Mcdonald's Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:MCD)

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

Mcdonald's declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 19th. Investors of record on Monday, December 2nd will be given a dividend of $1.25 per share on Monday, December 16th. This represents a $5.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.51%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 29th. This is a positive change from Mcdonald's's previous quarterly dividend of $1.16. View Mcdonald's' Dividend History.

Mcdonald's Corp (NYSE:MCD) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 22nd. The fast-food giant reported $2.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.22 by $0.11. The fast-food giant had revenue of $5.43 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.47 billion. Mcdonald's had a negative return on equity of 92.02% and a net margin of 28.32%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $2.10 EPS. View Mcdonald's' Earnings History.

29 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Mcdonald's' stock. Their forecasts range from $189.00 to $250.00. On average, they anticipate Mcdonald's' stock price to reach $223.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Mcdonald's.

29 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mcdonald's in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 22 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Mcdonald's.

Media coverage about MCD stock has trended somewhat positive on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Mcdonald's earned a media sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the fast-food giant a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Mcdonald's.

Mcdonald's saw a increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 6,860,000 shares, an increase of 17.9% from the August 30th total of 5,820,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,020,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.3 days. Currently, 0.9% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Mcdonald's' Current Options Chain.

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

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Mcdonald's' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.14%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.10%), Focused Investors LLC (0.09%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.07%), Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.07%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.06%). Company insiders that own Mcdonald's stock include Andrew J Mckenna, Catherine A Hoovel, Christopher J Kempczinski, David Ogden Fairhurst, Douglas M Goare, Francesca A Debiase, Ian Frederick Borden, James R Sappington, Jerome N Krulewitch, 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 Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Ellevest Inc., Calamos Advisors LLC, Decatur Capital Management Inc., Strs Ohio, Nippon Life Global Investors Americas Inc. and OmniStar Financial Group Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Mcdonald's company stock in the last year include Andrew J Mckenna, Catherine A Hoovel, Christopher J Kempczinski, David Ogden Fairhurst, Francesca A Debiase, Ian Frederick Borden, Jerome N Krulewitch, Kevin M Ozan, Robert Lane Gibbs, Silvia Lagnado and Stephen Easterbrook. View Insider Buying and Selling for Mcdonald's.

MCD stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., TIAA FSB, CWM LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and 6 Meridian. View Insider Buying and Selling 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 $199.27.

Mcdonald's has a market capitalization of $151.33 billion and generates $21.03 billion in revenue each year. The fast-food giant earns $5.92 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.90 on an earnings per share basis. Mcdonald's employs 210,000 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.