MCD

McDonald's Corporation
NYSEUSDEQUITY Consumer Cyclical DELAYED
Last price
232.80
▼ 0.24 (0.10%)
MARKET · —

Price

1D — H — L — Range — Vol —
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Open
233.97
Prev close
233.04
Day high
234.30
Day low
231.70
Volume
5.64M
Market cap
$164.49B
P/E (TTM)
18.93
52W range
229.20 – 341.75

Day trading desk

Current session · delayed
Gap from prior close
+0.40%
Prior close 233.04
VWAP
233.05
-0.11% from price
Relative volume
1.06×
Normal
Session range
1.21%
231.70 – 234.50
Position in range
39%
Mid range
ATR (14D)
4.43
1.90% of price
Prior day high
233.08
PDH
Prior day low
229.20
PDL
Bid / ask spread
—
Quote not published
Session volume
5.28M
Avg 4.99M

VWAP and the session figures are computed from the delayed intraday series on this page, so they lag the live tape and will not match a broker's real-time VWAP exactly. Turn on Prior day H/L/C, Opening range and Volume profile in the chart's Studies menu to see these levels drawn on price.

Trailing performance

Price return · vs SPY
Returnvs SPY
1W
-0.65% -2.6%
1M
-9.09% -10.2%
3M
-16.46% -21.0%
6M
-23.75% -41.9%
YTD
-23.94% -38.2%
1Y
-22.77% -39.2%
3Y
-11.76% -94.0%
5Y
— —

Price return only. Dividends are not reinvested, so total return on a dividend payer will be higher than shown.

Unusual options activity

Account required
Nothing crossed the thresholds in the expiries we scanned.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
Free account required

Contracts trading at or above their open interest, ranked by notional and where the print landed.

Free account

5 more panels on MCD open with an account.

Options chains and analytics, valuation ratios, insider filings, analyst targets and ownership. No card, no trial, nothing to cancel.

Insider net activity

6m · Form 4 rollup
Net shares
-2.39K
Net selling
Buy transactions
3
8.92K shares
Sell transactions
5
11.31K shares
Net transactions
+8
Buys less sells
Sell : buy shares
1.3 : 1
Mixed
Insider-held shares
1.81M
Total on file
Bought 8.92KSold 11.31K

Insider transactions

Account required
DateInsiderAction SharesValueHeld
Aug 7, 26
ELTING LAUREN B.
Officer
— 1.04K — Direct
Jun 10, 26
ERLINGER JOSEPH M
Officer
SELL 5.25K $1.49M Direct
Jun 10, 26
ERLINGER JOSEPH M
Officer
CONVERSION 5.25K $828.71K Direct
May 28, 26
RALLS-MORRISON DESIREE ANN
Officer
SELL 2.76K $769.11K Direct
May 26, 26
ERLINGER JOSEPH M
Officer
SELL 333 $93.28K Direct
Apr 23, 26
ERLINGER JOSEPH M
Officer
SELL 333 $100.81K Direct
Apr 10, 26
ERLINGER JOSEPH M
Officer
SELL 2.63K $806.18K Direct
Apr 10, 26
ERLINGER JOSEPH M
Officer
CONVERSION 2.63K $414.36K Direct
Mar 23, 26
ERLINGER JOSEPH M
Officer
SELL 333 $104.39K Direct
Mar 18, 26
BARONI DARIO
Officer
SELL 600 $194.26K Direct
Mar 10, 26
ERLINGER JOSEPH M
Officer
SELL 2.63K $862.22K Direct
Mar 10, 26
ERLINGER JOSEPH M
Officer
CONVERSION 2.63K $414.36K Direct
Feb 23, 26
ERLINGER JOSEPH M
Officer
SELL 333 $110.03K Direct
Feb 23, 26
BANNER JONATHAN
Officer
SELL 6.20K $2.07M Direct
What this is, and what it is not

These are SEC Form 4 filings — officers, directors and 10% owners reporting their own trades in the company's stock. Filing is due within two business days of the transaction, so this lags reality by days, and the provider adds its own lag on top.

A sale is not automatically bearish. Executives sell on scheduled 10b5-1 plans, to cover tax on vesting equity, and to diversify. Purchases with cash are generally the more informative signal, and they are far rarer.

