Stock · MCD · Consumer Cyclical
United States · Large Cap · listed since 1965 · Revenue 12 mo. $27.7B
Price as of 11/06/2026
McDonald's Corporation owns, operates, and franchises restaurants under the McDonald's brand in the United States and internationally.
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.
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Summary
50.9 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €6.4B (2025), it supports €71.7B. The remaining €99B of the market value assume it grows 12.1% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
12.1%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 17.3×, below its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 20.8× to 23.0×, median 21.6×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q1 → Q2 2026
5 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Gross margin, EBIT margin, Net debt, Shares outstanding
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | −433.90% | 11.07% | Rank 0 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 28.92% | 17.91% | Rank 69 |
| EBIT margin | 46.10% | 10.89% | Rank 98 |
| FCF margin | 26.73% | 8.07% | Rank 95 |
| Gross margin | 57.41% | 34.00% | Rank 83 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 3.72% | 5.10% | Rank 42 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | 12.78% | 8.34% | Rank 58 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | 13.64% | 15.10% | Rank 47 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 12.52% | 4.34% | Rank 95 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 4.32% | 4.32% | Rank 50 |
| FCF yield | 3.78% | 4.17% | Rank 45 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 9.08 | 1.95 | Rank 2 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 19.70 | 16.88 | Rank 41 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | −16.94% | −4.35% | Rank 31 |
| Share price, 6 months | 0.76% | 3.63% | Rank 41 |
| Share price, 3 months | 5.87% | 2.92% | Rank 67 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −18.92% | −15.83% | Rank 44 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | 3.20% | 0.39% | Rank 29 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −0.76% | −0.37% | Rank 55 |
| Dividend streak in years | 36 | 4 | Rank 99 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | −0.47% | 0.16% | Rank 43 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | −3.01% | 40.59% | Rank 5 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 3.68 | 0.99 | Rank 15 |
| Debt to equitylower is betterdoes not count towards the rank | −42.68 | 0.49 | |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 19.94% | 33.42% | Rank 99 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF, $B | Shares | Net debt, $B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 24.6 | 31.5% | 4.2 | 861M | 24.7 |
| 2017 | 22.8 | 41.9% | 3.7 | 816M | 27.1 |
| 2018 | 21.0 | 42.0% | 4.2 | 786M | 30.2 |
| 2019 | 21.1 | 43.0% | 5.7 | 765M | 46.7 |
| 2020 | 19.2 | 38.1% | 4.6 | 750M | 48.0 |
| 2021 | 23.2 | 44.6% | 7.1 | 752M | 44.6 |
| 2022 | 23.2 | 40.4% | 5.5 | 741M | 46.1 |
| 2023 | 25.5 | 45.7% | 7.3 | 732M | 48.5 |
| 2024 | 25.9 | 45.2% | 6.7 | 722M | 50.9 |
| 2025 | 26.9 | 46.1% | 7.2 | 716M | 54.0 |
3 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
McDonald’s Corporation mainly meets criteria in the Profitability category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
McDonald’s Corporation is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
3 of 7 rules met
5 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for McDonald’s Corporation.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 23.1 | 21.6 |
| P/B ratio | −144.9 | 2.4 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | −433.9% | 11.1% |
| Equity ratio | −3.0% | 40.6% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | −42.68 | 0.49 |
| Dividend yield | 2.7% | 2.2% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| MCD | McDonald’s Corporationthis page | |
| SBUX | Starbucks Corporation | Low3.6 |
| CPG.L | Compass Group PLC | locked |
| YUM | Yum! Brands Inc | Low3.6 |
| CMG | Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc | locked |
| QSR.TO | Restaurant Brands International Inc | locked |
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