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

Mcdonald's' stock was trading at $188.25 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MCD stock has decreased by 15.1% and is now trading at $159.8350. 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) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January, 29th. The fast-food giant reported $1.97 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.96 by $0.01. The fast-food giant had revenue of $5.35 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.30 billion. Mcdonald's had a negative return on equity of 79.57% and a net margin of 28.59%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 3.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.97 EPS. 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.13%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 28th. View Mcdonald's' dividend history.

31 brokerages 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' stock price to reach $217.29 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 35.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Mcdonald's.

Media coverage about MCD stock has been trending very positive on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Mcdonald's earned a daily sentiment score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the fast-food giant a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutMcdonald's.

Mcdonald's saw a increase in short interest in 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 volume of 3,630,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.4 days. Currently, 1.2% of the shares of the company 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."

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One share of MCD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $159.84.

Mcdonald's has a market capitalization of $119.15 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.