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McDonald's Corporation

236.95USD+2.63%
Today's range230.20 – 237.32
52-week range229.20 – 341.75

Key numbers

Market value
$165.08B

What the whole company is worth on the stock market.

P/E ratio
19.2

Price ÷ last year's profit per share. Higher means investors pay more for each $1 of profit.

Forward P/E
17.2

The same ratio using next year's expected profit.

Beta
0.4470

How much the stock swings compared with the market: 1 moves like the market, 1.5 moves 50% more.

Dividend yield
3.34%

Yearly dividend as a share of the price.

What analysts say

34 analysts

Strong buy: 4Buy: 15Hold: 14Sell: 1Strong sell: 0
Average price target293.76 +23.97% vs today's price

Recent analyst actions

2026-10-08 · BernsteinMarket Perform
2026-10-06 · KeybancOverweight
2026-10-05 · Wells FargoOverweight
2026-10-05 · GuggenheimNeutral
2026-09-29 · JP MorganOverweight
2026-09-28 · Melius ResearchSell

Financial health

Piotroski F-Score
7/9

Nine checks of profitability, debt and efficiency. 7–9 strong, 4–6 average, 0–3 weak.

Altman Z-Score
4.43 · Safe zone

A bankruptcy-risk score. Above 3 is the safe zone, 1.8–3 grey, below 1.8 distress.

Profitability and debt

Revenue, last 12 months$27.70B
Revenue growth+3.7%
Gross margin57.4%
Operating margin46.5%
Net margin31.7%
Return on equity0.0%
Free cash flow$6.26B
Debt to equity0%
Current ratio1.08

Short-term assets ÷ short-term debts. Below 1 means more due within a year than on hand.

Fair value (DCF model)

A discounted-cash-flow model: what future cash flows are worth today. It is a model, not a promise.

Pessimistic
125.29
Base case
148.89
Optimistic
167.01
Margin of safety
-37.2%

Compared with similar companies

The company next to its sector peers.

CompanyPriceP/EP/BMarket value
WMTWalmart Inc.110.9539.89.9$879.07B
COSTCostco Wholesale Corporation949.3345.211.7$417.35B
KOCoca-Cola Company (The)88.0226.19.4$373.01B
PGProcter & Gamble Company (The)150.5221.66.3$346.39B
HDHome Depot, Inc. (The)294.7220.029.4$284.85B
PEPPepsico, Inc.127.1016.29.7$169.41B
MCDMcDonald's Corporation236.9518.815.3$165.08B
SBUXStarbucks Corporation89.6454.364.1$107.57B
TGTTarget Corporation155.7915.83.1$69.54B
NKENike, Inc.34.6516.44.6$50.69B
Sector average27.416.3

About the company

SectorConsumer Discretionary
IndustryRestaurants
Employees150,000
CountryUnited States

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.

Data: Elcaro Core (Yahoo Finance, Binance, Treasury) · Information, not investment advice.