Mcdonalds is a restaurant company located in Illinois, United States, which is part of the Consumer Cyclical sector, and is traded under the ticker MCD on the NYSE exchange.
Mcdonalds stock last closed at $319.65, up 1.64% from the previous day, and has increased 17.07% in one year. It has overperformed other stocks in the Restaurants industry by 0.2 percentage points. Mcdonalds stock is currently +31.26% from its 52-week low of $243.53, and -2.04% from its 52-week high of $326.32.
As of Apr 30, 2025, there are 714.46M shares of MCD outstanding. The market cap of MCD is $228.38B. In the past 24 hours, 5.44M MCD shares were traded.
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Out of 14 Equities analysts who track MCD, the consensus analyst rating on Mcdonalds is a Strong Buy
It's important to note that analyst forecasts are not stock recommendations, nor are they financial advice.
Brian Harbour, a top 17% analyst from Morgan Stanley maintains MCD with a strong buy rating and raises their MCD price target from $336.00 to $340.00, on Feb 11, 2025.
Andrew Strelzik, a top 11% analyst from BMO Capital maintains MCD with a buy rating and raises their MCD price target from $335.00 to $340.00, on Feb 11, 2025.
Sara Senatore, a bottom 15% analyst from Bank of America maintains MCD with a hold rating and raises their MCD price target from $312.00 to $316.00, on Feb 11, 2025.
Eric Gonzalez, a top 7% analyst from KeyBanc maintains MCD with a strong buy rating and raises their MCD price target from $320.00 to $335.00, on Feb 11, 2025.
John Ivankoe, a top 4% analyst from JP Morgan maintains MCD with a strong buy rating and raises their MCD price target from $280.00 to $300.00, on Feb 11, 2025.
JP Morgan's John Ivankoe raised their price target on Mcdonalds (NYSE: MCD) by 7.1% from $280 to $300 on 2025/02/11. The analyst maintained their Strong Buy rating on the stock.
McDonald's reported its Q4 and FY 2024.
With the company's adaptive value strategy and forthcoming product catalysts, Ivankoe predicted "derisked visibility" to accelerating trends.
In addition, the analyst told investors to expect those catalysts to support an increase in the price of McDonald's stock to 300+.
McDonald's reported:
For Q4 2024:
For FY 2024:
Management did not provide financial guidance in its press release.
Chairman & CEO Chris Kempczinski commented: “Accelerating the Arches continues to be the right strategy as we focus on growing market share.
“We’re playing to win, focusing on our customers with outstanding value, exciting menu innovation and culturally relevant marketing.”
You can dive deeper into what analysts are forecasting on the Mcdonalds stock forecast page.
Last year, MCD earnings were $8.22B. In the last five year, MCD's earnings have gone up by 7.57% per year. This was slower than the Restaurants industry average of 34.29%.
Last year, MCD revenue was $25.92B. During the last five year, MCD's revenue has grown by 3.94% per year. This was slower than the Restaurants industry average of 9.5%.
Dive into MCD's earnings and revenue performance here.
Over the last 12 months, insiders at MCD have sold more shares than they have bought.
Joseph M. Erlinger, President McDonalds USA of MCD, was the latest MCD insider to sell. They sold $299,071.50 worth of MCD stock on Apr 23, 2025.
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Mcdonalds pays a dividend of 2.15%, compared to the Restaurants industry's average dividend yield of 3.16%. If you owned $1,000 of MCD stock, you would have received $21.52 in the past 12 months.
Mcdonalds dividend payments have consistently grown over the past decade and have remained stable.
Dig into more data about Mcdonalds dividend yield and history here.
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