This does not include congressional or senate trading. That comes from STOCK Act disclosures filed with the Senate eFD system and the House Clerk, which this data source does not carry.

Free account required

Officer and director trades in their own stock, straight from Form 4 filings.

Insider holders

10 reporting
NameRelationShares heldLatest
BORDEN IAN FREDERICK
Chief Financial Officer 30.36K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
BOYD TIFFANIE L
Officer 8.93K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
ERLINGER JOSEPH M
Officer 7.73K Sale
FLATLEY EDITH MORGAN
Officer 7.39K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
GROSS MARION K
Officer 15.87K Sale
KEMPCZINSKI CHRISTOPHER J
Chief Executive Officer 66.29K Sale
MC-DONALD GILLIAN CLARE
Officer 7.78K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
RALLS-MORRISON DESIREE ANN
Officer 6.27K Sale
RICE BRIAN S
Officer 10.77K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
STEIJAERT MANUEL JM
Officer 6.47K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security

Fundamentals

TTM · reported
Market cap$164.49B
Enterprise value$218.27B
Revenue (TTM)$27.70B
Gross profit$15.90B
EBITDA$14.93B
Net income$8.79B
EPS (TTM)$12.28
Free cash flow$6.26B
Total cash$822.00M
Total debt$54.60B
Book value / share$-1.45
Shares outstanding707.64M
Float706.58M
Short % of float1.92%
Dividend yield3.31%
Beta (5Y)0.45

Valuation & profitability ratios

Account required
Trailing P/E18.93
Forward P/E16.83
PEG ratio2.46
Price / sales—
Price / book—
EV / revenue7.88
EV / EBITDA14.62
Gross margin57.38%
Operating margin46.48%
Profit margin31.72%
Return on equity—
Return on assets13.25%
Debt / equity—
Current ratio1.08
Free account required

Fourteen ratios including P/E, PEG, EV/EBITDA, margins and return on equity.

Financial statements

As reported · 4 years · 6 quarters
Blank means not reported, not zero
Line item2025202420232022YoY
Total revenue $26.89B$25.92B$25.50B$23.18B +3.7%
Operating revenue $26.24B$25.50B$25.18B$22.85B +2.9%
Cost of revenue $11.45B$11.21B$10.93B$9.97B +2.1%
Gross profit $15.43B$14.71B$14.56B$13.21B +4.9%
Selling, general & admin $2.58B$2.41B$2.44B$2.49B +7.1%
Total operating expense $3.04B$2.86B$2.82B$2.86B +6.3%
Operating income $12.39B$11.85B$11.75B$10.35B +4.6%
Net interest income -$1.50B-$1.40B-$1.17B-$1.16B -6.9%
Pre-tax income $10.90B$10.35B$10.52B$7.83B +5.3%
Tax provision $2.33B$2.12B$2.05B$1.65B +10.0%
Net income $8.56B$8.22B$8.47B$6.18B +4.1%
Net income to common $8.56B$8.22B$8.47B$6.18B +4.1%
Basic EPS 12.0511.5011.728.45 +4.8%
Diluted EPS 11.9511.3911.568.33 +4.9%
EBIT $12.48B$11.85B$11.88B$9.03B +5.3%
EBITDA $14.68B$13.95B$13.86B$10.90B +5.2%
Basic shares 710.60M715.20M722.70M731.30M -0.6%
Diluted shares 716.40M721.90M732.30M741.30M -0.8%

Options analytics

Account required
Put / call volume
0.53
Call-heavy session
Put / call open interest
0.42
Positioning, not flow
Max pain
230.00
-1.1% from spot
ATM implied vol
28.5%
Nearest strike to spot
Skew (10% OTM)
+28.6%
Puts bid over calls
Call volume
6.07K
Contracts, this expiry
Put volume
3.21K
Contracts, this expiry
Heaviest call OI
250.00
1.74K contracts
Heaviest put OI
225.00
877 contracts

Max pain is the strike at which the largest dollar value of open contracts expires worthless. It describes current positioning; it is not a forecast and it moves as open interest changes.

Free account required

Put/call ratios, max pain, implied volatility skew and where open interest is concentrated.

