NYSE:MCDMcdonald'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 2.0% and is now trading at $184.41. 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 quarterly 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 the consensus estimate of $4.66 billion. Mcdonald's had a net margin of 27.86% and a negative return on equity of 70.25%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 6.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.78 EPS. View Mcdonald's' earnings history.

Mcdonald's announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 22nd. Investors of record on Monday, June 1st will be given a dividend of $1.25 per share on Monday, June 15th. This represents a $5.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.71%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 29th. View Mcdonald's' dividend history.

31 equities research analysts have issued 12 month 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 $207.48 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Mcdonald's.

News coverage about MCD stock has been trending extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Mcdonald's earned a news sentiment score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the fast-food giant a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutMcdonald's.

Mcdonald's saw a drop in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 7,980,000 shares, a drop 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. Approximately 1.1% of the company's shares 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 number 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 bought 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 $184.41.

Mcdonald's has a market capitalization of $137.12 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.