McDonald's - MCD Stock Forecast, Price & News

26 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for McDonald's in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 21 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" MCD shares.
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26 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for McDonald's' shares. Their MCD share price forecasts range from $250.00 to $320.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $287.48 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.9% from the stock's current price.
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McDonald's' stock was trading at $268.07 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, MCD stock has increased by 1.2% and is now trading at $271.41.
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McDonald's saw a decrease in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 6,080,000 shares, a decrease of 7.6% from the October 15th total of 6,580,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,800,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.2 days. Approximately 0.8% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 26th 2023.
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McDonald's Co. (NYSE:MCD) announced its earnings results on Thursday, October, 27th. The fast-food giant reported $2.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.57 by $0.11. The fast-food giant earned $5.87 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.70 billion. McDonald's had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 123.40% and a net margin of 25.42%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 5.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $2.76 earnings per share.
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McDonald's announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 13th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 1st will be given a dividend of $1.52 per share on Thursday, December 15th. This represents a $6.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.24%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 30th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $1.38.
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McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) pays an annual dividend of $6.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.22%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 45 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 76.57%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, MCD will have a dividend payout ratio of 58.35% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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2,583 employees have rated McDonald's Chief Executive Officer Chris Kempczinski on Glassdoor.com. Chris Kempczinski has an approval rating of 78% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other McDonald's investors own include Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Walt Disney (DIS), AT&T (T), Home Depot (HD), NVIDIA (NVDA), Intel (INTC), Walmart (WMT), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Verizon Communications (VZ) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

McDonald's trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MCD."

McDonald's' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.23%), BlackRock Inc. (6.81%), State Street Corp (4.74%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.07%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.04%) and Nuveen Asset Management LLC (0.71%). Insiders that own company stock include Anthony Capuano, Catherine A Hoovel, Catherine M Engelbert, Daniel Henry, Enrique Hernandez, Jr, Francesca A Debiase, Ian Frederick Borden, Joseph M Erlinger and Kevin M Ozan.
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Shares of MCD stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of MCD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $271.41.

McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) has a market capitalization of $198.79 billion and generates $23.22 billion in revenue each year. The fast-food giant earns $7.55 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.94 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 200,000 workers across the globe.

McDonald's' mailing address is 110 NORTH CARPENTER STREET, CHICAGO IL, 60607. The official website for the company is corporate.mcdonalds.com. The fast-food giant can be reached via phone at (630) 623-3000 or via fax at 630-623-5004.