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 5 hold ratings and 21 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 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for McDonald's' shares. Their MCD share price forecasts range from $262.00 to $330.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $289.19 in the next twelve months. 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 3.0% and is now trading at $271.33.
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McDonald's saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 5,810,000 shares, an increase of 13.7% from the February 13th total of 5,110,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,670,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.2 days. Approximately 0.8% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 27th 2023.
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McDonald's Co. (NYSE:MCD) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January, 31st. The fast-food giant reported $2.59 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.46 by $0.13. The fast-food giant had revenue of $5.93 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.75 billion. McDonald's had a net margin of 26.65% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 120.10%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 1.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $2.23 EPS.
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McDonald's declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 2nd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 1st will be given a dividend of $1.52 per share on Wednesday, March 15th. This represents a $6.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.24%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 28th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) stock in their portfolio include SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust (DIA), Global X Dow 30 Covered Call ETF (DJIA), Amplify YieldShares CWP Dividend & Option Income ETF (DIVO), Nationwide Dow Jones Risk Managed Income ETF (NDJI), ProShares UltraPro Dow30 (UDOW), Fidelity MSCI Consumer Discretionary Index ETF (FDIS), AdvisorShares Restaurant ETF (EATZ) and ProShares Ultra Dow30 (DDM).

McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) pays an annual dividend of $6.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.26%. 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 72.81%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MCD will have a dividend payout ratio of 52.28% 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 a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC (2.63%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.87%), Morgan Stanley (1.76%), Norges Bank (1.21%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.18%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.71%). Insiders that own company stock include Anthony Capuano, Catherine A Hoovel, Catherine M Engelbert, Christopher J Kempczinski, Enrique Hernandez, Jr, Francesca A Debiase, Ian Frederick Borden, Joseph M Erlinger, Kevin M Ozan and Marion K Gross.
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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 $271.33.

McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) has a market capitalization of $198.48 billion and generates $23.18 billion in revenue each year. The fast-food giant earns $6.18 billion in net income (profit) each year or $8.35 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 150,000 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.