Compare Stocks: MCD and PZZA

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
MCD McDonald's	$275.30 -2.4%	$249.73	$229.20 ▼ $341.75	$199.15B	0.42	5.68 million shs	6.86 million shs
PZZA Papa John's International	$19.19 -4.0%	$19.87	$17.69 ▼ $44.44	$658.21M	1.17	1.54 million shs	1.13 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
MCD McDonald's	+0.20%	+7.37%	+19.83%	+2.49%	-5.65%
PZZA Papa John's International	-3.71%	+7.65%	+1.16%	-17.06%	-54.56%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
MCD McDonald's	$275.30 -2.4%	$249.73	$229.20 ▼ $341.75	$199.15B	0.42	5.68 million shs	6.86 million shs
PZZA Papa John's International	$19.19 -4.0%	$19.87	$17.69 ▼ $44.44	$658.21M	1.17	1.54 million shs	1.13 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
MCD McDonald's	+0.20%	+7.37%	+19.83%	+2.49%	-5.65%
PZZA Papa John's International	-3.71%	+7.65%	+1.16%	-17.06%	-54.56%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
MCD McDonald's	2.63	Moderate Buy	$297.82	8.18% Upside
PZZA Papa John's International	1.78	Reduce	$28.57	48.89% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest MCD and PZZA Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
11/6/2026	MCD McDonald's	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Buy	$310.00 ➝ $320.00
11/5/2026	MCD McDonald's	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Sector Perform	$285.00 ➝ $300.00
11/5/2026	MCD McDonald's	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Market Perform	$250.00 ➝ $280.00
11/5/2026	MCD McDonald's	BTIG Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Buy	$295.00 ➝ $305.00
11/5/2026	MCD McDonald's	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Outperform
11/5/2026	MCD McDonald's	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Initiated Coverage	Strong-Buy
11/5/2026	MCD McDonald's	Freedom Broker Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold	$305.00 ➝ $298.00
11/5/2026	MCD McDonald's	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$250.00 ➝ $270.00
11/5/2026	MCD McDonald's	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Buy	$295.00 ➝ $315.00
11/5/2026	MCD McDonald's	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$280.00 ➝ $307.00
11/5/2026	PZZA Papa John's International	Stephens Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Equal Weight	$19.00

(Data available from 11/11/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
MCD McDonald's	$26.89B	7.23	$14.99 per share	18.37	($0.49) per share	-561.84
PZZA Papa John's International	$2.05B	0.31	$4.08 per share	4.70	($13.31) per share	-1.44

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
MCD McDonald's	$8.56B	$12.64	21.87	20.21	3.26	32.38%	-826.29%	15.29%	N/A
PZZA Papa John's International	$30.53M	$0.75	15.61	18.63	0.69	1.31%	-9.65%	5.21%	N/A

Latest MCD and PZZA Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Details
11/5/2026	Q3 2026	PZZA Papa John's International	$0.1579	$0.16	+$0.0021	$0.09	$459.48 million	$454.84 million
11/4/2026	Q3 2026	MCD McDonald's	$3.38	$3.57	+$0.19	$3.51	$7.28 billion	$7.16 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
MCD McDonald's	$7.44	2.70%	+7.30%	58.86%	50 Years
PZZA Papa John's International	N/A	N/A	+15.38%	N/A	4 Years

Latest MCD and PZZA Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
9/17/2026	MCD McDonald's	quarterly	$1.93	3.11%	12/1/2026	12/1/2026	12/15/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
MCD McDonald's	N/A	1.23	1.07
PZZA Papa John's International	N/A	0.77	0.66

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Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
MCD McDonald's	70.29%
PZZA Papa John's International	N/A

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
MCD McDonald's	0.26%
PZZA Papa John's International	1.80%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
MCD McDonald's	150,000	705.78 million	703.95 million	Optionable
PZZA Papa John's International	9,400	32.94 million	32.35 million	Optionable

MCD and PZZA Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Papa John's International (NASDAQ:PZZA) Stock Price Down 4.4% - What's Next?

November 11 at 1:39 PM | marketbeat.com

Analysts Offer Insights on Consumer Cyclical Companies: DraftKings (DKNG) and Papa John’s International (PZZA)

November 11 at 9:08 AM | theglobeandmail.com

Papa John's International (NASDAQ:PZZA) Stock Breaks Above Fifty Day Moving Average - Should You Sell?

