b
Other Expenses	US$6.49b
Earnings	US$8.22b

Last Reported Earnings

Dec 31, 2024

Next Earnings Date

May 01, 2025

Earnings per share (EPS)	11.51
Gross Margin	56.75%
Net Profit Margin	31.72%
Debt/Equity Ratio	-1,013.0%

How did 1MCD perform over the long term?

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Dividends

2.4%

Current Dividend Yield

59%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/04/04 00:33
End of Day Share Price	2025/04/04 00:00
Earnings	2024/12/31
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Analyst Sources

McDonald's Corporation is covered by 68 analysts. 32 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Jim Marrone	Accountability Research Corporation
John Staszak	Argus Research Company
David Tarantino	Baird

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