Earnings

History & consensus estimates
Reported vs expected · EPS
QuarterEst.ActualSurprise
Jun 2026 3.323.38 +1.8%
Mar 2026 2.742.83 +3.1%
Dec 2025 3.053.12 +2.2%
Sep 2025 3.333.22 -3.4%
Forward consensus
PeriodEPSAnalystsRevenueGrowth
Current quarter 3.38 28 $7.29B +3.0%
Next quarter 3.28 28 $7.25B +3.5%
Current year 12.88 32 $28.15B +4.7%
Next year 13.79 32 $29.04B +3.2%

Analyst targets & ownership

Account required
Mean target$293.76
High target$390.00
Low target$230.00
Implied upside26.18%
Analyst count29
ConsensusBUY
Strong buy / Buy4 / 15
Hold14
Sell / Strong sell1 / 0
Held by insiders0.26%
Held by institutions76.35%
Institutions holding4.31K
Free account required

Price targets, consensus spread, insider and institutional ownership.

Moving averages & technicals

Computed from 2Y daily closes
SMA 10
233.96
-0.49% from price
SMA 20
242.62
-4.19% from price
SMA 50
257.85
-9.85% from price
SMA 100
266.68
-12.70% from price
SMA 200
288.98
-19.56% from price
EMA 12
236.82
-1.70% from price
EMA 26
244.73
-4.87% from price
EMA 50
253.64
-8.22% from price
RSI (14)
26.1
Oversold
MACD (12,26,9)
-7.91
Hist -0.39
ATR (14)
4.43
1.91% of price
Realised vol 30D
20.3%
Annualised
Bollinger upper
260.76
20, 2σ
Bollinger lower
224.49
20, 2σ
50 / 200 cross
Death
257.85 vs 288.98
Trend bias
Below 200
-19.56%

Options chain

Account required
Expiry
Spot 232.80
Calls
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Puts
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
000.000.000.000.00000.0%
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Free account required

Every listed expiry, both sides of the book, with volume, open interest and implied volatility.

Risk profile

Daily returns · 1Y window
Beta vs SPY
0.02
Less volatile than market
Correlation to SPY
0.01
Largely independent
Realised vol 30D
20.3%
Annualised
Market vol 1Y
13.0%
SPY, annualised
Max drawdown 1Y
-32.3%
Peak to trough
Max drawdown 5Y
-32.3%
Peak to trough
ATR 14
4.43
1.91% of price
Beta (reported)
0.45
5Y monthly, from filing

Short interest

Semi-monthly exchange report · lags by ~2 weeks
Shares short
12.20M
Prior 11.06M
Change vs prior
+10.3%
Shorts adding
% of float
1.92%
Normal
% of shares out
1.72%
Against total outstanding
Days to cover
2.8
Liquid
Float
706.58M
Freely tradeable shares

Exchanges publish short interest twice a month with a settlement lag, so this is roughly two weeks behind. Days to cover divides shares short by average daily volume — it estimates how long covering would take, not whether it will happen.

Rating changes

689 on file
DateFirm ActionFromTo
Oct 6, 26 Keybanc MAINTAINED Overweight Overweight
Oct 5, 26 Wells Fargo MAINTAINED Overweight Overweight
Oct 5, 26 Guggenheim MAINTAINED Neutral Neutral
Sep 29, 26 JP Morgan MAINTAINED Overweight Overweight
Sep 28, 26 Melius Research MAINTAINED Sell Sell
Sep 28, 26 Morgan Stanley MAINTAINED Equal-Weight Equal-Weight
Sep 24, 26 BMO Capital MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
Sep 24, 26 JP Morgan MAINTAINED Overweight Overweight
Sep 24, 26 Evercore ISI Group MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
Sep 24, 26 RBC Capital MAINTAINED Sector Perform Sector Perform
Sep 24, 26 BTIG MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Sep 24, 26 TD Cowen MAINTAINED Hold Hold

Dividends & splits

Declared · from the issuer
Forward rate$7.72 / yr
Forward yield3.31%
5-year avg yield2.24%
Payout ratio59.71%
Ex-dividend dateDec 1, 2026
Next pay dateDec 15, 2026
Last split2:1
Split dateMar 8, 1999

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