McDonald's Stock Forecast, Price & 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 21.5% and is now trading at $228.71.
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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."
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McDonald's is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, November 9th 2020.
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McDonald's will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, November 9th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

McDonald's Co. (NYSE:MCD) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 28th. The fast-food giant reported $0.66 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.76 by $0.10. The fast-food giant had revenue of $3.76 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.73 billion. McDonald's had a net margin of 24.78% and a negative return on equity of 52.78%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 29.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $2.05 earnings per share.
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McDonald's declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 8th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 1st will be given a dividend of $1.29 per share on Tuesday, December 15th. This represents a $5.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.26%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 30th. This is an increase from McDonald's's previous quarterly dividend of $1.25.
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29 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for McDonald's' stock. Their forecasts range from $178.00 to $265.00. On average, they anticipate McDonald's' stock price to reach $222.44 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.7%.
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McDonald's saw a drop in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,490,000 shares, a drop of 20.3% from the August 31st total of 6,890,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,020,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.8 days. Approximately 0.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to McDonald's include Starbucks (SBUX), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Yum! Brands (YUM), Domino's Pizza (DPZ), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Dunkin' Brands Group (DNKN), Wendys (WEN), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Papa John's International (PZZA), Brinker International (EAT), Jack in the Box (JACK), The Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN) and Dine Brands Global (DIN).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other McDonald's investors own include Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), The 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 investors include Focused Investors LLC (0.08%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.07%), Standard Life Aberdeen plc (0.05%), DAVENPORT & Co LLC (0.05%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.05%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%). 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 and Silvia Lagnado.
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MCD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Hexavest Inc., Redpoint Investment Management Pty Ltd, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Focused Investors LLC, and CWM LLC. Company insiders that have sold McDonald's company stock in the last year include Catherine A Hoovel, Daniel Henry, and Francesca A Debiase.
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MCD stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Avantax Advisory Services Inc., Locust Wood Capital Advisers LLC, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., BLB&B Advisors LLC, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Icon Wealth Partners LLC, IBM Retirement Fund, and Ferguson Wellman Capital Management 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.
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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 $228.71.

McDonald's has a market capitalization of $170.18 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.