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

Mcdonald's' stock was trading at $188.25 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MCD shares have decreased by 12.2% and is now trading at $165.35. 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) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 29th. The fast-food giant reported $1.97 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.96 by $0.01. The fast-food giant earned $5.35 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.30 billion. Mcdonald's had a net margin of 28.59% and a negative return on equity of 79.57%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 3.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company 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 given 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 3.02%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 28th. View Mcdonald's' dividend history.

31 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Mcdonald's' stock. Their forecasts range from $165.00 to $250.00. On average, they anticipate Mcdonald's' stock price to reach $219.96 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 33.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Mcdonald's.

News articles about MCD stock have trended very negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Mcdonald's earned a daily sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the fast-food giant a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact 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. Approximately 1.2% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Mcdonald's' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Mcdonald's include Starbucks (SBUX), Yum! Brands (YUM), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Domino's Pizza (DPZ), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Dunkin Brands Group (DNKN), Wendys (WEN), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Papa John's Int'l (PZZA), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Jack in the Box (JACK), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Dine Brands Global (DIN) and Denny's (DENN).

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

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 $165.35.

Mcdonald's has a market capitalization of $123.26 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.