November 10 at 4:59 AM | marketbeat.com

Papa Johns (PZZA) Stock Fair Value Moves Lower After Analyst Target Cuts

November 9 at 5:03 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Papa John’s International (PZZA) Gets a Sell from Bank of America Securities

November 8 at 7:29 AM | theglobeandmail.com

Papa John’s International (PZZA) Gets a Hold from Oppenheimer

November 8 at 7:29 AM | theglobeandmail.com

Papa John's International, Inc. (PZZA) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

November 7, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Papa John's: Paying The Price For Being Stuck In The Middle

November 7, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Papa John's International (NASDAQ:PZZA) Posts Earnings Results, Meets Estimates

November 6, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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November 6, 2026 | rttnews.com

Papa John's International Q3 Earnings Call Highlights

November 5, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Papa John's International, Inc. Reports Earnings Results for the Third Quarter and Nine Months Ended September 27, 2026

November 5, 2026 | marketscreener.comM

Compared to Estimates, Papa John's (PZZA) Q3 Earnings: A Look at Key Metrics

November 5, 2026 | zacks.com

Papa John's (PZZA) Beats Q3 Earnings Estimates

November 5, 2026 | zacks.com

Papa John’s cuts outlook again as quarterly sales sink

November 5, 2026 | msn.com

Papa John's reports soft Q3 sales, shares new plan to jump-start growth

November 5, 2026 | msn.com

Papa John’s Trims Outlook Again on Competition, Cautious Diners

November 5, 2026 | bloomberg.com

Papa John's International's (PZZA) Equal Weight Rating Reiterated at Stephens

November 5, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Papa John's Cuts Outlook Again as Quarterly Sales Sink

November 5, 2026 | wsj.com

Krispy Kreme, Papa John's, Jack in the Box, and Brinker International shares are soaring, what you need to know

November 4, 2026 | theglobeandmail.com

PZZA DEADLINE TODAY: ROSEN, A LONGSTANDING LAW FIRM, Encourages Papa John's International, Inc. Investors to Secure Counsel Before Important November 2 Deadline in Securities Class Action - PZZA

November 2, 2026 | newsfilecorp.comN

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MCD and PZZA Company Descriptions

McDonald's NYSE:MCD

$275.30 -6.87 (-2.43%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$275.35 +0.05 (+0.02%)

As of 07:59 PM Eastern

McDonald's Corp. engages in the operation and franchising of restaurants. It operates through the following segments: U.S., International Operated Markets, and International Developmental Licensed Markets and Corporate. The U.S. segment focuses its operations on the United States. The International Operated Markets segment consists of operations and the franchising of restaurants in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and the U.K. The International Developmental Licensed Markets and Corporate segment consists of developmental licensee and affiliate markets in the McDonald’s system. The firm's products include Big Mac, Quarter Pounder with Cheese, Filet-O-Fish, several chicken sandwiches, Chicken McNuggets, wraps, McDonald's Fries, salads, oatmeal, shakes, McFlurry desserts, sundaes, soft serve cones, pies, soft drinks, coffee, McCafe beverages, and other beverages. The company was founded by Raymond Albert Kroc on April 15, 1955, and is headquartered in Oak Brook, IL.

Papa John's International NASDAQ:PZZA

$19.19 -0.79 (-3.95%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$19.18 -0.01 (-0.05%)

As of 07:52 PM Eastern

Papa John's International, Inc. engages in the operation and franchise of pizza delivery and carryout restaurants. It operates through the following segments: Domestic Company-owned Restaurants, North America Franchising, North America Commissaries, International Operations, and All Others. The Domestic Company-Owned Restaurants segment consists of retail sales of pizza and side items, breadsticks, cheese sticks, chicken poppers and wings, dessert items, and canned and bottled beverages. The North America Franchising segment involves the offering of sales and support activities, development rights, and collection of royalties from franchisees located in the United States and Canada. The North America Commissaries segment includes the eleven full-service regional dough production and distribution and quality control centers. The International Operations segment represents all restaurant operations outside of the United States and Canada. The All Others segment focuses on franchise contributions to marketing funds and sale, company-owned and franchised restaurants, information systems and related services used in restaurant operations, point-of-sale system, online and other technology-based ordering platforms, printing, and promotional items. The company was founded by John H. Schnatter in 1984 and is headquartered in Louisville, KY.

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