McDonald's Corporation Common Stock (MCD)

About MCD

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…

Sector

Consumer Discretionary

Industry

Restaurants

Employees

150,000

Website

www.mcdonalds.com/

Fundamentals

1-day range

$260.32$265.1

Market cap

$188.45B

P/E (trailing)

22.31

P/E (forward)

18.96

EPS (trailing)

$12.31

Dividend yield

2.36%

Beta

0.43

Avg. volume

4.61M

Ex-dividend date

September 1, 2026

Dividend pay date

September 16, 2026

Forecasts

31 analyst ratings

McDonald's Corporation Common Stock Competitors

Chosen by industry and closest market cap.

• MCD

  McDonald's Corporation Common Stock

  $264.91

  ▲ 1.86%
  Market cap $188.45BP/E 22.31
  $259.85$341.75
• CMG

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  $38.03

  ▲ 2.18%
  Market cap $48.05BP/E 29.67
  $28.04$42.82
• YUM

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  $153.93

  ▲ 2.11%
  Market cap $41.01BP/E 19.02
  $137.33$170.14
• DRI

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  $215.77

  ▲ 2.20%
  Market cap $23.53BP/E 21.60
  $169$229.76
• YUMC

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  $45.04

  ▲ 0.29%
  Market cap $16.98BP/E 17.32
  $40.15$58.39
• BROS

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  $49.89

  ▼ 1.62%
  Market cap $11.35BP/E 96.70
  $44.58$74.65
• EAT

  Brinker International Inc. Common Stock

  $230.24

  ▼ 1.28%
  Market cap $9.66BP/E 23.10
  $100.3$254.99

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Latest news

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• Lauren B. Elting · August 7, 2026 · Option Exercise

  48
• Lauren B. Elting · August 7, 2026 · Option Exercise

  990
• Lauren B. Elting · August 7, 2026 · Tax Withholding

  304 @ $274.48
• Jennifer L. Taubert · June 30, 2026 · Grant

  111 @ $270.31
• Michael D. Hsu · June 30, 2026 · Grant

  111 @ $270.31
• Lloyd H. Dean · June 30, 2026 · Grant

  134 @ $270.31
• Joseph M. Erlinger · June 10, 2026 · Option Exercise

  5.3K @ $157.79
• Joseph M. Erlinger · June 10, 2026 · Sale

  5.3K @ $284.32
• Desiree Ralls-Morrison · May 28, 2026 · Sale

  2.8K @ $278.36
• Joseph M. Erlinger · May 26, 2026 · Sale

  333 @ $280.11
• Joseph M. Erlinger · April 23, 2026 · Sale

  333 @ $302.72
• Joseph M. Erlinger · April 10, 2026 · Option Exercise

  2.6K @ $157.79
• Joseph M. Erlinger · April 10, 2026 · Sale

  2.6K @ $307
• Jennifer L. Taubert · March 31, 2026 · Grant

  97 @ $310.79
• Michael D. Hsu · March 31, 2026 · Grant

  97 @ $310.79

Institutional Ownership

March 31, 2026

Total shares held

473.78M

Total value held

$140.00B

Institutional holders

3537