MCD

NYSE McDonald's Corporation
Oct 12, 2026 · 11:34 PM ET EOD Market Closed

$235.65 ↑ +0.00 (+0.00%) Trading Up from the previous close of $235.65, $0.48 below the day’s high of $236.14

YTD change
-22.90%
vs 20-day SMA
-1.74%
vs 200-day SMA
-18.10%

Price ranges

Previous day
$234.14 $237.50
open $236.29 close $235.23
-$1.06 (-0.45%)
Today
$232.50 $236.14
open $235.23 now $235.65
+$0.42 (+0.18%)
Past week
$229.20 $237.50
from $231.89 now $235.65
+$3.76 (+1.62%)
Past month
$229.20 $258.45
from $252.53 now $235.65
-$16.88 (-6.68%)
This year
$229.20 $341.75
from $305.63 now $235.65
-$69.98 (-22.90%)

Price & Performance

-68.86 (-22.61%) / 6M

$224.44$255.56$286.68$317.80Apr 13Jul 14Oct 12

Signals & Sentiment

Momentum, market sentiment, and recent alerts

Not So Good
  • The stock is 31.0% away from all-time highs of $341.75
  • MCD is down 23% since the beginning of the year
  • MCD is down 21% over the past 12 months
  • MCD is down 7% over the past 1 month
  • 1% of all MCD investors are betting against MCD
  • Number of investors short MCD has gone down 6% versus last month

MCD reads not so good: price sits below both the 20- and 200-day averages, short interest is falling month over month, the 12-month move is -21.5%.

Financial Strength

Earnings, valuation, and balance sheet

Earnings

Profitable Yes
EPS $3.19
Earnings momentum +6.4% Quarterly EPS growth
Quarterly change +6.4%

Valuation

P/E ratio 26.64
Enterprise value $279.4B
Beta 0.59

Balance sheet & scale

Income$8.4M
Revenue$26.1B
Cash$1.9B
Debt$55.9M
Income / Debt 0.15×

Company & Peers

Company profile and competitor comparison

Company profile

ExchangeNYSE
Sector Accommodation and Food Services
Sub Sector Food Services and Drinking Places
Market cap $168.2B

McDonald's Corp. engages in the operation and franchising of restaurants. It operates through the following segments: U.S., International Operated Markets, and International Developmental Licensed Markets and Corporate. The U.S. segment focuses its operations on the United States. The International Operated Markets segment consists of operations and the franchising of restaurants in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Russia, Spain, and the U.K. The International Developmental Licensed Markets and Corporate segment consists of developmental licensee and affiliate markets in the McDonald’s system. The firm's products include Big Mac, Quarter Pounder with Cheese, Filet-O-Fish, several chicken sandwiches, Chicken McNuggets, wraps, McDonald's Fries, salads, oatmeal, shakes, McFlurry desserts, sundaes, soft serve cones, pies, soft drinks, coffee, McCafe beverages, and other beverages. The company was founded by Raymond Albert Kroc on April 15, 1955, and is headquartered in Oak Brook, IL.

Competitor comparison

TickerCompany PriceChange
YUM Yum! Brands, Inc. $146.75 +1.33%
QSR Restaurant Brands International, Inc. $71.12 +0.24%
YUMC Yum China Holdings, Inc. $42.84 -0.19%
CAVA CAVA Group, Inc. $52.56 -2.01%
JBFCF Jollibee Foods Corp. $2.23 +6.12%

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