NYSE:MCDMcdonald'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 shares have increased by 0.3% and is now trading at $188.73. View which stocks have been most 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 Friday, July 24th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Mcdonald's.

Mcdonald's Corp (NYSE:MCD) announced its earnings results on Thursday, April, 30th. The fast-food giant reported $1.47 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.59 by $0.12. The fast-food giant had revenue of $4.71 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.66 billion. Mcdonald's had a negative return on equity of 70.25% and a net margin of 27.86%. The business's revenue was down 6.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.78 earnings per share. View Mcdonald's' earnings history.

Mcdonald's announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 22nd. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 1st will be paid a dividend of $1.25 per share on Monday, June 15th. This represents a $5.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.65%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 29th. View Mcdonald's' dividend history.

31 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Mcdonald's' stock. Their forecasts range from $170.00 to $239.00. On average, they anticipate Mcdonald's' share price to reach $208.21 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Mcdonald's.

News coverage about MCD stock has trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring 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 positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Mcdonald's earned a daily sentiment score of 0.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the fast-food giant a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutMcdonald's.

Mcdonald's saw a decline in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 7,980,000 shares, a decline of 8.0% from the April 30th total of 8,670,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 5,650,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.4 days. Currently, 1.1% of the shares of the stock 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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.13%), State Street Corp (5.25%), Wellington Management Group LLP (4.04%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.51%), Morgan Stanley (1.08%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.97%). Company insiders that own Mcdonald's stock include Andrew J Mckenna, Catherine A Hoovel, Christopher J Kempczinski, Daniel Henry, David Ogden Fairhurst, 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 Two Sigma Advisers LP, Clearbridge Investments LLC, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, BlackRock Inc., Banco Santander S.A., Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund, and Janus Henderson Group PLC. Company insiders that have sold Mcdonald's company stock in the last year include Catherine A Hoovel, Daniel Henry, Francesca A Debiase, and Silvia Lagnado. View insider buying and selling activity for Mcdonald's.

MCD stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wellington Management Group LLP, Magellan Asset Management Ltd, Advisor Group Holdings Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., APG Asset Management N.V., Swiss National Bank, Franklin Resources Inc., and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc.. 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 $188.73.

Mcdonald's has a market capitalization of $140.33 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.

The official website for Mcdonald's is 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.