McDonald's Corporation

MCD · NYSE · Stock · Consumer Cyclical
$236.66
+0.36% today
Delayed price,

What McDonald's does

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.

Key facts

Sector
Consumer Cyclical
Industry
Restaurants
Market cap
$167.47B
P/E (ttm)
19.2
Forward P/E
17.2
Dividend yield
3.27%
Beta
0.45
Profit margin
31.7%
Employees
150,000
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, United States
Exchange
NYSE

Performance

1 Month
-4.7%
3 Months
-11.6%
6 Months
-24.0%
1 Year
-23.2%
5 Years
-3.2%
$229.2052-week range$341.75
Biggest setback — last 12 months
-32.0%
23 Feb 2026 → 28 Sept 2026
Fell from $341.06 to $231.89 — its sharpest sustained decline this year.
Biggest run-up — last 12 months
+14.3%
27 Oct 2025 → 23 Feb 2026
Ran from $298.43 to $341.06 — its strongest sustained advance this year.

Price outlook — trend & volatility model

▼ Trend: Downtrend
Price is below its 20-, 50- and 200-day averages, each stacked below the next — a classic technical downtrend structure.
HorizonBear case (−1σ)Base caseBull case (+1σ)
1 Month$223.76 (-5.5%)$236.66$250.30 (+5.8%)
3 Months$214.76 (-9.3%)$236.66$260.79 (+10.2%)
6 Months$206.30 (-12.8%)$236.66$271.49 (+14.7%)
12 Months$194.89 (-17.6%)$236.66$287.38 (+21.4%)
Statistical, not machine-learning: a random-walk (no assumed drift) volatility model built from this ticker's own realized price history, plus a purely descriptive moving-average trend read. Illustrative only — not a price target and not financial advice. The bear and bull cases sit one standard deviation (1σ) below and above today's price, a range that covers about 68% of the outcomes the model treats as plausible, not a 68% chance of either case. Annualized volatility used: 19.4%, blended from this ticker's own 3-month and 1-year realized price history. Base case is deliberately flat — this quantifies a possible range, not a directional prediction. See the full model, including wider (≈95%) bands →

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Recent insider activity

Acquired 157 shares at $230.94 — Dean Lloyd H, Director · 2026-10-02
Acquired 130 shares at $230.94 — Taubert Jennifer L, Director · 2026-10-02
Acquired 130 shares at $230.94 — Hsu Michael D., Director · 2026-10-02
Sold 1,342 shares at $274.48 — Elting Lauren B, VP - CAO and Corp Controller · 2026-08-11
Acquired 208 shares at $270.31 — Taubert Jennifer L, Director · 2026-07-02
Source: SEC Form 4 filings. An "acquired" entry with no price is typically a stock award or option exercise rather than an open-market purchase. Search all insider trades →

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