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 (WHO). Since then, MCD stock has decreased by 0.4% and is now trading at $187.59. 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) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 30th. The fast-food giant reported $1.47 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.59 by $0.12. The fast-food giant earned $4.71 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.66 billion. Mcdonald's had a negative return on equity of 70.25% and a net margin of 27.86%. The company's revenue was down 6.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.67%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 29th. View Mcdonald's' dividend history.

31 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Mcdonald's' shares. Their forecasts range from $170.00 to $239.00. On average, they expect Mcdonald's' share price to reach $208.21 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Mcdonald's.

Press coverage about MCD stock has trended somewhat negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Mcdonald's earned a coverage optimism score of -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the fast-food giant a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutMcdonald's.

Mcdonald's saw a drop in short interest in the month of 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 days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.4 days. Currently, 1.1% of the company's stock are short sold. 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 retail and institutional 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 $187.59.

Mcdonald's has a market capitalization of $139.48 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.