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MCD McDonald’s Corporation

Current ticker: MCD

NYSE USD Consumer Cyclical

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250.5 —

As of 28 Oct 2026

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Market facts

Market cap: 172B
P/E ratio: 19.15
Analyst target: 292.0345
Dividend yield: 3.1%
Beta: 0.45

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Recent price history

Quote currency: USD. The close is unadjusted; adjusted close reflects stored price adjustments. These are historical observations, not live quotes.

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Date	Close	Adjusted close
28 Oct 2026	250.5	250.5
27 Oct 2026	249.47	249.47
26 Oct 2026	250.83	250.83
23 Oct 2026	248.46	248.46
22 Oct 2026	252.63	252.63

Stored daily observations begin 02 Jan 2002. This summary does not establish continuous or point-in-time-qualified coverage. Backtests validate their own required dates, sources and eligibility.

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Instrument facts

Exchange: NYSE
Currency: USD
Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Industry: Restaurants
ISIN: Not available
Market cap: 172B
P/E ratio: 19.15
Analyst target: 292.0345
Dividend yield: 3.1%
Beta: 0.45

About

About McDonald’s Corporation

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, frozen 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 was founded in 1940 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Research context

McDonald’s Corporation appears in PyInvesting’s US Stock catalogue. The price history above describes this recorded instrument; it does not by itself identify a company’s business or establish a continuous investment return.

Currency: USD
Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Industry: Restaurants

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Annual returns

Admin

5 years, 6 months ago

McDonald's Corporation is currently in a long term uptrend where the price is trading 5.2% above its 200 day moving average.

From a valuation standpoint, the stock is 90.5% cheaper than other stocks from the Consumer Cyclical sector with a price to sales ratio of 8.8.

McDonald's Corporation's total revenue sank by 0.7% to $5B since the same quarter in the previous year.

Its net income has dropped by 12.4% to $1B since the same quarter in the previous year.

Finally, its free cash flow grew by 32.2% to $2B since the same quarter in the previous year.

Based on the above factors, McDonald's Corporation gets an overall score of 3/5.

ade

5 years, 9 months ago

$MCD $SPY who goes to a mcds drive thru after a hard night of drinking for a salad ?

Mike Johns

5 years, 9 months ago

@Elemental $MCD franchises makes money, $BFI dont I have spoken to several, they are really frustrated with the biz model

Lambos soon!

5 years, 9 months ago

$MCD mc rib is back

Jason

5 years, 9 months ago

@BigBankRolls IDK how they can buy $CMG at $1,400 a share. I bet they don’t make as much revenue as $MCD.

OptionRunners

5 years, 9 months ago

$MCD $214+

IDEKWHTIMDOING

5 years, 9 months ago

$MCD Looking kinda juicy.

InvestorsObserver

5 years, 9 months ago

$ANET +1.4% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Rosenblatt) $CS +1.3% (upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JP Morgan) $MCD +1.2% ( upgraded to Outperform from Perform at Oppenheimer)