McDonald's - MCD Stock Forecast, Price & News

26 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for McDonald's in the last twelve months. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 20 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" MCD shares.
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26 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for McDonald's' shares. Their MCD share price forecasts range from $262.00 to $320.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $288.48 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.6% from the stock's current price.
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McDonald's' stock was trading at $263.53 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, MCD shares have increased by 2.7% and is now trading at $270.59.
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McDonald's saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,560,000 shares, an increase of 8.8% from the November 30th total of 6,030,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,170,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.1 days. Approximately 0.9% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 31st 2023.
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McDonald's will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, January 31st at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

McDonald's Co. (NYSE:MCD) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 27th. The fast-food giant reported $2.76 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.46 by $0.30. The fast-food giant earned $6.20 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.04 billion. McDonald's had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 123.40% and a net margin of 25.42%. McDonald's's quarterly revenue was up 14.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $2.22 EPS.
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McDonald's declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 13th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 1st will be paid a dividend of $1.52 per share on Thursday, December 15th. This represents a $6.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.25%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 30th. This is an increase 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 2.23%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 46 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 57.69% 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.34%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.11%), Fifth Third Bancorp (0.09%), Focused Investors LLC (0.07%), DAVENPORT & Co LLC (0.06%) and AMF Tjanstepension AB (0.06%). 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 $270.59.

McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) has a market capitalization of $198.19 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.