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Shares Stats
| Shares Outstanding | 712,100,000 |
| Shares Float | 711,630,000 |
| Shares Short | 7,720,000 |
| Insider Holdings | 23% |
| Institution Holdings | 75.10% |
About McDonald's Corp
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, 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.
General
| Name | McDonald's Corp |
| Ticker | MCD |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Consumer Cyclical |
| Industry | Restaurants |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | December |
| Full Time Employees | 150,000 |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 332.57 |
| Market Cap | 222,477,000,000 |
| PE Ratio | 26.64 |
| PEG Ratio | 2.55 |
| EBITDA | 14,291,999,744 |
Financials
| Curr Year EPS Estimate | 12.14 |
| Next Quarter EPS Estimate | 3.09 |
| Profit Margin | 32.04% |
| Operating Margin | 46.15 |
| Return on Assets | 0.13 |
| Revenue | 26.3B |
| Earnings Per Share | 11.81 |
| Revenue Per Share | 36.76 |
| Gross Profit | 15,082,000,384 |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth | 0.03 |
Valuation
| Trailing PE | 26.45 |
| Forward PE | 23.47 |
| Price/Sales (Trailing 12 Mt.) | 8.49 |
Dividend
McDonald's Corp pays out a dividend of $7.17 per share, with a dividend yield of 2.29%.
MCD's next dividend payment will be made to shareholders on December 15, 2025.
They pay out 59.52% of their earnings out as a dividend.
Recent Dividends
| Dec 15, 2025 | $1.86 |
| Sep 16, 2025 | $1.77 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | $1.77 |
| Mar 17, 2025 | $1.77 |
| Dec 16, 2024 | $1.77 |
| Sep 17, 2024 | $1.67 |
| Jun 17, 2024 | $1.67 |
| Mar 15, 2024 | $1.67 |
| Dec 15, 2023 | $1.67 |
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