NYSE:MCD - Mcdonald's Stock Price, Forecast & News

Mcdonald's' stock was trading at $188.25 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MCD stock has decreased by 12.9% and is now trading at $164.01. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

31 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mcdonald's in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 24 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Mcdonald's.

Mcdonald's is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Mcdonald's.

Mcdonald's Corp (NYSE:MCD) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 29th. The fast-food giant reported $1.97 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.96 by $0.01. The fast-food giant had revenue of $5.35 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.30 billion. Mcdonald's had a net margin of 28.59% and a negative return on equity of 79.57%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 3.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.97 earnings per share. View Mcdonald's' earnings history.

Mcdonald's announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 29th. Investors of record on Monday, March 2nd will be paid a dividend of $1.25 per share on Monday, March 16th. This represents a $5.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.05%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 28th. View Mcdonald's' dividend history.

31 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Mcdonald's' stock. Their forecasts range from $165.00 to $250.00. On average, they anticipate Mcdonald's' share price to reach $219.96 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 34.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Mcdonald's.

Media coverage about MCD stock has been trending very positive recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Mcdonald's earned a media sentiment score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the fast-food giant a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutMcdonald's.

Mcdonald's saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 8,820,000 shares, an increase of 15.9% from the February 13th total of 7,610,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,630,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.4 days. Currently, 1.2% of the company's shares are sold short. View Mcdonald's' Current Options Chain.

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

Mcdonald's' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (5.20%), FMR LLC (1.99%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.51%), Norges Bank (1.07%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.95%) and Janus Henderson Group PLC (0.85%). Company insiders that own Mcdonald's stock include Andrew J Mckenna, Catherine A Hoovel, Christopher J Kempczinski, Daniel Henry, David Ogden Fairhurst, Douglas M Goare, Enrique Hernandez Jr, Francesca A Debiase, Ian Frederick Borden, Jerome N Krulewitch, John J Mulligan, John W Rogers Jr, Kevin M Ozan, Robert Lane Gibbs, Silvia Lagnado and Stephen Easterbrook. View institutional ownership trends for Mcdonald's.

MCD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital Research Global Investors, FMR LLC, DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main, 1832 Asset Management L.P., Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Marshall Wace LLP, and Nuveen Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Mcdonald's company stock in the last year include Catherine A Hoovel, Christopher J Kempczinski, Daniel Henry, Francesca A Debiase, Ian Frederick Borden, Jerome N Krulewitch, Kevin M Ozan, and Silvia Lagnado. View insider buying and selling activity for Mcdonald's.

MCD stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Private Advisor Group LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Findlay Park Partners LLP, Geode Capital Management LLC, Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Bessemer Group Inc., and Global Thematic Partners LLC. Company insiders that have bought Mcdonald's stock in the last two years include Christopher J Kempczinski, Enrique Hernandez Jr, John J Mulligan, and John W Rogers Jr. View insider buying and selling activity for Mcdonald's.

Shares of MCD can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of MCD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $164.01.

Mcdonald's has a market capitalization of $122.26 billion and generates $21.08 billion in revenue each year. The fast-food giant earns $6.03 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.84 on an earnings per share basis. Mcdonald's employs 205,000 workers across the globe. View additional information about Mcdonald's.

The official website for Mcdonald's is http://corporate.mcdonalds.com/.

Mcdonald's' mailing address is 110 NORTH CARPENTER STREET, CHICAGO IL, 60607. The fast-food giant can be reached via phone at 630-623-3000.