McDonald's Corporation

MCD

305.68 (-1.25%) 3.82

Consumer Discretionary

Hotels Restaurants and Leisure

McDonald's Corporation owns operates and franchises restaurants under the McDonald’s brand in the United States and internationally. It offers food and beverages including hamburgers and cheeseburgers various chicken sandwiches fries shakes frozen desserts sundaes soft serve cones cookies pies soft drinks coffee and other beverages; and full or limited breakfast as well as sells various other products during limited-time promotions. The company owns and operates franchised restaurants under various structures including conventional franchise developmental license or affiliate. McDonald's Corporation was founded in 1940 and is based in Chicago Illinois.

Quality Checklist 5/8

5Y Shares Out Change < 0%

ROIC > 10%

Net Margin > 10%

Past Net Income CAGR > 0%

Est. EPS Growth > 5%

Debt/Equity < 1

Current Ratio > 1

Quick Ratio > 1

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Market cap: $217.15(B)

EV: $259.35(B)

Total Equity: $-1.79(B)

Earnings date: May-07-2026

P/E: 25.47

Forward P/E: 23.09

P/FCF: 30.24

P/S: 8.11

P/B: N/A

EPS: $12.0

EPS (fwd): $13.2

FCF/share: $10.1

Revenue/share: $37.7

Book value/share: $-2.5

ROIC: 16.7%

ROA: 14.4%

ROE: N/A%

Debt/Equity: 451

Current Ratio: 1.00

Gross margin: 57.4%

Operating margin: 46.1%

Net margin: 31.9%

Dividend/share: $7.2

Div. yield: 2.35%

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MCD Valuation & Price Targets

Current Price

$306

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PEvaluation

24% overvalued

Low

$174

Mid

$232

High

$290

Current price

$306

Fair P/E

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EPS

Market Model

Economic moat: Wide

EPS Estimates

	Low	Avg	High	#
FY+1	12.8	13.2	13.9	36
FY+2	13.1	14.4	15.1	36
FY+3	14.5	15.6	16.3	15
FY+4	16.7	16.9	17.3	3
FY+5	18.2	18.6	19.1	2

Analyst Price Targets

16% undervalued

Low

$260

Mid

$354

High

$407

Current price

$306

Analyst Recommendations

Strong Buy4

Buy16

Hold15

Sell2

Strong Sell0

2-stage DCF

First Stage Duration: 5 Years

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Forecast years: 5 Years

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Forecast years: 5 Years

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Forecast Years: 10 Years

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LowMidHigh

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LowMidHigh

Final P/E Ratio
LowMidHigh

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